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Diabaté in the dock

The recent arrest of Sidiki Diabaté has shocked the music community and highlighted issues of domestic violence towards women in Mali

Bra Hugh to be Remembered in Memorial Concert

Hugh Masekela's life and work is to be honoured this weekend with a special performance at the Barbican, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Oslo World 2023

Martin Longley witnessed Mari Boine, Bixiga 70, Gaye Su Akyol and Les Mamans de Congo at the 30th anniversary of this exceptional city-spanning festival…

Broadcasts From The Broadside

Contemporary trad-music conservators Broadside Hacks announce the activation of a Patreon platform loaded with archive footage culled from their Folk Club events

WOMADelaide, Tainmuntilla, Mar 10-13

Sampa The Great, Bab L'Bluz, Cimafunk, KOKOROKO and Yung Chen Lhamo all played their part in one of the best WOMADelaide line-ups yet, with female solidarity the theme of the weekend

Video premiere: K.O.G. & The Zongo Brigade's new single

K.O.G. & The Zongo Brigade video premiere: watch it here.

Introducing... Ánnámáret

The Sámi singer and educator speaks to Simon Broughton about her latest release and the importance of breathing new life into the joik tradition

Introducing the June 2023 issue of Songlines

Lankum, Angeline Morrison, Tinariwen, Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate, Puuluup, Kaushiki Chakraborty, James Acaster… plus we have a UK Festival Guide and announce the winners of the Songlines Music Awards!

Features

Festival Pass: Festival de la Marimba

Jenna Mackle visits Tumaco on Colombia’s Pacific Coast, where a small festival is highlighting the traditions of the region’s Black and Indigenous communities

Features

My World: Jung Jae-il

Ahead of an opening performance for this year's K-Music Festival in London, we speak to Jung Jae-il, the award-winning composer of the soundtracks to Parasite and Squid Game. “Listening was the greatest study,” he tells Liam Izod

News

Jude Kelly announces resignation from Southbank Centre to lead Women of the World

Jude Kelly, CBE and artistic director at London’s Southbank Centre, has announced she will leave her current role in order to lead the global development of Women of the World Festival