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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… The post Vicente Navarro Brings Rural Song to the City...Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from World Music Central.org
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… The post East Meets Best: Chettini’s ‘Oriental Soul’...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The 013 venue in Tilburg says ‘new statements go too far’, while band responds that ‘at no point was Kirk’s death celebrated’ The punk duo Bob Vylan have had a gig cancelled after their frontman Bobby Vylan called the far right...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The singer’s album Man’s Best Friend bottles young women’s increasing sense of healthy relationships being out of reach Sabrina Carpenter’s country-tinged synth-pop album Man’s Best Friend initially drew attention for its divisive album...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
‘A guy from our record company told me to take out the whistling. I said no way. When the song went through the roof, he came to me, bent over and said, “Kick my ass!”’ Being a West German band made playing the Soviet Union in the late...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
In UK cities full of musicians, the fast-shrinking nightlife scene is leaving artists with nowhere to play. We asked how it is affecting our readers ‘There’s just not that much on offer in Cambridge,” says Ella Stranger, 22. “We’ll...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World Music Central.org
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… The post Dance and Learn first appeared on World Music Central .Monday, September 15, 2025 from World Music Central.org
(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.… The post Hermeto Pascoal, Legendary Brazilian...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
From his early 00s ‘gay church folk music’ via country-tinged indie, Joel Gibb has always been an outlier. Now he is back with an album of synthy pop pumpers At a recent Monday night gig in London, Joel Gibb – AKA the Hidden Cameras –...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Hannah Delynn – Trust Fall (self-released, 2025) When an artist releases a debut full-length album, it often feels like the opening of a long-sealed journal.… The post Falling Into Place: Hannah Delynn’s “Trust Fall” Lands...Monday, September 15, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
He was a genius of improvised music, a performer who abandoned composition – and wondered why anyone would buy his records. Comedian Stewart Lee celebrates the eccentric life of his great inspiration Today’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s...Sunday, September 14, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Hart, who wrote and produced for years with Tommy Boyce, died in his Los Angeles home after a period of poor health Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees ’ multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as Last Train to...Sunday, September 14, 2025 from World Music Central.org
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… The post A Step Well Taken: Roomful Of Blues ‘Steppin’ Out!’ first appeared on...Sunday, September 14, 2025 from World Music Central.org
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… The post Harboring Genius: Agustín Pereyra Lucena’s Rare Gem...Sunday, September 14, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The singer’s kitchen discos and that Saltburn scene have given her the mother of all career resurgences. So how is she capitalising on this midlife moment? With an album about the perimenopause Sophie Ellis-Bextor swoops into the...Saturday, September 13, 2025 from World Music Central.org
(headline image: Hildá Länsman – photo by Meeri Koutaniemi) Hildá Länsman was born in 1993 in Utsjoki, Finland. Utsjoki is Finland’s northernmost corner, where the… The post Hildá Länsman’s Voice of the North first appeared...Saturday, September 13, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Glasgow-based Celtic music harper Malachy Arnold, known as MAL, has unveiled his latest single, “Connadh.” Arnold began playing harp at age five, inspired by his… The post Harp player MAL Unveils “Connadh” first...Saturday, September 13, 2025 from World Music Central.org
Ahmed Mukhtar and Lusardi Monteverde – Al-hambra (ARC Music, 2025) Flamenco guitar and the Arabic lute known as the oud go together like, well, feel… The post Strings of a Feather first appeared on World Music Central .Friday, September 12, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The Aria-winning artist on eating cheese plates with his fans’ parents, the benefits of Canberra and why community is the antidote to division Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email On a wide suburban street in Canberra’s Weston...Friday, September 12, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
Amsterdam combo blend funky post-punk, turntablism and ‘miscellaneous objects’ in a giddy mix beguiling a growing cross-genre audience From Amsterdam Recommended if you like Adrian Sherwood, ESG, Hidden Operator Up next New charity...Friday, September 12, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
(tak:til/Glitterbeat) On their third release in 18 months, this exceptional musician draws from folk story, Breton influences and nature to explore the sublime potential of its title Welsh musician Cerys Hafana’s first release on the...Friday, September 12, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
(A24 Music) Haunting harmonica and poetic banality add to the Londoner’s spookily sonorous baritone to create a hypnotically familiar yet ineffably fresh album F ilm and TV powerhouse A24 bridges the gap between the cutting-edge and the...Friday, September 12, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
The south Londoner’s honesty about her vices has made her a gen Z hero: she was in rehab when her biggest hit was blowing up. Singing about sex on her new album, she says, is a way to mask the pain Last November, Lola Young was finally...Thursday, September 11, 2025 from World music | The Guardian
(Gingerbread Man/Atlantic) Despite embracing Indian and Persian sounds, Sheeran’s eighth album goes back to basics after two records of muted melancholy – albeit with some surprising undercurrents As he points out on the opening track of...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
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!”...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...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
(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...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,...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...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...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...