The Eurovision Song Concert is back for another year, this time taking place in Malmö, Sweden – with the final on May 11 – and there are a surprising number of artists that we’ve featured in Songlines involved.
When not herding reindeer, Finnish mother-daughter duo Solju are bringing the Sámi tradition of joiking to wider audiences
Mariza won the Best Artist category in the Songlines Music Awards 2016. Following the release of her first album in five years, Mariza makes sure fado is not a limitation. Mundo, she tells Gonçalo Frota, is her way of saying these are happy times
Nigel Williamson takes a look at the rise to global fame and fortune of West Africa’s golden couple
Around half of the 80,000 indigenous Sámi people live in Norway. Simon Broughton talks to one of the country’s rising musical stars, Marja Mortensson, about how she’s invigorating the joik tradition. Photos Knut Åserud & Tom Askew-Miller
Malian Afro-pop ambassadors announce new video, album and trio of UK performances
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