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Quickfire: Gabriel da Rosa
Brazilian singer and musician Gabriel da Rosa reveals the secrets to his easy-going charm
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San Salvador interview: “There’s a universality in our music that works”
Mark Sampson chats to the dynamic French vocal sextet San Salvador during a brief moment at home in south-west France following a whirlwind 18 months of international touring
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Peter Gabriel Discusses ‘Biko’, His Anti-Apartheid Anthem
In 1980 Peter Gabriel released ‘Biko’, raising awareness of South Africa’s apartheid regime. It’s since become a human rights anthem across the world. Gabriel tells the story of its genesis and legacy
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was qawwali's shining star; the Sufi singer introduced the world to the ecstatic, mystical musical form from Pakistan
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Lost Album' To Be Released
A collection of recordings, dating back to 1990, by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are to be released in September as 'Chain of Light'
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The Best New Albums from Around the World (April 2024)
Here are our Top of the World – the best new albums reviewed in the April 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Aziza Brahim, Abdul & The Gang, LINA_ and more...
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Why does ‘ethnic’ nearly always mean non-white?
Following her review of an album with a shocking blackface cover, Gabrielle Messeder delves into problematic representation in world music...
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We're All in the Same Dance video
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino have released a new lockdown video, 'We're All in the Same Dance', featuring newly composed music and around 150 dancers
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Video premiere: K.O.G. & The Zongo Brigade's new single
K.O.G. & The Zongo Brigade video premiere: watch it here.
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WOMAD Announces New Series of Immersive Online Music Performances
WOMAD comes direct to listeners' living rooms courtesy of a new immersive audio project
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Obituary: Ekuka Morris Sirikiti (1961–2024)
Famed storyteller and lukeme player from Uganda having a late-career resurgence
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The return of Afro Celt Sound System
The global groove and harmony evangelists return with their first album since the death of founder Simon Emmerson. Jane Cornwell chats to original members, and now bandleaders, Johnny Kalsi and N’Faly Kouyaté
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WOMAD cancelled
The country's most important gathering of world music artists is the latest festival to cancel in the wake of the government's decision to extend COVID restrictions
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Djivan Gasparyan: A Beginner's Guide
If there was one sound emblematic of Armenia it would be the duduk. Simon Broughton appraises the career of the instrument’s most famous exponent who has just turned 90
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Quickfire: Clare Sands
Boosting Dylan and talking world medal martial arts with the Irish singer and fiddle-player channelling the music of her ancestors
