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Boomtown 2019 review
Jim Hickson dives in, gets lost and just about stumbles out of the strange and intriguing world of the Boomtown festival
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Seabird, Fly Home: Garefowl Take Flight to St Kilda
Russ Slater Johnson hears from Garefowl’s Ewan Macdonald about his connections to the last British seabird made extinct and why he will soon be recording on the Scottish isle where the bird was killed
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Gallery – Songlines Music Awards 2018
Picture highlights from the 2018 Songlines Music Awards Ceremony
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Essaouira Echoes: Julian Belbachir’s cross-continental project unites Australian and Moroccan musicians
Seth Jordan joins Julian Belbachir for a five-week trek across Morocco to launch a new cross-cultural Moroccan-Australian ensemble
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Les Amazones d’Afrique and Julian Marley to headline Africa Oyé 2024
Les Amazones d’Afrique and Julian Marley are the first names announced for Africa Oyé, the UK's biggest live festival of African music and culture
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Obituary: Simon Emmerson (1956-2023)
The Afro Celt Sound System founder, initiator of The Imagined Village, record producer, composer, guitarist and birdsong enthusiast has passed away
Best New Albums
The 10 Best New Albums from Around the World (April 2023), featuring Moonlight Benjamin, Ali Farka Touré and Catriona Price
New albums from Hagai Bilitzky, Juni Habel, Bengt Berger, Moonlight Benjamin, Ali Farka Touré and Catriona Price
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Festival report: Morocco’s Zamane Festival
Zamane Festival in Morocco’s Draa valley features a weekend of dromedaries, discussion and sizzling desert rock
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Songlines #157 (May 2020) is out now!
Moonlight Benjamin, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, London Bulgarian Choir, Juan Martín and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines
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Avalanche Kaito interview: “I really like to imagine spaceships arriving over Ouagadougou”
Lucy Hallam risks audio overload with this wild West African griot meets Belgian noise-punk constellation
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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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Ludovico Einaudi interview: “I always look for purity when I play music and this is what is there in the Malian approach”
The Italian-born composer and pianist talks to Jane Cornwell about his myriad musical collaborators and the music from around the world that fascinates him
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Spotlight: Africa Oyé 2022
Liverpool’s celebration of African music and culture returns to Sefton Park this year to commemorate three decades of good music. Jim Hickson reports
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Ballaké Sissoko: A Beginner's Guide
The Malian kora player has become an international star, noted for his myriad musical collaborations. Nigel Williamson examines his extensive back catalogue
