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Friday, October 4, 2024

Driss El Maloumi: A Beginner's Guide

One of the most in-demand oud players of his generation, Jo Frost discovers an artist whose musical curiosity shows no signs of abating

Friday, October 4, 2024

Ten Essential Ngoni Albums

Nigel Williamson picks ten emblematic recordings featuring the ngoni, a West African lute said to be an ancestor of the banjo, made from hollowed-out wood or calabash, covered in animal hide, and strung with four-to-six strings on a fretless neck

Friday, October 4, 2024

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

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Introducing Los Bitchos

Cumbia, disco and video game music are on the playlist for the London-based quartet’s second album. April Clare Welsh pulls up a stool

Thursday, October 3, 2024

World Building Through World Music

Erin Cobby reports on six projects using music as a platform to build communities and give the systematically marginalised a voice, both now and in the future

Thursday, October 3, 2024

60 Years of Fania Records

Celebrating 60 years of Fania Records, we ask Daymé Arocena, Silvana Estrada, Roberto Fonseca, iLe, Meridian Brothers, Orquesta Akokán, Nathy Peluso, Ana Tijoux and many others to pick some Fania classics. Introduction by Erin Cobby. Interviews by Russ Slater Johnson

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