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How to hope in an empty city: Joseph Tawadros

Join oud maestro Joseph Tawadros behind the scenes during the recording sessions for his forthcoming new full-length, Hope in an Empty City

Essential 10

Touareg Albums | The Essential 10

Nigel Williamson selects ten albums that best showcase the inimitable Touareg desert groove sound

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Ten Album Covers That Changed World Music

Chris Moss selects ten album covers that changed the world music scene, featuring Buena Vista Social Club, Fela Kuti and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Essential 10

Balkan Albums | The Essential 10

Ten classic albums that exemplify the diversity and virtuosity of music in the Balkan region, featuring Fanfare Ciocărlia, Kočani Orkestar, Taraf de Haïdouks, Esma Redžepova and more

Essential 10

Cuban Albums | The Essential 10

Cuba has always been a musical powerhouse, featuring Afro-Cuban Allstars, Buena Vista Social Club, La Lupe, Los Van Van and more

Features

Introducing... Boubacar 'Badian' Diabaté

West African acoustic-axe fans take note – a new Malian griot guitarist is here to ratchet up the note ratios with some seriously fleet fretboard action, picking up fans such as Bill Frisell along the way

Best New Albums

The 10 Best New Albums | August 2021

Outstanding new releases from Jupiter & Okwess, Natalia Lafourcade, John Francis Flynn, Derya Yıldırım and many more. Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the August 2021 issue of Songlines

Reviews Database

Review of Yedi Kedi

Review of Tales

Review of Be Here Whenever

Review of Mande Guitar: African Guitar Series, Vol 1

Review of Couleur

Review of The Rich are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives

Review of The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know

Review of Dance

Review of The Voices and Bridges

Review of Echo Land

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