The Beatles’ fusion of Indian music into Western pop inspired a monsoon of similarly adventurous experiments. Nigel Williamson offers a chronological selection of the most inventive albums of the last 50 years
Banjo and guitar player with Canadian contemporary folk group The East Pointers has died, age 37
Israeli-born vocalist Noam Vazana composes songs in the Jewish Ladino language and speaks here to Simon Broughton about her fascination with this dying tongue
Indian sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee’s new star-studded album, a go-getting synthesis of South Asian and Western elements, is a creative response to the limitations of lockdown. Simon Broughton reports
The South African superstar talks about the revolutionary music that inspired him and ‘This Town’, his joyous collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Nigel Williamson explores The Beatles and India, a new film lifting the lid on the Fab Four’s journey east and the impact that Indian music and culture had on the group’s own sound and legacy
Our best albums of 2021; the return of star-studded folk ensemble Spell Songs; an investigative plunge into changüí, the irrepressible sound of Guantánamo; a Beginner's Guide to Karine Polwart, plus more inside
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Best Albums of 2021 – Discover who made our editors' picks of the year
Small Island Big Song – A deep dive into the Indo-Pacific eco-activists
Spell Songs – The star-studded folk ensemble returns
Karolina Cicha – Giving an audience to Karaim music
Changüí – The irrepressible sound of Guantánamo
Karine Polwart – Beginner's Guide to the acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter
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