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Q&A: Patrick Bebey
Cameroonian musician with a penchant for groovy Afro-jazz
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Roots Round-Up: Watchhouse, Valerie June, The Faux Paws and more
This is quite the grab-bag of music reviews from North American artists, ranging from pop-leaning to super out-there experimental, but still all rooted in tradition
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“I never had a teacher, but I would watch other percussionists” | Élage Diouf
Robin Denselow catches up with the Québec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and drummer who has just released a new album
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Sufi and Jewish Music Nights, Hamburg, March 16 & 19
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights take over the towering Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
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Meklit Hadero: "Of so many cultures and musical traditions… I was one star in a constellation"
Jane Cornwell speaks to Ethiopian-born American singer Meklit Hadero about returning to the songs of her homeland
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Jubilee review – Celebrating the Aga Khan
The Royal Albert Hall hosted a Diamond Jubilee celebration for His Highness the Aga Khan.
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Roots Round-Up (David Brunelle, Jordan Wax, Pawlo Humeniuk and more)
Featuring new releases from Lara Wong and Melón Jiménez, Lily Talmers and more
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Searching for the Folk Songs of the Channel Islands
Devon Léger speaks to Lihou, a group reviving the rich multicultural folk songs of the Channel Islands
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Songlines receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Songlines attended Folk Alliance International, the ‘world’s largest folk music gathering’, in Montréal to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award and get lost in a hotel-spanning labyrinth of musical moments
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Setting the Scene: Yilian Cañizares
Violinist, singer and composer Yilian Cañizares discusses her relationship with her homeland of Cuba and her new-found home in Lausanne, Switzerland
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Utopian Lullabies at Oslo World
Oslo World festival kicked off with an emotional opening concert showcasing impressive performances from a host of female singers.
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Söndörgő & The Kelemen Quartet, Budapest, April 8
A Balkan folk feedback loop curves to Béla Bartók and back in Budapest’s impressively opulent hall…
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Annbjørg Lien: A Beginner’s Guide
Fiona Talkington looks back over the impressive career of one of Norway’s most celebrated fiddlers and gets a glimpse of where she’s going next
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Songlines Best Albums of 2017
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
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Other Voices: Home at the Guinness Storehouse
For the fifth consecutive year, this November the Guinness Storehouse hosted a range of musicians – from The Mary Wallopers to Niamh Regan to Tolü Makay – for an evening rich in music, joy and warmth
