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Roots Round-Up (Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis and more)
A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis, Jontavious Willis and La Pastourelle
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Roots Round-Up (Melissa Carper, Blind Pilot, Brandon Godman and more)
A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from The Harlem Gospel Travelers, Quinn DeVeaux, Brandon Godman, Blind Pilot and Melissa Carper
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Jennifer Reid’s Ballad of the Gatekeeper: reclaiming folk for the marginalised
During their recent tour, Eliza Carthy sat down with Jennifer Reid to discuss a new release of underrepresented and original Lancashire folk songs
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Q&A: Abigail Lapell
We check in with the Canadian singer-songwriter ahead of her first ever UK tour
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“Just accept yourself and see the beauty” | Eyal el Wahab (El Khat)
The frontman with Tel Aviv four-piece El Khat outlines the DIY aesthetic that has him digging into his Yemeni roots and through the neighbourhood's rubbish bins
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Watch: Songlines Music Awards 2019 – The Highlights
The event saw live music from Cyprus, Wales, Senegal, Turkey, Mali and Portugal
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Take Note: MOMO.
The nomadic Brazilian has taken inspiration from his daughter and current headquarters in London to make the most percussive album of his career. “I privileged the spontaneity of the grooves,” he tells Mark Sampson
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Stewart Lee Joins ADF For Anti-Brexit Anthem
As the countdown to Brexit continues, Stewart Lee joins rock’n'roll agitators Asian Dub Foundation for a new video which challenges the inherent racism underlying UK immigration policy
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Jeremy Loops | My World
The South African superstar talks about the revolutionary music that inspired him and ‘This Town’, his joyous collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Franck Biyong: “I just want to tear down the barrier that separates African music from the mainstream”
Frustrated by the state of popular African music, Franck Biyong decided to create his own ‘Afrolectric’ sound inspired by Le Grand Kallé, Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango and the greats of yesteryear
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Maxine Peake's My World: "You can see why people look for other things, and music gives us answers"
The English actor chats about her musical side projects, her love of folk horror and the mysteries that only music can answer
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“The jazz word in the folk world is something that people get frightened of” | Knight & Spiers interview
Robin Denselow learns how a chance pairing of melodeon player John Spiers and fiddler Peter Knight evolved into one of folk’s most inspired acts, exploring well-worn tunes in new and improvisatory ways
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20 Years of Morgenland
Simon Broughton visits Morgenland Festival in Germany for an opening concert celebrating 20 years of an event which has provided a vital showcase for many artists from the Middle East and North Africa
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Introducing... Mishra
A mutual love of Indian music studied at university was the impetus to form the global folk collective Mishra. Kevin Bourke speaks to the founding duo
Live reviews
Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu - Global Beats @ Pizza Express Live, October 24
Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu perform at the Global Beats festival at Pizza Express Live, Holborn.
