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(headline image: Guitari Baro – Photo by Carolina Vallejo) Chrysalis Records has launched its Chrysalis Global imprint with an instrumental debut, Guitari Baro (Guitar Conversations),… The post Key Move: Chrysalis Global...Friday, September 12, 2025 from World Music Central.org
(headline image: Kayhan Kalhor © Liudmilla Jefferies for Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck) Iranian kamancha virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor will return to New York City for a rare… The post Kayhan Kalhor to Bring Rare Persian Classical...Friday, September 12, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa (Pique-Nique Recordings, 2025) Saha Gnawa is a Brooklyn-based ensemble that combines transfixing Moroccan Gnawa music with jazz, from New York’s… The post Saha Gnawa Channels Spellbinding Gnawa Roots...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Fifty years after the release of Wish You Were Here, we count down the best of the band’s Syd Barrett years, their difficult recovery and later reunion Low on memorable tunes, big on racked, strangulated lead vocals, possessed of a...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Ireland’s national broadcaster joins Slovenia’s in making participation next year conditional amid Israel’s war in Gaza Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, has decided not to take part in next year’s Eurovision song contest if Israel is...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Rattling through her 80s hits the singer is clearly revelling in the nostalgia – in a showcase that makes her a strong candidate for the Glastonbury legends slot ‘Who remembers the 80s? Good – I don’t!”...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Solo Diarra – Yimenga (Global Sonics GS06125, 2025) Yimenga is the debut solo album of Burkinan multi-instrumentalist Solo Diarra. Yimenga means “Be Yourself” in Bambara.… The post Yimenga, Solo Debut by Solo Diarra first appeared...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
A viral debut made her the next big thing, but rather than repeat herself, she’s followed her heart. The New Yorker talks about the virtues of indie label life, and how her latest record takes on the ‘girl violence’ she sees in lesbian...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Enter the Tapocalypse as Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner return in a still-funny, cameo-studded telling of the hapless band’s final gig Legendary faux rockers Spinal Tap, with Christopher Guest, Michael...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Puerto Rican rapper says he and his team were ‘very concerned’ that Ice agents might target his performances Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Bad Bunny says he excluded the US from his forthcoming world tour due to fears that,...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Greg Blake was born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia. His voice carries the spirit of generations of mountain singers. His vocal style… The post The Mountain music of Greg Blake first appeared on World Music Central .Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Musician Brian Eno and artist Malak Mattar, key figures in next week’s Together for Palestine concert, explain why artists are putting fears of a backlash aside and uniting in the call for action A red carpet event, especially one to...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
When four Californian pre-teens made an album together it was just one of many creative adventures and quickly set aside, but its reputation as naive avant pop has quietly grown. Still friends, the band explain their odd rebirth Like an...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from World Music Central.org
East Nash Grass released “Hill Country Highway,” the final single on its new album. The track follows a road-weary narrator and focuses on the strain… The post Grass Routes: East Nash Grass Rolls Out “Hill Country Highway” first...Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Crown and Country – Crown and Country (ABC Music and Akuphone, 2025) Crown and Country is an ambitious audiovisual project that fuses ancestral Warlpiri ceremony with… The post Desert Dreaming: Warlpiri Wisdom Meets Minimal...Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
After the death of co-frontman Rick Davies, we survey the best of the songwriting partnership with Roger Hodgson that propelled them to mass success in the 70s • Rick Davies, Supertramp frontman and co-founder, dies aged 81 Supertramp...Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The tension between co-founders Roger Hodgson and Davies – who has died aged 81 – was the driving force of a band who refused to fit into any genre It must be odd to have been a band’s co-founder and joint frontman and to know that when...Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Zafarán – Zafarán (self-release, 2025) It doesn’t take long. Bjorn Wennas’ softly pensive guitar is joined by the heart-drenched vocals of Carmen Marsico. Dan Meyers’… The post I’m Just Mad About Zafarán first appeared on...Monday, September 8, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The singer, who died from a heart attack on 5 September, ripped up the two-minute hardcore song blueprint and won over a legion of fans including Kurt Cobain and Jane’s Addiction As the blitzing tempo and mosh pit violence of hardcore...Monday, September 8, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
‘I wanted something more interesting than a key change. So when someone walked by the studio with a husky, I said, “Do you want to howl with your dog?”’ I wrote I Feel Just Like a Child when I was 18, but it wasn’t until I was 23 or 24...Monday, September 8, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Sounding very much like the kind of Afropop that first attracted listeners outside of Africa, “One Day” by The Netherlands’ Lotte Walda is a melodic… The post A Very Nice Day first appeared on World Music Central .Monday, September 8, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
(Def Jam) Part two of Bieber’s seventh album adds very little: it’s largely bland pop with glimpses of quality thanks to a buzzy supporting cast including Dijon and Bakar J ustin Bieber ’s Swag II adds 23 tracks to his already...Monday, September 8, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Joaquin Núñez & Habana Safari – Ruta De La Clave (Lulaworld Records LWR051A, 2025) Irresistible Cuban rhythms meet contemporary jazz on Ruta De La Clave… The post Clave Encounters: Joaquín Núñez Charts Cuba’s Rhythmic...Sunday, September 7, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
