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Songs for Babyn Yar
Wartime atrocity remembered through story and song at London's JW3
Nathaniel Handy is captivated by the musical spells conjured up by a collective of artists in response to The Lost Words book
Gerald Seligman muses on the unique global sounds that once caught his ear and champions the undying spark of creativity
A spokesman for his people and proud champion of West African culture, Katharina Lobeck Kane salutes the Senegalese sensation Baaba Maal.
Prescribing some dance floor therapy with the Kenyan-born, Berlin-based ‘musical witchdoctor’
Jo Setters examines the career of the visionary French multi-instrumentalist who has been experimenting for over 30 years
Jaram Lee dives deep into the story of The Old Man and the Sea for a unique pansori retelling. Christopher Conder reports
Simultaneously innovating and upholding the traditions of the ngoni, Bassekou Kouyaté is a name synonymous with his instrument’s modern sound. Nigel Williamson rounds up his sparkling career
The Jamaican reggae legend dies at the age of 77. Garth Carthwright reports
Patrick Jered ventures into Madhya Pradesh in India to unearth the legendary bin-baja harp, widely considered as a pariah instrument
The music of the world has been constantly shaped by its wider contexts – from politics to economics and social movements. Here Chris Moss selects the most important genres to have been born across the last 100-plus years
To record Ali Farka Touré’s album 'Niafunké', World Circuit took a mobile studio all the way to Mali. Nigel Williamson went to meet Touré for Songlines in the summer of 1999 and found out why his commitments at home meant that the mountain had to go to Mohammed
We speak to Mary Ocher, a musician, performer, poet and visual artist to find out where she calls ‘home’
Simon Broughton gives the low-down of all nine concerts from the recent Songlines Encounters Festival at Kings Place in London, May 30-June 2
Doug DeLoach speaks to the sculptor, painter and musician who prioritises improvisation, with lyrics summoned on the spot and no two shows the same
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