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Artur Menezes playing electric guitar live, wearing sunglasses.

Awards

Blues Musician Artur Menezes Wins Unsigned Only Music Artist of the Year Award

Artur Menezes won the Unsigned Only Music Artist of The Year Award with the song “Once Again.” He is a Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based guitar player,…

Jah Bast Shadow of the Future cover artwork. a photo of a young black boy lifting his arm.

Music videos Single reviews

Bast and Future

Tom Orr September 4, 2026 No Comments Jah Bast Reggae world music

Swiss reggae artist Jah Bast gives us all hope for how things to come should and shouldn’t be. His “Shadow of the Future,” composed in…

Laurelyn Dossett - How Many Moons cover artwork. A colorful folk-art-style album cover featuring a red-orange coyote filled with floral and geometric patterns against an orange moon and blue starry sky. “LAURELYN DOSSETT” appears prominently across the center, with “HOW MANY MOONS” curved along the upper left.

Music videos

Laurelyn Dossett Shares “How Many Moons” Music Video

World Music Central News Room September 3, 2026 No Comments Americana Laurelyn Dossett world music

North Carolina Americana songwriter Laurelyn Dossett has released the music video for “How Many Moons,” the title track from her first solo album. The video…

Articles

The Cross-Cultural History Of The European Lute

Angel Romero September 2, 2026 No Comments lute oud world fusion world music

The European lute is best understood not as a single instrument but as a family of plucked chordophones whose history connects courtly art music, popular…

Angélique Kidjo - Photo by Brantley Gutiérrez. Angélique wearing a turban and a dress with a large flower on the shoulder.

Concert reviews

Angélique Kidjo Live, a Force of Nature

Rafael Mieses September 2, 2026 No Comments Afropop Angélique Kidjo Beninese music world music

It is remarkable to see her dance with such energy and passion on stage. This is Angélique Kidjo, and this extraordinary woman is 66 years…

Minyo Crusaders - photo by Yukitaka Amemiya. the musicians were wearing traditional masks.

Charts

Minyo Crusaders Lead September 2026 Transglobal World Music Chart With From Japan with Love

World Music Central News Room September 1, 2026 No Comments Aàgut Ablaye Cissoko Adrian Younge Aïtawa Angeline Morrison Arun Sood BudaPesme Cocanha Constantinople Elkhan Mansurov Fatoumata Diawara Halme Prospekt Hilal Kaya Ibrahim Maalouf Japanese music Jonny Greenwood Joyce Kitka Kiya Tabassian Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió Mah Damba Medusa Quartet Meridian Brothers Mexican Institute of Sound Minyo Crusaders Naked Nana Osei Twum Barima Natacha Atlas Nuhara Officina Zoe Omar Sosa Orquesta Akokán Panjshanbe Maftun Paolo Angeli Patrick Graham Quarteto Americanos Queen Djenny Djella Remon Nakanishi Samy Bishai Seu Jorge Shye Ben Tzur Souad Massi Stelios Petrakis Tamikrest Tengerton Tenore Murales de Orgosolo The Klezmatics The Rajasthan Express Tinariwen Tutty Moreno uni uni world fusion world music Zuco 103

Minyo Crusaders have reached No. 1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart for September 2026 with From Japan with Love, an album that combines Japanese…

New Era Quartet — Bridge To Sevdah cover artwork. a photo of the quartet wearing evening clothes outdoors. Three women in black dresses and a man in a suit.

Charts

New Era Quartet Tops World Music Charts Europe With Bridge to Sevdah

World Music Central News Room September 1, 2026 No Comments Airto Moreira Ana Brenes Cocanha Elaha Soroor Erdőfű Fatoumata Diawara Girma Woldemichael Hilal Kaya Hmlisto Janusz Prusinowski Kompania Kareyce Fotso Kefaya L’Alba Mah Damba Marco Grancelli Maria Kalaniemi Melinda Balogh Nana Osei Twum Barima New Era Quartet Nogaband Officina Zoe Paolo Angeli Paolo Zampini Ricardo Bacelar Riccardo Tesi Simona Hulejová Spectrum Quartett Tenore de Murales Orgosolo Timo Alakotila Ulijanky world fusion world music

New Era Quartet, an Italy-based ensemble with ties to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, has reached No. 1 on the World Music Charts Europe for…

Shtoltse Lider - Queen of Word – A Tribute to Anna Margolin cover artwork. A collage of photos of three women.

Album reviews

Shtoltse Lider Honors Yiddish Modernist Anna Margolin on Queen of Word

JGurski August 31, 2026 No Comments Anna Margolin Ida Gillner Shtoltse Lider world music Yiddish music

Shtoltse Lider – Queen of Word – A Tribute to Anna Margolin (Kakafon, 2026) The Swedish group Shtoltse Lider pays tribute to Yiddish poet Anna…

Events

Minyo Crusaders Make NYC Debut with Folk Music Reimagined

World Music Central News Room August 31, 2026 No Comments Japanese music Minyo Crusaders world fusion world music

Japan’s Minyo Crusaders is set to perform at The Sultan Room on September 22, 2026. The Minyo Crusaders are known for reinterpreting traditional Japanese folk…

Shovel Dance Collective - Photo by Brad Gilbert. Sepia colored photo of the band lined up outdoors by some trees.

Tour Announcements

Shovel Dance Collective Announces 2026-2027 Concert Dates

World Music Central News Room August 31, 2026 No Comments English Folk music Shovel Dance Collective world music

To celebrate their new album, Everything in Readiness, Shovel Dance Collective will be touring the UK in early 2027. The nine-piece ensemble Shovel Dance Collective…