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

Here are our Top of the World – the best new albums reviewed in the April 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Aziza Brahim, Abdul & The Gang, LINA_ and more...

Won Il: breaking boundaries to bring Korean music to the world

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

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Video premiere: 'Holy Robot' by Taraf de Impex

The old guard of Romanian lautari music meet the Bucharest alternivistas on a brand new project

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Soapbox: Thoughts of a World Music Rover

Gerald Seligman muses on the unique global sounds that once caught his ear and champions the undying spark of creativity

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Billy Strings Goes Full Nelson For ‘California Sober’

Bluegrass sensation collaborates with country music icon for cock-a-hoop ‘temperance’ session

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Spotlight: Mexican Institute of Sound

Camilo Lara, by now a ‘certified’ Mexican institution, tells Celeste Cantor-Stephens about 20 years of going against the grain, upsetting scrap collectors and Disney-endorsed success

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Lonnie Holley's My World: “I keep seeing what’s happening in the world and trying to make music about it”

Doug DeLoach speaks to the sculptor, painter and musician who prioritises improvisation, with lyrics summoned on the spot and no two shows the same

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BRDCST, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Apr 7-9

Joe Rainey, Gaye Su Akyol & Sainkho Namtchylak sang at the hyper-diverse festival that bills itself as 'The Ideal Antidote For Paranoia & Hysteria'

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Spell Songs show for broadcast

Folk by the Oak festival team announce exclusive online performance by the nature-loving folk collective

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Singing with Nightingales – Live at Home

A special online broadcast featuring nightingale song, poetry and storytelling has been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day

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Playlist: One World Duets

A Songlines playlist for Apple Music, with range of Western artists coming together with world music's brightest to create an exciting variety of new sounds.

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Playlist: One World Duets

A Songlines playlist for Apple Music, with range of Western artists coming together with world music's brightest to create an exciting variety of new sounds.