Russ Slater Johnson talks with the Uruguayan singer-songwriter about Latin American music’s recent global renaissance, cultural gains in his home country and new collaborative candombe-charged album, Taracá
Charis McGowan speaks to Silvana Estrada in the house of Mexican ranchera icon, Chavela Vargas. It’s where Estrada learned how to channel grief into song, laying the foundations for her latest album
Jane Cornwell unpicks the sepia mythology of Buena Vista Social Club to reveal a story of chance, politics and marketing, turning a Havana recording session into a cultural phenomenon
Florence Adooni, Santrofi, Kay Slice, Ata Kak, Me & My Friends and Ireke select their favourite Ghanaian highlife releases
Silvana Estrada, Buena Vista Social Club, Jorge Drexler, SONICO x Rovira, Essential 10 Highlife Releases, Charif Megarbane, Yiddish Glory, Constantinople, Cocanha and more
The Norwegian singer-songwriter shares the minimal, spooky and emotional beauty of five albums that have left a lasting impression on her own work
Jim Hickson on the London duo channelling Ethiopian tradition and contemporary cool into experimental pop gold
Silvana Estrada – In the house of Chavela Vargas – the Mexican singer on learning to sing through pain
Buena Vista Social Club – Thirty years on – unravelling why the album became such a cultural phenomenon
Jorge Drexler – The Uruguayan singer-songwriter on why he returned home for his latest album
SONICO – Why the Belgian ensemble are so crazy about tango innovator Eduardo Rovira
Charif Megarbane – Beginner's Guide to the Lebanese producer
Yiddish Glory – Another chapter in the project bringing wartime Jewish songs back to life
Vitor Araújo – Fireside Story from the Brazilian classical pianist
Mardi Gras Dispatch – A journey to Louisiana for the celebrations
Essential 10 Highlife – Ghanaian artists and highlife fans pick the essential releases
Al Di Meola’s My World – The guitarist opens up his musical world
'Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn' – Huw Marc Bennett explores the Welsh love song
Plus – Constantinople · La Muchacha · Cocanha · Horsehead Fiddle · Folk Album of the Year · Juni Habel · ZENA · Planet Ilunga · Eliza Carthy
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