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Album reviews

Another Gem from Intercontinental Salsa Supergroup

Angel Romero December 23, 2013 No Comments Africandosalsaworld music

Africando – ¡Viva Africando! (Sterns STCD1120, 2013) If you enjoyed Africando’s previous albums, you are in for treat. The great African and African diaspora vocalists…

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Recordings Rooted in Folk Music Traditions for Hispanic Heritage Month 2013

Angel Romero October 3, 2013 No Comments world music

Every year, from September 15 through October 15, the United States of America celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. Many Americans celebrate the culture and traditions of…

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The Infectious Songs of Ghanaian Afrobeat

Angel Romero August 29, 2013 No Comments Afrobeatworld music

Various Artists Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983 – Afrobeat Airways 2 (Analog Africa, 2013) Although many associate afrobeat primarily with Nigeria, Ghana was another afrobeat…

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Flutist Rão Kyao Returns to Portuguese Roots with New Album Titled Coisas Que A Gente Sente

World Music Central News Room June 16, 2013 1 Comment fluteRão Kyaoworld music

Portuguese musician Rão Kyao has a new album of originals tited “Coisas Que A Gente Sente” (“Things That We Feel”). The eleven songs transport the…

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World Music Central’s Best World Music Albums of 2012

Angel Romero December 27, 2012 1 Comment world music

At World Music Central we don’t have a single list of best albums. Instead, we ask our writers and a special guest to send us…

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World Music Central’s 2012 Gift Guide

TJ Nelson December 1, 2012 No Comments gift guideworld music

It’s that time of year again when World Music Central gives up the goods for our Holiday Gift Guide. We’ve found a boatload of new…

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Interview with Rising Sephardic and World Music Performer Ana Alcaide

Angel Romero October 6, 2012 No Comments Ana AlcaidenyckelharpaSephardic musicSpanish musicworld music

Spanish musician Ana Alcaide has become a familiar name in Europe thanks to her new album La Cantiga del Fuego that hit the world music…

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Tejas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds

Angel Romero August 3, 2012 No Comments Los TexmaniacsTejano musicTex-Mexworld music

Los Texmaniacs – Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds (Smithsonian Folkways, 2012) San Antonio-based Tejano band Los Texmaniacs brings conjunto music to the 21st century with…

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Annbjørg Lien’s ‘Khoom Loy,’ Connecting Bridges

Angel Romero June 28, 2012 No Comments Annbjørg LienNorwegian musicworld fusionworld music

Annbjørg Lien – Khoom Loy (Compass Records, 2012) Chameleonic fiddler Annbjørg Lien crosses boundaries and embraces a wide range of musical influences on her latest…

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Evangeline Kim’s Top World Music Albums of 2011

World Music Central News Room January 2, 2012 No Comments world music

World music writer Evangeline Kim shares her list of Top World Music Albums of 2011. Evangeline is writer/contributing editor for National Geographic Music, TRACE Magazine,…

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