Skip to content
stamp collage
Friday, December 05, 2025

World Music Central

Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
World Music Central
Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
  • Home
  • About
  • Topics
    • archive
    • Articles
    • Artist Profiles
    • Awards
    • Book Reviews
    • Album reviews
    • Charts
    • Concert reviews
    • Conferences
    • Editorials
    • Events
    • Film Reviews
    • General News
    • Interviews
    • Loop Collections
    • New Books
    • New CDs
    • New Films
    • New Releases
    • Obituaries
    • Tour Announcements
    • Tradeshows
    • Uncategorized
  • Contact Us
  • World Music Resources
    • World Music Booking agents
    • World Music Festivals
    • Glossaries
      • Musical Instrument Glossary
    • Music Contests
    • Showcases
    • Musician Biographies
      • Afghan music
      • Algerian Music
      • American Music
      • Azerbaijani Music
      • Angolan Music
      • Bangladeshi music
      • Beninese Music
      • Burkinabe Music
      • Burundian Music
      • Cameroonian music
      • Cape Verdean music
      • Chinese Music
      • Congolese Music
      • Egyptian Music
      • Ethiopian Music
      • Gambian Music
      • Guinea Bissauan Music
      • Guinean Music
      • Indian Music
      • Iranian Music
      • Ivorian Music
      • Malian Music
      • Mauritanian Music
      • Norwegian Music
      • Mozambican Music
      • Sao Tomean Music
      • Scottish Music
      • Swiss Music
      • The Multifaceted World of Spanish Roots Music
      • Senegalese Music
      • Taiwanese Music
      • Tajik Music
      • Tanzanian Music
      • Turkish Music
    • Venues
  • Partners

Tag: Spanish music

The album cover for An Danzza's Encantadas features a haunting female face emerging from a dark, painterly background. Her eyes are shrouded in deep shadow or possibly closed, with dark, feather-like streaks extending outward like wings or smoke. Fiery reds and glowing embers swirl through the composition. The band's ornate logo glows at the top, while the title "Encantadas" is scripted at the bottom.
Album reviews

Enchanted Sounds: An Danzza Weaves Iberian Tales of Supernatural Women into New Album

Angel Romero April 28, 2025 No Comments An Danzzafantasy folkHaydée MariñosoSpanish musicworld music

An Danzza – Encantadas (self-release, 2025) An Danzza, the Spanish fantasy folk music project, released its tenth album, Encantadas (enchanted), in March 2025. The album…

Share
View More Enchanted Sounds: An Danzza Weaves Iberian Tales of Supernatural Women into New Album
Artist Profiles

Versatile Flamenco Percussionist and Instrument Designer Nasrine Rahmani

Angel Romero April 17, 2025 No Comments AustraliaFlamencoNasrine RahmanipercussionSpanish musicworld fusionworld music

Currently based in Madrid, Spain, Nasrine Rahmani is a professional percussionist specializing in flamenco and Latin percussion. Born in Australia to a mother from Mauritius…

Share
View More Versatile Flamenco Percussionist and Instrument Designer Nasrine Rahmani
Reus de la Frontera standing by a wall
Artist Profiles

Reus de la Frontera Deliver the Raw Emotion of a Flamenco Party

Angel Romero April 17, 2025 No Comments FlamencoReusReus de la FronteraSpainSpanish musicworld music

Reus de la Frontera, a flamenco collective from Reus in northeastern Spain, brings an electrifying take on the traditional juerga flamenca. Their debut project, Juerga…

Share
View More Reus de la Frontera Deliver the Raw Emotion of a Flamenco Party
Roberto Monteiro Bastos playing guitar, from one of his music videos.
Artist Profiles

The Flamenco Soul of Brazilian Guitarist Roberto Monteiro

Angel Romero April 16, 2025 No Comments BrazilBrazilian musicFlamencoRoberto Monteiro BastosSpainSpanish musicworld music

Roberto Monteiro Bastos (1987) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He began his classical guitar studies at the age of 16. There, he earned…

Share
View More The Flamenco Soul of Brazilian Guitarist Roberto Monteiro
The album cover for Sefarad en el Corazón de Bulgaria by Mara Aranda features a classical-style painting of a young woman reclining on a richly decorated couch, dressed in traditional garments. She holds a darbuka (goblet drum) in her lap. The title and artist’s name are elegantly overlaid in white serif and cursive fonts.
Charts

Mara Aranda’s New Album on Sephardic Music in Bulgaria Tops Iberian Roots Music Chart

World Music Central News Room April 10, 2025 No Comments Mara ArandaSephardic musicSpanish musicworld music

