Features

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

UK Premiere: 'On the Move' by Anthony Joseph

Watch the UK premiere Anthony Joseph's 'On the Move' video, part of his upcoming album People of the Sun.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Ireland

Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Korea

The Korean musical identity can be traced to the fifth century, and has been well documented since the fifteenth century, as Rob Provine and Keith Howard reveal

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Portugal

Portugal is best known as the home of fado, the passionate and elegant music of Lisbon and Coimbra

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Ethiopia

Explore the land of wax and gold, a country full of fascinating music, in this complete guide by Francis Falceto

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Australia

The story of Aboriginal music is centuries old and continues to develop in fascinating ways

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Nigeria

Nigeria's best-known cultural exports – juju, Afrobeat and fuji music – barely scratch the surface of the vast and vibrant cultural topography of the nation

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Mali

Few African countries have contributed so many important artists to the World Music market: Salif Keita, Toumani Diabaté, Habib Koité, Kandia Kouyaté, Oumou Sangaré and the late Ali Farka Touré being but a few

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean

A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Kenya

The life and times of Kenyan pop, introduced by Doug Paterson

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music

The 'world music bible', now available exclusively on the Songlines website

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Hungary

Simon Broughton introduces the music of Hungary, a country of ten million people with a strong musical profile

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The Rough Guide to World Music: Jamaica

Jamaica is a serious contender for the title ‘loudest island in the world’. On any night, and especially at weekends, it shakes to the musical vibrations of thousands of sound systems