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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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The album cover for Watersong by Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, and Lamia Bedioui features a mist-shrouded seascape with choppy waves under a grey sky. The minimalist text, set in clean, modern font, floats above the ocean.

Album reviews

Waters of Change: Savina Yannatou and Lamia Bedioui Dive Deep on Watersong

Angel Romero May 2, 2025 No Comments Corsican music Cypriot music Early Music Egyptian music Greece Greek music Harris Lambrakis Italian music kanun Kostas Vomvolos Kyriakos Gouventas Michalis Siganidis Savina Yannatou Spanish music world fusion world music Yannis Alexandris

Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico, Lamia Bedioui – Watersong (ECM 2773, 2025) On Watersong, her superb fifth release for ECM, remarkable Greek vocalist Savina Yannatou…

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Savina Yannatou - Sumiglia cover artwork. A black and white photo.

Album reviews

Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico Present Sumiglia

Angel Romero March 16, 2005 Greece Greek music Savina Yannatou world fusion world music

Savina Yannatou – Sumiglia (ECM, 2005) Sumiglia is Savina Yannatou’s first ECM studio album and her first creative collaboration with producer Manfred Eicher. Pooling songs…

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General News

Indie Awards Finalists Announced

Angel Romero April 6, 2001 Irshad Khan Kayhan Kalhor Nass Marrakech Oliver Mtukudzi Savina Yannatou Selim Sesler Susana Seivane Thomas Mapfumo Tom Landa & the Paperboys

Whistesburg, USA – The Association for Independent Music (AFIM) has announced the finalists for the Indie Awards, the most important music awards for the independent…

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