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FluteFling 2025 poster. Photos of the two musicians.
Events

FluteFling Sets Aberdeen Weekend With Hamish Napier And Kirsten Allstaff

World Music Central News Room September 18, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicFluteFlingHamish NapierKirsten AllstaffScottish musicworld music

FluteFling returns to Aberdeen, Scotland, from Friday, October 31, to Sunday, November 2, 2025. The weekend features award-winning musician Hamish Napier and Kirsten Allstaff, the…

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Darren Nicholson - Get Me Down The Line cover artwork. A green-colored old radio.
Music videos

Darren Nicholson Says Goodbye To The Blues On “Get Me Down The Line”

World Music Central News Room September 18, 2025 No Comments BluegrassDarren Nicholsonworld music

Darren Nicholson has released a new single, “Get Me Down The Line,” via Mountain Home Music Company. The mandolin-wielding singer co-wrote the track with Charles…

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New York Gypsy Festival 2025 poster. The Statue of Liberty playing accordion.
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Back To Avenue A: New York Gypsy Festival Turns 20 At Drom

Music of the World September 17, 2025 No Comments Husnu SenlendiriciNew York Gypsy FestivalRomashkaSerkan CagriSlavic Soul Party!world fusionworld musicYalla YallaZlatne Uste

The New York Gypsy Festival returns to the East Village for its 20th anniversary run at Drom from Sunday, November 9 through Wednesday, November 19,…

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Alaa Zouiten - Aficionado - Flamenco Mor cover artwork. Zouiten holding an oud with monumental Granada in the background,
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Alaa Zouiten: Flamenco Meets The Music of the Maghreb

Angel Romero September 17, 2025 No Comments Alaa ZouitenArabic musicFlamencoMoroccan musicoudworld fusionworld music

Alaa Zouiten – Aficionado – Flamenco Moro (self-release, 2025) Aficionado – Flamenco Moro is a captivating project by Moroccan virtuoso musician Alaa Zouiten that effortlessly…

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The single cover shows a pencil sketch of a seated, nude man holding a long vertical pole. The figure is drawn with soft shading and rests on a block-like structure.
Music videos

Vicente Navarro Brings Rural Song to the City With “Gañanada”

World Music Central News Room September 16, 2025 No Comments neofolkSpanish musicVicente Navarroworld music

Madrid singer Vicente Navarro returns with “Gañanada,” a single that combines Spanish folk tradition with intrepid electronic minimalism. Known as a leading figure in Spain’s…

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The album cover shows a stylized, cartoon-like dancer adorned with jewelry, moving behind a curtain of colorful beads. The title “Oriental Soul” appears at the top in bold yellow lettering, while the artist’s name, “Chettini and the Turkish Trio,” is displayed in a decorative box at the bottom.
Album reviews

East Meets Best: Chettini’s ‘Oriental Soul’ Returns on Vinyl

Tyler Bennet September 16, 2025 No Comments Anatolian musicChettini and the Turkish TrioTurkish musicworld music

Chettini and the Turkish Trio – Oriental Soul (Ironhand Records, 2025 reissue) Oriental Soul, the 1972 album by Turkish multi-instrumentalist Çetin Bükey, credited here as…

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La Capi Que Nada. La Capi playing guitar on a boat.
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Dance and Learn

Tom Orr September 15, 2025 No Comments Brazilian musicColombian musicLa Capiworld fusionworld music

Combining Colombian and Brazilian inflections with a broader Latin feel, “Que Nada” by La Capi is supreme dance music that also contains a lyrical lesson…

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Hermeto Pascoal wearing a hat - Photo by Gabriel Quintao
Obituaries

Hermeto Pascoal, Legendary Brazilian Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist, Dies at 89

World Music Central News Room September 15, 2025 No Comments Brazilian musicHermeto Pascoalworld fusionworld music

(headline image: Hermeto Pascoal – Photo by Gabriel Quintao) Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal died on September 13, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…

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The album cover for Steppin’ Out! by Roomful of Blues shows a stylish woman in a sparkling red dress and wide-brimmed hat stepping out of a dark blue car.
Album reviews

A Step Well Taken: Roomful Of Blues ‘Steppin’ Out!’

Angel Romero September 14, 2025 No Comments bluesRoomful Of Bluesworld music

Roomful Of Blues — Steppin’ Out! (Alligator Records, 2025) Roomful of Blues returns with Steppin’ Out!, the band’s 20th album and the first to feature…

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Agustín Pereyra Lucena – Puertos de Alternativa cover artwork. A photo of the left hand over a guitar neck.
Album reviews

Harboring Genius: Agustín Pereyra Lucena’s Rare Gem Resurfaces

Iliana Cabrera September 14, 2025 No Comments Agustín Pereyra Lucenaworld music

Agustín Pereyra Lucena – Puertos de Alternativa (Far Out Recordings, 2025) Far Out Recordings expands its archival series with the first-ever vinyl reissue of Puertos…

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