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The 10 Best Live Albums
Jim Hickson selects ten top live-in-concert world music albums, featuring Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca, Oum Kalthoum, Ozomatli, Radio Tarifa and more
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Video premiere: 'Mam Yine Wa' by Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy
Re-recorded and ready for the world stage: listen to northern Ghana's latest Frafra star ahead of his new album, out in November
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Singing with Nightingales – Live at Home
A special online broadcast featuring nightingale song, poetry and storytelling has been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
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Zakir Hussain joins Symphony Orchestra of India on UK tour
Critically-acclaimed ensemble from the sub-continent return for nine-concert series
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Escape Artists: Alison Cotton Commemorates Altruistic ‘Little Angels’
With her forthcoming album and tour, the violist and vocalist pays tribute to Ida and Louise Cook, the music-obsessed sisters who helped Jewish refugees flee Europe from the Nazis
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Tian Qiyi release ‘Red Mist’ single
Brothers John and Charlie Tian Yi Wardle preview album collaboration with father and bass supremo Jah Wobble
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Thailand’s Carabao Brings Down Curtain
Carabao, Thailand’s most popular rock band, will disband in March 2024, with a final concert appearance on April 1, 2024, according to Carabao’s frontman, National Artist ‘Aed Carabao’ (Yuenyong Opakul).
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The festival putting a whole new spin on the term ‘January Blues’
El Khat, Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou and others announced for the inaugural SQUARE showcase event in Braga, Portugal
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Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood unveil final live video from Middle East collaboration
New video from Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood is a celebration of Middle Eastern music
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Omara Portuondo celebrates her 90th birthday with online concert
Buena Vista Social Club diva delights with online birthday bonanza
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Setting the Scene: Mary Ocher
We speak to Mary Ocher, a musician, performer, poet and visual artist to find out where she calls ‘home’
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Township troubadours Urban Village drop new video
Genre-defying South African quartet announce new video for 'Dindi', a cut lifted from their new album on Nø Førmat!
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Sawhney’s Immigrant songs to be released via Sony Music Masterworks
Songlines’ October 2019 cover star and last year’s winner of the magazine’s World Pioneer award, Nitin Sawhney, is set to release his new album, Immigrants, later this year via Sony Music Masterworks
