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Quickfire: James BKS

Hyping favourite hip-hop releases and musical heroes with the French-Cameroonian producer and son of Manu Dibango

Hannah James: Beginner’s Guide

Celebrating the innovative, multi-faceted career of the British singer-songwriter and percussive dance champion

My World: James Acaster

A new project is allowing British comedian James Acaster to return to the music career he never planned to leave

WOMAD 2022: Final Names Announced

Gilberto Gil, Lianne La Havas, Osibisa, Comorian, Alostmen and more join line-up for global party's 40th birthday edition

James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg Rap Up Third Duo Album

Fingerpickin’ guitar-slingers announce new collaboration, featuring a unique take on Neneh Cherry’s ‘Buffalo Stance’

WOMAD announces first names for 2024

Amadou & Mariam, Sampa The Great, Baaba Maal and Yungchen Lhamo amongst first names announced for this year's WOMAD festival

WOMAD announces first names for 2026

WOMAD have announced the first artists for the inaugural year at their new Wiltshire home, Neston Park. Oumou Sangaré, Barrington Levy, Greentea Peng and José González lead a line-up that is typically diverse and all-encompassing

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2024: First Names Revealed

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace and an exclusive Transatlantic Sessions showcase among the early highlights for this summer’s iteration of the celebrated music summit, which marks its 60th anniversary this year

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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!

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Jazz is World Music

Why is there so much snobbery and closed-mindedness about jazz from the ‘world music police’?

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Obituary: Foday Musa Suso (1950–2025)

Gambian griot, composer and kora master has passed away aged 75

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All-Star Birthday Concert for Bert Jansch

A special 80th birthday concert, celebrating the work of Bert Jansch, will be held on November 4 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall

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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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Here Comes the Calgary

Catalina Maria Johnson heads to Canada’s Calgary Folk Festival, an event beloved by its community with a unique talent for bringing artists from around the world together in rapturous communion