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Afro Celt Sound System Pay Tribute To Simon Emmerson With New Album

Trailblazing world music troupe announce details of their long-awaited label debut for Six Degrees Records, a final testament to late founding member’s pioneering vision

How Astor Piazzolla transformed tango

Chris Moss assesses the intrepid composer’s impact on music – and why his legacy, 100 years on since the great man’s birth, remains a challenge for contemporary tangueros

Q&A: Patrick Bebey

Cameroonian musician with a penchant for groovy Afro-jazz

Ibrahim Maalouf: “I’ve always believed that music should be limitless… i can blend my trumpet’s melodic lines with the sharp, rhythmic beats of rap”

Ibrahim Maalouf has drawn on everything he’s learned during his stellar career to make what might be his crowning achievement, a homage to his ancestry that is more lyrical than any instrumental album can rightly claim to be

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Diabaté in the dock

The recent arrest of Sidiki Diabaté has shocked the music community and highlighted issues of domestic violence towards women in Mali

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Obituary: Amadou Bagayoko (1954–2025)

One of Africa's finest guitarists, best known as half of the much-loved Malian duo, Amadou & Mariam, has died

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The Rough Guide to World Music: Brazil

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

The Rough Guide to World Music

The Music of Brazil: A Rough Guide

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

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How Wesli is rewriting tradition by combining ancient and modern sounds

Philip Sweeney traces Wesli’s journey from the slums of Haiti through Cuba, Canada and Paris in search of an alternative Haitian music that is neither pop nor traditional

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Setting the scene: Xanthoula Dakovanou

Xanthoula Dakovanou has recorded Riζituals, an album focussed on Cretan vocal traditions. We find out about her local sights and sounds in the wake of this project's release

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Listen: Layale Chaker - 'Inner Rhyme'

Have an exclusive first listen to Layale Chaker's latest single from her forthcoming album

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The Songlines guide to Flamenco

Flamenco is a way of living. It’s about taking risks and letting yourself get carried away by what you feel in your heart, with your body. Jan Fairley offers a beginner’s guide to an Andalucían artform that has found popularity throughout the world