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The Spirit of Tengri 2019 review
Jim Hickson visited the seventh edition of The Spirit of Tengri festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discover the wonderful - and the weird - of 'contemporary ethnic music.'
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A Conversation with L Subramaniam
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to the ‘Paganini of Indian Classical Music’, who reflects on a life of groundbreaking collaborations, cultural fusion and the legacy of Carnatic music
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Obituary: Paddy Moloney (1938-2021)
Founder and leader of traditional Irish group The Chieftains, who performed with rock stars and for world leaders, and whose musical reach extended from the Great Wall of China to the International Space Station, has died aged 83
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Musicians in Detention: “These people are hiding in plain sight, and rotting away”
Australia’s hardline treatment of refugees is under fire as high-profile artists join the campaign in support of two detained Kurdish musicians: Farhad Bandesh and Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar. Jane Cornwell reports
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The 10 Best Folk Albums of 2020
Tim Cumming looks back over the best folk albums reviewed in Songlines in 2020, which have sustained us through this locked down year
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Nazar: “Angolans could take over the world of pop music if we truly wanted to”
Manchester-based producer Nazar looks back to his conflict-afflicted upbringing in Angola and picks out some audio plums from the debris
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Taj Mahal: A Beginner's Guide
Nigel Williamson surveys the US musician whose career has long shown that the blues is a global musical movement
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Introducing the December 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Mdou Moctar
The World’s 50 Greatest Guitarists, Mdou Moctar, Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Christy Moore, Seckou Keita, Warsaw Street Music, and so much more in our latest issue
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Music as Resistance: 47SOUL channel grief, hope and the Palestinian struggle in new EP and upcoming fundraiser
47SOUL prepare for an upcoming fundraiser in London, and the release of a long-awaited new EP, charged with emotion, defiance and hope
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Kenya
The life and times of Kenyan pop, introduced by Doug Paterson
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Kenya
The life and times of Kenyan pop, introduced by Doug Paterson
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Obituary: Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936-2021)
The Jamaican record producer and singer famed for his innovative studio alchemy is remembered
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Jazz Sous Les Pommiers, Coutances, France, May 16-20
The annual week-long jazz festival in France featured DakhaBrakha, Femi Kuti, Noura Mint Seymali, Antonio Lizana and Robert Cray
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Anoushka Shankar: Beginner's Guide
Nigel Williamson charts the career of the genre-defying sitarist, from her Indian classical beginnings to her star-studded cross-cultural fusions
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Songbook: ‘Hind Horn’ with Alasdair Roberts, Màiri Morrison and Pete Johnston
Emma Rycroft talks to Alasdair Roberts, Màiri Morrison and Pete Johnston about a ballad that travelled from Scotland to Nova Scotia