(Sony) Jade Thirlwall offers a wild ride through electroclash, Eurovision drama and emotive synth-pop – albeit one she can’t quite maintain for a whole album Last month, the indefatigable Vice magazine published a piece on the “summer of...Sunday, September 7, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Utilita Arena, Sheffield The singer announces he is thrilled to begin his first tour since taking time off for his mental health, but is visibly nervous and at one moment breaks into tears Lewis Capaldi is a pop star known for his...Sunday, September 7, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Minack theatre, Porthcurno Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his album Wind in the Wires in the Cornish landscape that inspired it, Wolf claims his status as a goth-folk pioneer Patrick Wolf walks on stage at the Minack theatre,...Saturday, September 6, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The drummer for the Britpop band on why Oasis aren’t his nemeses, his failed bid to become a UK Labour MP and how he finally conquered maths Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email You’ve just put out a coffee table book of...Friday, September 5, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
With 71 singles and three albums so far this year, the teenage MC is keeping the quality control high as he swerves across cloud rap, grime and more From Leicester Recommended if you like Bladee, OsamaSon, Clams Casino Up next A...Friday, September 5, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
(Avon Terror Corps) Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo amps up the intensity on a second album that makes an uncanny atmosphere out of swarming electronics, grisly vocals and polyrhythmic percussion Sacred Lodge is the side project of Paris-based...Thursday, September 4, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
(Matador) His last album was criticised for being too upbeat during Trump 1.0 but became a phenomenal live show, and the Talking Heads frontman remains sunny – almost to a fault It is seven years since David Byrne released his last solo...Monday, September 1, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire Full of warmth despite the rain, highs include Mexico City experimentalists Titanic and Vermont songwriter Lily Seabird’s gorgeously open-hearted voice Near End of the Road’s second stage is a billboard...Monday, September 1, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Copper Box Arena, London Dressed like a vicar, Albarn leads his band – joined by a choir, a string quartet, De La Soul and more – in renewing Demon Days’ downbeat drama Gorillaz are 25. In 2000, this cartoon-fronted project seemed like...Sunday, August 31, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The classical trumpeter had her mind blown by Dizzy Gillespie and has a tin ear for karaoke. But which Christmas banger really grinds her gears? The first song I fell in love with When I was seven and I started playing the trumpet, my...Friday, August 29, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Off-kilter London trio match lush arrangements with angular melodies and textural rhythm to take them on altogether fresh sonic adventures From London Recommended if you like Nala Sinephro, Ambrose Akinmusire, Moritz von Oswald Trio Up...Thursday, August 21, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The 51-year-old, who left the successful heavy metal group earlier this year, died in a collision in Atlanta Brent Hinds, the former lead guitarist of the acclaimed heavy metal group Mastodon , was killed in Atlanta overnight. Police...Friday, June 11, 2021 from World music | The Guardian
Their 80s hits are now hitting the billion-streams mark, but the duo’s genre-resistant pop often chafed against the zeitgeist. They recall the triumphs – and makeup choices – of the past 50 years I’m half an hour into my interview with...Thursday, March 1, 2018 from Songlines World Music News
Amadou & Mariam, Ken Boothe and Dobet Gnahoré are among the first acts announced for this year’s WOMAD Charlton Park Festival from July 26-29 The first wave of names have been announced for this year’s WOMAD at Charlton...Wednesday, February 28, 2018 from Songlines World Music News
The April 2018 (#136) issue of Songlines is now on sale! Our cover feature artist this issue is the Afrobeat musician Femi Kuti who talks about continuing his father Fela’s musical legacy. Other features include interviews with the...Wednesday, February 28, 2018 from Songlines World Music News
Here is our selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the April 2018 issue of Songlines. Tracks from each of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with issue #136. To buy the new issue or to find out more about...Tuesday, February 20, 2018 from Songlines World Music News
Seun Kuti, eldest son of the late Nigerian legend Fela Kuti, will perform at Electric Brixton, London on March 2 Seun Kuti began performing at his father’s side at just nine years old. Fela Kuti’s musical talent and passion clearly...Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from Songlines World Music News
Fusion duo Xylouris White release new music video for ‘Only Love’, a Songlines Top of the World track this issue Cretan laouto player and singer George Xylouris and Australian percussionist Jim White together form a...Thursday, January 25, 2018 from Songlines World Music News
The March 2018 (#135) issue of Songlines is now on sale! Our cover feature artists this issue are 47SOUL, the Middle Eastern band who have been wowing audiences around the world with their electrifying live shows. Other features include...Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from World Music News Wire
http://www.worldmusicwire.com/ By the muddy bayou, under moss-strung oaks, American rock ‘n’ roll was born--or at least, one of its many forms. It flourished in small bars and dancehalls, on local radio stations, in family vinyl...Tuesday, August 2, 2016 from World Music News Wire
http://www.worldmusicwire.com/ Peru. It’s not a country that seems like an immediate inspiration for roots reggae. But when a young Cisco Lagomarcino moved back there from New Jersey with his family in the 1990s, that was the sound the...