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Giants of Afrobeat: an interview with Tony Allen and Orlando Julius
Fela Kuti is synonymous with Afrobeat, but there are two other underappreciated pioneers of the genre. Nigel Williamson speaks to Tony Allen and Orlando Julius
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean
A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean
A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands
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Terakaft’s Book of Blues
Touareg rockers release new 7” with accompanying tome documenting their inscrutable exploits
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Afel Bocoum interview: “By the time corona arrived we had already more than enough going on here in Mali”
A key figure in Ali Farka Touré’s band, Afel Bocoum is releasing a long-awaited and rare solo album that finds him stepping into the limelight. He talks to Bram Posthumus about living in exile in Bamako, the situation in Mali and his desire to reconnect with the world
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Senyawa: Free Radicals
Time to penetrate the otherworldly shamanic orbit of innovative Indonesian duo Senyawa, as the pair disclose the secrets behind their esoteric arsenal of homemade instrumentation
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Bangladesh
One of the subcontinent’s richest and most fertile grounds for folk, film, devotional and classical music
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Music of Bangladesh: A Rough Guide
One of the subcontinent’s richest and most fertile grounds for folk, film, devotional and classical music
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Introducing... Altın Gün: “We just want to keep spreading the positive Turkish vibes”
Robert Rigney speaks to the sextet appealing to new audiences with their blend of vintage Turkish psychedelia and traditional folk music
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“The music takes me over. I dive in so deep that I go into a trance… Music is who I am” | Rokia Koné interview
The new voice of Mali, Rokia Koné, teamed up with producer-to-the-stars Jacknife Lee for an album sure to go down as a classic. Jane Cornwell catches up with this seemingly improbable, though quite inspired, pop partnership. Photography by Karen Paulina Biswell
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EMEL interview: “I’m not interested in that inherited feeling where women are rivals anymore”
EMEL’s latest album sees her work with a completely female team to make one of the most unapologetically forthright and adventurous albums of the year
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Quickfire: Ruby Colley
Talking all-time favourite albums and memorable musical encounters with the violinist, composer and sound artist inspired by folk, improv and minimalism
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Music at the 2018 London Film Festival
John Atkinson sums up the musical best-bits of the 2018 London Film Festival, kicking off later this week.
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Omar Sosa interview: “Music as a weapon of mass consciousness”
A prolific collaborator who has travelled extensively since leaving his Cuban homeland, Omar Sosa talks to Jane Cornwell about his fact-finding tour of East Africa and his new album, which sees him collaborate with some of the region’s leading folkloric musicians
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Playlist: Global A Capella
A playlist created by Songlines for Apple music that showcases a wide range of artists singing a capella
