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Dub Colossus - Dub Will Keep Us Together - art@SamDodson design@SimonLast. Cover artwork. The Dub Colossus logo (a hand in a circle) surrounded by a collage of images.
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Dub Will Keep Us Together, Nick Page’s Final Dub Colossus Album

Angel Romero March 19, 2026 No Comments DubDub ColossusEthiopian musicJamaican musicworld fusionworld music

Dub Colossus – Dub Will Keep Us Together (Real World X, 2026) Dub Will Keep Us Together is the final Dub Colossus album to feature…

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Sami Yusuf playing oud.
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Sami Yusuf’s New Album Weaves Ancient Chants Into One Global Voice

World Music Central News Room March 18, 2026 No Comments Sami Yusufworld fusionworld music

British-Azerbaijani composer Sami Yusuf will release Ecstasy on March 27, 2026, through Andante Records. The lead single, “Voices of the Earth,” opens on a solitary…

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A collage of angular prisms and overlapping planes fills the cover, rendered in greens, golds, and blues. Fragmented archival photographs appear embedded within the geometric forms.
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Laura Camacho Unveils Todo Tiempo Pasado — Tango Meets Britney And Kate Bush

Iliana Cabrera March 18, 2026 No Comments Argentine musicLaura Camachotangotango nuevoworld music

Laura Camacho – Todo Tiempo Pasado (Athens Tango Project, 2025) Argentine composer and orchestra bassist Laura Camacho has a new album titled Todo Tiempo Pasado…

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The Klezmatics - “Un Du Akerst” cover artwork. A protest poster-style cover in red, black, and off. Shows two clenched fists in broken chains rising toward a burst of shattered fragments.
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Klezmatics Clock In With A New Protest Song

World Music Central News Room March 17, 2026 No Comments Chaim ZhitlowskyGeorg HerweghKlezmerThe KlezmaticsUn Du Akerstworld musicYiddish music

Grammy-winning klezmer group The Klezmatics have announced We Were Made For These Times, their 40th-anniversary recording, scheduled for release May 1. The lead single and…

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Angélique Kidjo - Photo by Brantley Gutiérrez. Angélique wearing a turban and a dress with a large flower on the shoulder.
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Angélique Kidjo Shares New Single “Fall On Me”

World Music Central News Room March 15, 2026 No Comments African musicAfropopAngelique KidjoBeninese musicworld fusionworld music

(headline image: Angélique Kidjo — Photo by Brantley Gutiérrez) Angélique Kidjo has announced Hope!!, her new album, due April 24. In addition, she has released…

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Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina cover artwork. Photos of two of the artists
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Traditional Sounds of Sivac Pipes Take Center Stage

Tyler Bennet March 15, 2026 No Comments bagpipegajdeMaksim MudrinićOskar KovačSerbian musicVojvodinaworld music

Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina (Antonovka Records, 2025) This field recording captures traditional music from Vojvodina, the autonomous…

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Bryan Sutton Blue Night cover artwork. A blue cover with an image of a leafless tree.
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Bryan Sutton And Joe Bonamassa Light Up “Blue Night”

World Music Central News Room March 14, 2026 No Comments BluegrassbluesBryan SuttonJoe Bonamassaworld music

Bryan Sutton has enlisted Joe Bonamassa for “Blue Night,” the latest release in Sutton’s From Roots to Branches guitar duets series. When Sutton introduced the…

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Ashley MacIsaac — Hi, How Are You Today? cover artwork. A filtered image of Ashley MacIsaac.
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Fearless Fiddle: Ashley MacIsaac’s Hi, How Are You Today?

Ryan Emmert March 13, 2026 No Comments Ashley MacIsaacCeltic musicfolktronicaworld music

Ashley MacIsaac — Hi, How Are You Today? (A&M Records, 1995) Ashley MacIsaac’s now classic 1995 release Hi, How Are You Today? mixed the joyful…

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A cover on a cream background features a striped sunset in yellow behind blue palm trees and flying birds. The title “Sunshine All Year Round” curves in blue above the image, with “Celtic Roots Reggae” centered beneath it, while “Owen Casey” appears large at the bottom in yellow-and-blue lettering.
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In the Forecast

Tom Orr March 12, 2026 No Comments Celtic musicIrish musicOwen CaseyReggaeworld music

Ireland’s Owen Casey teams with Austrian reggae band House of Riddim to spread “Sunshine All Year Round,” a song that further solidifies Casey as a…

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Baile An Salsa - photo by Julia Dunin
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Irish-Latin fusion band Baile an Salsa to Perform “Salsa-Trad” in Dublin

World Music Central News Room March 11, 2026 No Comments Baile an Salsaworld fusionworld music

(headline image: Baile An Salsa – photo by Julia Dunin) Irish-Latin fusion band Baile an Salsa is set to perform at The Button Factory, Dublin…

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