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Events

Salif Keita To Debut At Zanzibar’s 2026 Festival, Sauti Za Busara

World Music Central News Room October 31, 2025 No Comments Abdel Grooz African music Ahamada Smis Alamokha Ancestors Atanda & Afrojazz Messengers Ben Pol Bilal Irshed Trio Colombian music DCMA Young Stars Hammer Q Kara Sylla Ka & Baye Fall Band Kaya ByiNshii La Carmen y Su Familia Musical Labdi Lindigo Magomamoto Theatre Group Malcolm Jiyane Tree-o Mama C and the Fusion Band Man Fongo Man Kifimbo Mehmet Polat Quartet Pilani Bubu Rajab Suleiman & Kithara Salif Keita Sauti za Busara Seby Ntege Sousou & Maher Cissoko Swahili Encounters Tanzanian music Tarajazz world fusion world music

Sauti za Busara will return for its 23rd edition in Stone Town, Zanzibar, from February 5–8, 2026. Organizers confirmed that Malian star Salif Keita, widely…

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The album cover for Värttinä – Kyly features red geometric folk motifs arranged symmetrically on a dark, textured blue wood background. The band’s name and album title appear in red gothic lettering.

Charts

Värttinä Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart for July 2025

World Music Central News Room July 1, 2025 No Comments accordion Adrian Raso Aïta Mon Amour Aleksand Saya Alune Wade Ammar 808 Anouar Brahem Asil Ensemble Benedicte Maurseth Boubacar Traoré Brighde Chaimbeul Camille Saglio Charles Maimarosia Constantinople Elana Sasson Evoéh Q-Art Famo Mountain Fanfare Ciocarlia Francis Bebey Hamid Drake Hawa iZem Jeremie Diarra jouhikko Jules Maxwell Kaabi Kouyaté Kankou Kouyate kantele Karoliina Kantelinen Kassé Mady Diabaté Kin'Gongolo Kiniata Lamia Bedioui Lassi Logrén Lina Los Pirañas Luizga Madalitso Band Majid Bekkas Mara Aranda Mari Kaasinen Mari Kalkun Matthieu Saglio Matti Laitinen Mehmet Polat Quartet Mikko Hassinen Mustafa Said Neba Solo Nguyên Lê Nidia Góngora Park Jiha Primavera en Salonico Sami Galbi Sarera Savina Yannatou Songhoy Blues Stefano Saletti Susan Aho Trio Da Kali Värttinä Vesevo Vincent Boucher Votia world music Zingarua

The album Kyly by groundbreaking Finnish band Värttinä reached the number one spot of the Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of July 2025.…

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