The Eurovision Song Concert is back for another year, this time taking place in Malmö, Sweden – with the final on May 11 – and there are a surprising number of artists that we’ve featured in Songlines involved.
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Kanda Bongo Man, Etran de L’Aïr and Dur-Dur Band Int bring danceable African sounds to the Welsh mountains…
Mandolinist Avi Avital will be joined at the BBC Proms by a chamber ensemble and the Rustavi Choir to celebrate music from around the Black Sea
From war-torn Angola to the ‘northern lights’ of Trømso World Festival, Pongo tells Jane Cornwell, “I have come a very long way”
Over a hundred years since rebetiko arrived in Athens, one family of luthiers continue to build the instruments which defined the style
Won Il first inaugurated London’s K-Music Festival in 2013 while serving as artistic director of the National Orchestra of Korea. A notable composer and multi-instrumentalist, he tells Charis McGowan about his role as a cultural ambassador and why he is so passionate about promoting Korean music in all its forms
Despite the predicted dire weather conditions that thankfully never fully materialised, the final day at WOMAD was blessed with a rainbow and plenty of musical colour
Amid civil unrest, a slew of young African artists are transforming the perception of their continent, shaking up the mainstream with their infectious Afrobeats insurgency. Russ Slater surveys the scene’s UK roots and global impact
Eliza explores the “daft” world of guitars before two passionate music friends begin her conversion…
Giant of Latin jazz, pianist Eddie Palmieri dismissed ‘jazz Latin’ as simply jazz with added congas. Here, Mark Sampson picks out some of his favourite Latin-flavoured recordings by jazz artists who dared to add that dancing drum
Jim Berenholz and Mazatl Galindo speak to Chris Moss about their 40-year-long mission to reanimate the lost sounds and instruments of ancient Mesoamerica
Self-confessed folk freak and Songlines favourite joins underground indie-Americana darlings for groove-riding escape fantasy
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