Wonderful performances and iconic moments from the 2018 Songlines Music Awards, featuring Angélique Kidjo, Fatoumata Diawara, Vieux Farka Touré, Mokoomba, and more
The 34th edition of the Belgrade Jazz Festival featured Chucho Valdés, Miklós Lukács and Irina Karamarkovic
Angélique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf perform a special show with the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra for C’est pas Classique festival in Nice
The month's best new albums, including Vaudou Game, Subhasis Bhattacharya and Jeremy Dutcher
Piano accordions, melodeons, concertinas, bandoneóns – squeezeboxes come in many forms, and have spread all over the globe, adapting to all kinds of traditions. Julian May picks his favourite squeezebox albums
Chris Moss chooses his favourite albums from Mexico, from Lila Downs to José José
Every year, editor Jo Frost and editor-in-chief Simon Broughton choose their favourite albums from the previous 12 months. This list of 50 recordings represent their selections from the last five years
Best Albums of 2018 - Our favourite albums of the year
Zakir Hussain - The tabla player reveals his orchestral project
Dudu Tassa - The rock star reviving the classic songs of the Al-Kuwaiti brothers
Celia Cruz - A new exhibition pays tribute to the Latin star
Brazil & Bolsonaro - Afro-Brazilian culture comes under fire from the newly-elected leader
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Find out more >Songlines Music Awards 2018
Angélique Kidjo won the Songlines 2018 World Pioneer Award, largely for her latest album, Remain in Light
Best Artist at the 2018 Songlines Music Awards, Oumou Sangaré made a spectacular return to the fray on Mogoya
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino won the 2018 Songlines Best Group Award for their album Canzoniere, fusing Italian folk traditions with a global outlook
Maya Youssef won the Songlines 2018 Newcomer Award for her astonishingly assured album, Syrian Dreams
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Immerse yourself in the local sounds and rhythms of Senegal's capital, Dakar.
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Venture into the heart of Colombia’s musical culture, from Bogotá’s hip alternative scene to Cartagena and Medellín.
JAPAN: TRADITION & DIVERSITY - November 2019 (NEW)
Explore the culture of Japan while seeing the best sights of Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto and Osaka.
ROMANIA: AT HOME WITH THE GYPSIES - September 2019
Includes visits to Clejani, the home of Taraf de Haidouks, and Zece Prăjini, the home of Fanfare Ciocărlia.
ARGENTINA: GET TANGOED! - November 2019 (NEW)
Trace the history of tango in South America's most European city, Buenos Aires.
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