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Toumani Diabaté: A Beginner’s Guide
The kora has become almost synonymous with the music of Mali. Nigel Williamson examines the career of its chief exponent Toumani Diabaté
The kora has become almost synonymous with the music of Mali. Nigel Williamson examines the career of its chief exponent Toumani Diabaté
The West African xylophone is steeped in the mythology of the Mali Empire. Simon Broughton meets balafon player Mamadou Diabaté, who is helping to keep the instrument’s 800-year history alive
Mateusz Dobrowolski checks in on the vocalist representing Greece at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
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The Malian kora player has become an international star, noted for his myriad musical collaborations. Nigel Williamson examines his extensive back catalogue
A legendary figure in the Caribbean, the septuagenarian singer Calypso Rose has had a remarkable 40-year long career and is still going strong
Critically-acclaimed UK folk quartet take new lunar-loving album out on tour this winter
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
Emma Rycroft fires the questions at Sean Cooney from English folk group The Young'uns
Help Musicians enable the Kurdish vocalist to find (and fund) her voice with a new EP release and video
Rufus Wainwright answers our questions about his latest album Folkocracy and what it was like growing up amid folk royalty
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