Spanish singer and researcher Mara Aranda has topped LIMúR, the Iberian Roots Music Chart, for the first quarter of 2025 with Sefarad en el Corazón…

Share
View More Mara Aranda’s New Album on Sephardic Music in Bulgaria Tops Iberian Roots Music Chart
The album cover for Man Raíz by Darío Moreira features two hands symmetrically intertwined against a dark background. The fingers form a symbolic shape.
Album reviews

Rooted in Galician Tradition: Darío Moreira’s Man Raíz Bridges Past and Present

Madison Quinn April 3, 2025 No Comments Darío MoreiraGalician musicSpanish musicworld music

Darío Moreira – Man Raíz (Self-Released, 2025) Spanish composer Darío Manuel González Moreira, better known as Darío Moreira, reinterprets traditional Galician cantigas through an intimate…

Share
View More Rooted in Galician Tradition: Darío Moreira’s Man Raíz Bridges Past and Present
The single cover for Mi Pueblo by Yelem shows a lively and colorful street scene. Musicians are performing with traditional instruments such as congas, trumpets, and saxophones. In the background, a charming village with southern Spanish-style buildings, tall palm trees, and a prominent church tower.
Music videos Single reviews

Zesty Sauce

Tom Orr April 1, 2025 No Comments FlamencosalsaSpanish musicworld musicYelem

Spanish singer Yelem gives classic salsa its due but also adds a splash of contemporary production value to “Mi Pueblo,” a sizzling tune accompanied by…

Share
View More Zesty Sauce
Black and white photo of Violeta Veinte holding her violin, smiling.
Artist Profiles

Violeta Veinte, a Multifaceted Musician with a Curious Soul

Angel Romero March 30, 2025 No Comments Castilian folk musicfiddleSpainSpanish musicVioleta Veinteviolinworld fusionworld jazzworld music

Gifted violinist, singer, and composer Violeta Díez Díez, better known artistically as Violeta Veinte, was born in Segovia, Spain. She began studying violin at six…

Share
View More Violeta Veinte, a Multifaceted Musician with a Curious Soul
The album cover for Celtic Sea by Carlos Núñez features a collage-style design. At the center, Núñez is pictured wearing a yellow raincoat and a gray knit cap, gazing toward the horizon with a serene expression. Surrounding him are nine square images: ocean waves, rocky coastlines, vintage nautical maps, handwritten sheet music, a sunset over the sea, and a ferry.
Album reviews

Setting Sail on Celtic Sounds: Carlos Núñez Navigates Musical Currents

Angel Romero March 17, 2025 No Comments bagpipeBreton musicCarlos NúñezCeltic musicGalician musicSpanish musicworld music

Carlos Núñez – Celtic Sea (Arfolk AR1208, 2023) Carlos Núñez’s album Celtic Sea is a musical voyage through the maritime connections that have bound Celtic…

Share
View More Setting Sail on Celtic Sounds: Carlos Núñez Navigates Musical Currents
Xurxo Mares Pandeirada da auga single artwork. A waterwheel.
Music videos Single reviews

Come to the Water

Tom Orr March 9, 2025 1 Comment Galician musicSpanish musicworld musicXurxo Mares

Combining acoustic guitar with rhythmic splashing sounds, Spain’s Xurxo Mares creates a charming, Galician-rooted instrumental piece appropriately titled “Pandeirada da auga.” It’s fairly short but…

Share
View More Come to the Water

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 … Page 36 Next page

Recent Posts

  • Djékady’s Innovative ‘Benkan’ Intersects Malian Heritage and American Roots
  • Ashby Frank Rolls Out A Bluesy Waltz: “Mr. Engineer” Gets A Fresh Trackside Stop
  • Carolyn Trowbridge Unveils Hypnotic “Duchess Of Sheba”
  • From Ballparks To “Love Shack”: Antonio Andrade Drops Here We Go!
  • Brazil Meets The World In Brasil Calling Volume 22
  • Tasty Menu
  • Andy Nevala’s “El Rumbón (The Party)”—Afro-Cuban Jazz, Reimagined

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Archives

Tags

African music Afrobeat American folk music Arabic music Argentine music Bluegrass blues Brazil Brazilian music Celtic music Chinese music Cuba Cuban music fado fiddle Finnish music Flamenco flamenco guitar guitar India Indian classical music Indian music Ireland Irish folk music Italian music Jazz Latin jazz Malian music Middle Eastern music Moroccan music Norwegian music percussion Portugal Portuguese music Reggae salsa Scotland Scottish music Spain Spanish music Turkish music United States of America world fusion world jazz world music
World Music Central | Designed by: Theme Freesia | WordPress | © Copyright All right reserved