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Zakir Hussain & Les Amazones d’Afrique: Live In Brussels

Martin Longley reports from a long weekender in Brussels with tabla legend Zakir Hussain, pan-African supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique and frenetic Ugandan DJ Kamire.

Q&A: Killabeatmaker

Colombian musician and producer Hilder Brando, aka Killabeatmaker, is touring with his riotous concoction of ancestral Caribbean traditions, Afro-house beats and sub-atomic bass

Lake of Stars, Nkhotakota, Malawi, September 6-8

The 20th-anniversary edition of Lake of Stars shows how much Malawi's music scene has grown

Review: WOMAD 2018 – Friday

Visa problems and contentious programming decisions fail to put a dampener on the first full day of WOMAD Charlton Park 2018.

Music at the 2018 London Film Festival

John Atkinson sums up the musical best-bits of the 2018 London Film Festival, kicking off later this week.

Songbook: ‘The Galway Girl’ with Sharon Shannon

An obscure single becomes a national hit thanks to an unexpected re-release. Robin Denselow speaks to the track’s accordionist, Sharon Shannon, to chart the rise of a modern Irish classic

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

10 Years of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Festival

As Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Festival celebrates a 10th anniversary which once seemed highly unlikely, Erin Cobby dives deep into an event that has put its local artists on the map. “We spent our life savings”, she finds out

Features

Malkit Singh: rise and resilience of a bhangra icon

Ahead of a career-spanning WOMEX showcase, DJ Ritu catches up with Malkit Singh MBE to discuss his journey to becoming the best-selling bhangra artist of all-time and how he remains relevant

News

Africa Oyé Announces ticketed return for 2026 festival

Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture, will return to Liverpool’s Sefton Park on 20–21 June 2026

Live reviews

WOMADelaide, Tainmuntilla, Mar 10-13

Sampa The Great, Bab L'Bluz, Cimafunk, KOKOROKO and Yung Chen Lhamo all played their part in one of the best WOMADelaide line-ups yet, with female solidarity the theme of the weekend

Features

Erol Josué interview: “I wanted to participate in the reconstruction of Haiti’s national heritage. I needed to be there”

The vodou priest, singer, actor and choreographer Erol Josué is on a mission to dispel the myths and misconceptions about Haiti’s musical religion

News

Introducing the September issue of Songlines, featuring Molly Tuttle and Brìghde Chaimbeul

Molly Tuttle, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Estonian Song and Dance Celebration, Balimaya Project in Colombia, Lola Flores, General Levy’s Carnival Anthems and so much more

Artists

Nitin Sawhney

The influential British Indian musician and composer Nitin Sawhney experiments with various influences including Indian forms, flamenco, hip-hop, drum’n’bass, jazz, classical, rock and electronica