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Manu Chao Acoustic: Return of the Vanishing Man

Manu Chao makes a triumphant London comeback with a manic acoustic performance at Brixton 02 Academy

Spencer Grady plots out the next twelve months of folk happenings, bringing you essential festivals from across the British Isles as well as a selection of some of our most unusual cultural traditions

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Jembaa Groove: Live at Studio Batterie

Four tunes from the Berlin-based Afro-soul group in an exclusive video

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Albums of the Year 2024: Songlines Recommends...

Looking back over the past 12 months at the albums that have made the biggest impression

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Jennifer Reid’s Ballad of the Gatekeeper: reclaiming folk for the marginalised

During their recent tour, Eliza Carthy sat down with Jennifer Reid to discuss a new release of underrepresented and original Lancashire folk songs

A Beginner's Guide

Amadou & Mariam: A Beginner’s Guide

Nigel Williamson takes a look at the rise to global fame and fortune of West Africa’s golden couple

Best New Albums

The Best New Albums from Around the World (August 2024)

Introducing outstanding new releases from the Meridian Brothers, Thandiswa Mazwai, The Deep Dark Woods and more

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Playlist: João Donato

In tribute to the Brazilian pianist and composer, who passed away on July 17, here are twenty of the finest songs that João Donato recorded in a career that lasted over 70 years

A Beginner's Guide

A Beginner's Guide to Habib Koité

The Malian singer-songwriter Habib Koité is also one of his country’s leading guitarists. Daniel Brown reflects on the artist’s recordings and career to date

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Listen to ‘Lady of the Lake’, the first single from Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman’s upcoming EP

Banjo wunderkind Nora Brown unveils her new EP, in collaboration with Stephanie Coleman

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Marina Satti: Eurovision bound

Mateusz Dobrowolski checks in on the vocalist representing Greece at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

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What Can Musicians and Music Lovers Do During a Climate Crisis?

With the earth passing 1.5 degrees celsius of heating in 2024, and recent natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, we asked artists and researchers how to play and enjoy music while respecting and helping the planet

The Rough Guide to World Music

The Rough Guide to World Music: Nigeria

Nigeria's best-known cultural exports – juju, Afrobeat and fuji music – barely scratch the surface of the vast and vibrant cultural topography of the nation

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“Fires needed to be extinguished, all kinds of things would go on”: Rikki Stein on managing Fela Kuti

In a new autobiography, Rikki Stein reflects on a non-stop career working with some of the world’s most visionary musicians: Fela Kuti, The Master Musicians of Joujouka and Jimi Hendrix being three examples. Russ Slater Johnson gets Stein to sit still for a minute and attempt to summarise it all