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Ali Doğan Gönültaş - Keyeyî cover artwork. Shows clothes drying outdoors.
Charts

Ali Doğan Gönültaş Secures Number One Position on Transglobal World Music Chart for July 2024

World Music Central News Room July 1, 2024 No Comments Ali Doğan GönültaşKurdish musicTransglobal World Music Chartworld fusionworld music

Keyeyî by Ali Doğan Gönültaş soars to the top on Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of July 2024. Read more about the album…

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Bassekou Kouyaté & Amy Sacko - Djudjon cvover artwork. A photo of the two artists.
Charts

Bassekou Kouyaté & Amy Sacko Rise to the Top of World Music Charts Europe for July 2024

World Music Central News Room July 1, 2024 No Comments Amy SackoBassekou Kouyatengoniworld fusionworld music

The album Djudjon by Malian artists Bassekou Kouyaté & Amy Sacko achieved first place at the World Music Charts Europe for July 2024. July Chart…

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Les Arrivants - Towards the Light cover artwork. A photo of the three musicians holding musical instruments.
Album reviews

Migrant Virtuosos Explore the Musics of the World

Sonia Keller June 27, 2024 No Comments Abdul-Wahab KayyaliAmichai Ben ShalevHamin HonariLes ArrivantsMiddle Eastern musicworld fusionworld music

Les Arrivants – Towards the Light (Les Arrivants, 2024) Les Arrivants, an acclaimed multinational world fusion band based in Canada, have released their second album,…

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David Leon Palmetto single artwork. A light tan background, a simple vertical line painted with different colors.
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David Leon’s Flawless Fusion of Sax and Gayageum

Tom Orr June 21, 2024 No Comments David Leonworld fusionworld jazz

Heard any unusual but perfect jazz fusions lately? If not, give a listen to “Palmetto,” a lullaby of an instrumental by American saxophonist David Leon.…

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Rose of the Compass concert poster. A photo of the Rose of the Compass ensemble with Nina Stern.
Concert reviews

Children of Abraham, Brilliant Concert by Rose of the Compass

Steve Capra June 19, 2024 No Comments world fusionworld music

On April ninth, 2024, St. John The Divine, the magnificent cathedral in New York City, presented a program titled Children of Abraham. Rose of the…

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Ganesh Rajagopalan - Yugma. a photo of the artist playing violin.
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Yugma: East Meets West in Rajagopalan and Chagnard’s Dazzling Raga Collaboration

Angel Romero June 19, 2024 No Comments Ganesh RajagopalanIndian classical musicworld fusionworld music

Ganesh Rajagopalan‘s latest collaboration, “Yugma,” was recorded in July of last year with conductor Christophe Chagnard and the Northwest Sinfonietta at Lagerquist Concert Hall, located…

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Ganesh Rajagopalan holding a violin
Artist Profiles

Biography of Extraordinary Violinist and Composer Ganesh Rajagopalan

Angel Romero June 19, 2024 No Comments Ganesh RajagopalanIndian classical musicviolinworld fusionworld music

Ganesh Rajagopalan was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in 1964. He is an acclaimed Indian classical violinist, vocalist, composer, and teacher, whose career spans over…

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Dobet Gnahoré - Zouzou cover artwork. The artist standing in the street, wearing a red dress in front of several children with bicycles.
Album reviews

The Angel is Present in Dobet Gnahoré Afropop Music

Sonia Keller June 18, 2024 No Comments AfropopDobet GnahoréIvorian musicworld fusionworld music

Dobet Gnahoré – Zouzou (Cumbancha, 2024) Award-winning Ivorian singer-songwriter Dobet Gnahoré will release her new album, Zouzou, on June 28, 2024. This album deftly mixes…

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Artist Profiles

Söndörgő, Explorers of Hungarian and Balkan Traditions

JGurski June 17, 2024 1 Comment Hungarian musicHungarySöndörgöSöndörgőworld fusionworld music

(headline image: Söndörgő ©The Orbital Strangers Project) Söndörgő, a Hungarian band known for its mix of traditional music, classical sophistication, rock energy, and the pure…

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LP (Latin Percussion) cajón made out of cedar. Frontal view.
Articles

Cajón, the Adaptable and In Demand Box Drum

Angel Romero June 15, 2024 No Comments Afro-PeruvianFlamencoPeruvian musicworld fusionworld music

(headline image: LP (Latin Percussion) cajón made out of cedar) The cajón is a Peruvian box drum made from a wooden hollowed box, originally used…

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