Thursday, October 11, 2018
Tango Albums – The Essential 10
As Argentinian tango comes to the Proms, and with the form currently undergoing a revival in Buenos Aires, Chris Moss selects ten timeless albums
As Argentinian tango comes to the Proms, and with the form currently undergoing a revival in Buenos Aires, Chris Moss selects ten timeless albums
Over the decades, countless albums have demonstrated the indelible contribution the Windrush generation has made to popular music. Charles de Ledesma selects ten that sum up this dramatic period of history
Oumou Sangaré releases a new video from her 2017 album Mogoya in aid of Mali's 58th Independence Day
Brazilian music is a whole world of its own. It may be best known for samba – the irrepressible rhythm of carnival – but that's only a fraction of the story
Despite continued fighting, there is new musical life in the country and new interest abroad. Simon Broughton and Veronica Doubleday report
One of the subcontinent’s richest and most fertile grounds for folk, film, devotional and classical music
From dancing angels to dengue fever, Cambodia's musical culture is flourishing once more, writes John Clewley
Fatoumata Diawara releases a new video from her album Fenfo, before returning to the UK this November.
Bixiga 70 return with a striking video for their new single 'Quebra Cabeça', the title-track from their upcoming album.
Bokanté team up with the Metropole Orkest for a new album due out in late September. 'All the Way Home' is the first single and video.
Punch Brothers release a fourth live session video attached to their new album All Ashore. Their song 'Jumbo' is a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump.
Playing for Change (PFC) releases the music video for ‘Ahoulaguine Akaline’, a track from Listen to the Music, the fourth album in the wonderful Songs Around the World series.
Watch the UK premiere Anthony Joseph's 'On the Move' video, part of his upcoming album People of the Sun.
Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores
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
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