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Watch: 'Ahoulaguine Akaline' featuring Bombino
Playing for Change (PFC) releases the music video for ‘Ahoulaguine Akaline’, a track from Listen to the Music, the fourth album in the wonderful Songs Around the World series.
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Jeremy Dutcher Empowers and Unites with Song of Transcendental Resistance
Wolastoq Two-Spirit champion shares final single from his sophomore album, Motewolonuwok
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Black-Horned Moon: Old Gods & Burning Altars
Lithuania’s Black-Horned Moon bids farewell with a final celebration of the country’s pagan past. Simon Broughton investigates…
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The 4 Corners and Centre of Nyboma’s Universe
The legend of Congolese rumba picks a selection of albums and songs that shaped him and continue to be his inspiration, decades into his highly influential career
Best New Albums
The best new albums from around the world, featuring Cerys Hafana, Abel Selaocoe & Söndörgő
Outstanding new releases from Yasmine Hamdan, Mulatu Astatke, Cerys Hafana, Abel Selaocoe, Söndörgő, Meral Polat, Guitari Baro, Qvam/Plassen, Wayku and Tiani Qiyi
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Songlines Music Awards 2022: The Live Show (Highlights Video)
Check out the highlights from this year's Songlines Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Cerys Matthews and featuring live performances from Balimaya Project, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Ballaké Sissoko and Fanfare Ciocărlia
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Five Films from Vincent Moon
To accompany our recent feature on acclaimed film-maker Vincent Moon here are a selection of films from his vast library, capturing musicians, traditions, people and rituals from around the world
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Songlines Encounters Festival 2023: Full Programme Announced
Songlines Encounters Festival returns to Kings Place between May 18-24
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Carolina Chocolate Drops' Grammy-winning Genuine Negro Jig reissued
Nonesuch Records celebrates the Genuine Negro Jig with a special 15th anniversary edition featuring bonus tracks and, for the first time since 2010, a vinyl press of the award-winning album
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Yves Lambert: the Québécois maverick embracing his golden age
Yves Lambert is celebrating half a century of making music by continuing to push the boundaries of Québécois folk. “I’m more and more experimental”, he confides
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Folk Round-Up (Bailey & Keely, Hayden Thorpe and Malachy Tallack)
Essential folk releases from Ireland, England, Scotland & Wales, featuring new albums from Bailey & Keely, Hayden Thorpe and Malachy Tallack
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Luzmila and the Birds
Catch the trailer for ZZK’s forthcoming documentary on revered Bolivian songstress Luzmila Carpio, a teaser released to coincide with the launch of her latest album, out today
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Dispatch from São Paulo
Discover the city's welcome pockets of artistic resistance defiantly championing African-Brazilian and Indigenous culture
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Orkney Folk Festival: wild thyme in Stromness
Simon Broughton heads to the Orkney Folk Festival for its breathtaking and inspiring finale
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Essential 10 Drummer Albums – Selected by Sarathy Korwar
South Asian musician Sarathy Korwar talks to Russ Slater Johnson about his favourite masters of rhythm
