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Bab L' Bluz: Gateway to the Blues

This new rocking Maghrebi band are making waves with their exciting Gnawa-blues hybrid sound. Bab L’ Bluz’s co-founders Yousra Mansour and Brice Bottin explain their intent to Jane Cornwell

Tinariwen: every album reviewed

Since their debut album in 2001, the throbbing desert blues of the Touareg guitar band Tinariwen has conquered the musical world: here are reviews of all of their albums to date

Manu Chao's Clandestino appeared at the cross-fade of the millennium and sounded perfect – a radical masterpiece

Peter Culshaw reminisces on his time biographing the elusive Manu Chao as his classic solo album, Clandestino, is re-released 20 years on

Quickfire: James BKS

Hyping favourite hip-hop releases and musical heroes with the French-Cameroonian producer and son of Manu Dibango

Spell Songs: Eclectic Light Orchestra

Catching up with the stellar folk collective who are casting their illuminating charms on a world in need of a little magic

Introducing the January/February 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Bob Marley

Bob Marley, Mon Laferte, Raphael Rogiński, sea shanty surprises and our Best Albums of 2023. Plus, Ezra Collective in Lagos, Bounaly, Yann & Emilie Tiersen, Ben Edge and we reveal our latest World Pioneer

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Black-Horned Moon: Old Gods & Burning Altars

Lithuania’s Black-Horned Moon bids farewell with a final celebration of the country’s pagan past. Simon Broughton investigates…

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Scotland Unwrapped at Kings Place

Karine Polwart, Aidan O’Rourke and Jasdeep Singh Degun join the bill for a year-long celebration of Scottish music and spoken-word

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Spell Songs conjure natural charms for live-streamed fundraiser

Authors Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris joined the Spell Songs ensemble for a magical, memorable charity performance

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Renaud Garcia-Fons: A Beginner's Guide

Rob Adams examines the extensive career of the acclaimed French double bassist, who has been influential in taking the instrument to its sonic limits

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Spell Songs show for broadcast

Folk by the Oak festival team announce exclusive online performance by the nature-loving folk collective

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Samba-Festival Coburg review

Every year, the sleepy town of Coburg is overrun with musicians, dancers, and music fans for the largest samba festival outside of Brazil

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Electric Jalaba: “It’s the feeling of being grabbed by the music and lost in the groove”

Gnawa music from Morocco forms the basis of Electric Jalaba’s groove-laden sound. Jane Cornwell speaks to Oliver Keen and Dave De Rose about how the band came together and their experimental, improvised approach

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Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi: Challenging perceptions of home and belonging

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi revisit classic folk songs on their latest release. The pair talk about the continuing relevance of folk music, the concept of home and life during lockdown