Friday, April 6, 2018
Playlist: Global A Capella
A playlist created by Songlines for Apple music that showcases a wide range of artists singing a capella
A playlist created by Songlines for Apple music that showcases a wide range of artists singing a capella
Nathaniel Handy speaks to English singer-songwriter Eliza Carthy, who is the happiest she’s ever been with her new band, new voice and newfound freedom
Mariza won the Best Artist category in the Songlines Music Awards 2016. Following the release of her first album in five years, Mariza makes sure fado is not a limitation. Mundo, she tells Gonçalo Frota, is her way of saying these are happy times
World music is a maze. And what you need is a good map. So here is our A to Z of world music, taking you from Africa Express to Zimbabwe, from Balkan brass to qawwali and from cumbia to WOMAD
We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today
Doug DeLoach immerses himself in the ecstatic and positive music of Haitian band Chouk Bwa, who are about to embark on their debut UK tour
Why is there so much snobbery and closed-mindedness about jazz from the ‘world music police’?
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
A spokesman for his people and proud champion of West African culture, Katharina Lobeck Kane salutes the Senegalese sensation Baaba Maal.
Spanning from Senegal to Guatemala, Libya to London, this global roster of female MCs continues in the footsteps of legends like MC Lyte and Lauryn Hill, helping to redefine women’s role in hip-hop.
The Western Sahara has been the subject of dispute for many decades. One of its most eloquent activists and singers, Aziza Brahim, talks about life in exile and how music and politics are inseparable
Garth Cartwright marvels at the long-lasting appeal of the Senegalese band
Nigel Williamson looks back at the enduring global popularity of the Irish musical ambassadors
Jameela Siddiqi introduces Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Pakistani Pavarotti, populariser of the qawwali tradition
Tim Cumming delves into the history and mystical appeal of the Moroccan musicians from Jajouka
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