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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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Mamadou Diabaté: master of the balafon
The West African xylophone is steeped in the mythology of the Mali Empire. Simon Broughton meets balafon player Mamadou Diabaté, who is helping to keep the instrument’s 800-year history alive
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Introducing the January/February 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Bob Marley
Bob Marley, Mon Laferte, Raphael Rogiński, sea shanty surprises and our Best Albums of 2023. Plus, Ezra Collective in Lagos, Bounaly, Yann & Emilie Tiersen, Ben Edge and we reveal our latest World Pioneer
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Ballaké Sissoko: A Beginner's Guide
The Malian kora player has become an international star, noted for his myriad musical collaborations. Nigel Williamson examines his extensive back catalogue
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Folk Round-Up (Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Dick Gaughan, Lucy Kitchen and more)
Tim Cumming listens to new folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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World Pioneer: Manu Chao
Peter Culshaw shares stories collected on the road with Manu Chao, this year’s winner of Songlines’ World Pioneer, an award given to artists for their contribution to music
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Calypso Rose
A legendary figure in the Caribbean, the septuagenarian singer Calypso Rose has had a remarkable 40-year long career and is still going strong
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Furrow Collective On Moon Safari
Critically-acclaimed UK folk quartet take new lunar-loving album out on tour this winter
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Songlines Best Albums of 2017
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
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The 4 Corners and Centre of Meridian Brothers’ Universe
Eblis Álvarez, the mastermind behind Colombia’s tropical revivalists Meridian Brothers chooses the albums that shaped him
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Q&A: Sean Cooney (The Young’uns)
Emma Rycroft fires the questions at Sean Cooney from English folk group The Young'uns
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Q&A: Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright answers our questions about his latest album Folkocracy and what it was like growing up amid folk royalty
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Tony Allen, the man who put the 'beat' in Afrobeat, dies aged 79
The legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen died in Paris April 30 2020
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Obituary: Chris Strachwitz (1931-2023)
Farewell to Chris Strachwitz, the founder of Arhoolie Records and a legendary chronicler and supporter of American roots music
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Olcay Bayir finds her peace amid the pandemic
Help Musicians enable the Kurdish vocalist to find (and fund) her voice with a new EP release and video
