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Thursday, December 12, 2024

World Pioneer: Manu Chao

Peter Culshaw shares stories collected on the road with Manu Chao, this year’s winner of Songlines’ World Pioneer, an award given to artists for their contribution to music

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Selda Bağcan: A Beginner's Guide

The trailblazing Turkish singer-songwriter and activist remains an icon of the 70s Anatolian psych scene. Daniel Spicer recounts a career full of revolutionary spirit and stirring protest songs

Thursday, December 12, 2024

St. Vincent's My World Interview

Shapeshifting US indie-rocker St. Vincent’s latest album sees her sing entirely in Spanish. She tells Emma Rycroft about the dedicated Latin American fans who inspired it and the new emotional depths it allowed her to reach

Thursday, December 12, 2024

The problem with Band Aid’s Christmas single

Colin Alexander looks at how the media are only too happy to turn renewed criticism of Band Aid’s Christmas single into a celebrity spat, and why the song remains problematic

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Dispatch from: Asunción, Paraguay

Through fantastical water instruments, Sonidos de la Tierra have been helping bring both music and environmental activism to Paraguay’s communities. Huw Hennessy finds out more…

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

¡Viva Los Domingos!

Sundays in London are about to get a lot more Cuban as a new monthly residency fires up a crack team of timba musicians for its inaugural event

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Northern Exposure

Two festivals in Norway’s cold north warm the soul with enviable line-ups and empowering approaches

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Fireside Stories: Cathy Fink and Ola Belle Reed

Cathy Fink recalls the warm and welcoming woman she encountered and the fun that followed when she decided to track down one of her musical idols, Appalachian singer and songwriter Ola Belle Reed

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