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Review: WOMAD 2019 – Day 4
Dance music veterans and debut WOMAD performances on the final day of the festival
Dance music veterans and debut WOMAD performances on the final day of the festival
Le Trio Joubran and Mari Kalkun enchant at this scenic Brussels festival, blessed with an open musical agenda
Rob Adams examines the extensive career of the acclaimed French double bassist, who has been influential in taking the instrument to its sonic limits
A stellar line-up of multi-genre talent gears up to gather in Glasgow for Celtic Connections 2024
One half of the South Korean duo Dal:um, Hwang Hyeyoung speaks about her deep-toned, bamboo-plucked zither
Following her review of an album with a shocking blackface cover, Gabrielle Messeder delves into problematic representation in world music...
Laudan Nooshin reports on the revival of Iranian classical music since 1979 and Simon Broughton takes the pulse of the folk and pop scenes
Franco-Armenian fusion phenomenon shake up the Balkan pop formula with ‘Je Voulais’
Soumik Datta reveals to Simon Broughton the secrets of his innovative, go-faster sarod
Next month the Incorporated Society of Musicians Trust are holding a one-day symposium that will provide practical advice and support for the professional musician.
The Indonesian island of Bali resounds with the vibrant, often thunderous music of its gamelans – the ubiquitous percussion orchestras of bronze and bamboo. Andy Channing conjures up the magic of its many incarnations
With Toumani and Ballaké’s epochal New Ancient Strings to be reissued for its 25th anniversary, we speak to Lucy Durán, the album’s producer, about the unique recording and her documentary tracing the history of the kora
Cameroonian singer Blick Bassy's latest single is from his album 1958, out on March 9
We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today
Few African countries have contributed so many important artists to the World Music market: Salif Keita, Toumani Diabaté, Habib Koité, Kandia Kouyaté, Oumou Sangaré and the late Ali Farka Touré being but a few
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