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Inside the issue…

Inside the issue…

Fatoumata Diawara

A conversation with the Malian singer on 15 years in music, freedom and speaking out

Jonny Greenwood & Shye Ben Tzur

The pair reunite with the Rajasthan Express on Ranjha, the long-awaited follow-up to Junun

Alté

Inside the Nigerian music scene whose refusal to belong has reshaped Lagos’ music scene

Brìghde Chaimbeul

The Scottish smallpiper on bringing the rich drones of her instrument to wider audiences

Raül Refree

Beginner’s Guide to the Catalan producer who has worked with everyone from Rosalía to Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo

Bizimungu Dieudonne

How a lost Rwandan album survived a genocide – and finally found its audience

ODD OKODDO

The Kenyan-German trio reinventing Luo dodo tradition

Bakithi Kumalo

We hear from the South African bassist, 40 years on from Graceland

Summer Festival Guide 2026

Our pick of the season’s best world music festivals

Essential 10 Drinking Songs

Raising a glass to classic odes of imbibing and inebriation from around the world

Ben Wheatley’s My World

The English director opens up his musical world

‘Duncan and Brady’

Paul Slade traces the murder ballad that became a civil rights anthem

Plus

Maryam Saleh · Rostam · Ibrahim Maalouf · Stevens & Pound · Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers · Shabnam Parvaresh · Tremor · Manchester Folk Festival · Babani Records · Bishi