Buzz’ Ayaz - Buzz’ Ayaz cover artwork. A black and hote design with psychedelic wavy concentric lines.

Best World Music of 2024-2025 Season: Glitterbeat Scores Double Win As TWMC Turns 10

The Transglobal World Music Chart, now in its tenth year, announced the Best Albums and Labels for the 2024–2025 season. Best Album went to Buzz’…

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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.

Värttinä Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart for July 2025

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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Trio Da Kali - Bagola cover artwork. A color photo of the trio outdoors with clouds in the background.

Trio Da Kali’s Bagola: A Stellar Recording Rooted in Manding Traditions

Trio Da Kali – Bagola (One World Records, 2025) In Bagola, Trio Da Kali presents a scintillating collection of newly composed songs, in which the…

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WOMADELAIDE 2020 Joy with an Inspired Range Of Music, Arts and Dance

WOMADELAIDE 2020, Adelaide, South Australia – March 6-9 Back on the sunny long weekend in March, jokes about the early onset of ‘The Virus’ seemed…

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World Music Central Announces the Best World Music Albums of 2017

We announce the list of best world music albums of 2017. The selection was made by a panel of editors and contributors from World Music…

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