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Reggae added to UNESCO's world heritage list
The UN's cultural organisation has paid official tribute to the little island of Jamaica's big impact on global music
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Introducing the June 2023 issue of Songlines
Lankum, Angeline Morrison, Tinariwen, Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate, Puuluup, Kaushiki Chakraborty, James Acaster… plus we have a UK Festival Guide and announce the winners of the Songlines Music Awards!
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Lina: “I have my path and I don’t want to erase it"
After making a couple of traditional fado albums, Lina has ditched her old artistic name and reinvented herself. Songlines went to get the story behind the transformation
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Adriana Lisboa's My World: “When I started to become a professional musician, I had no more time for writing”
Chris Wheatley speaks to the Brazilian writer about her formative years as a musician and how music informs everything she does
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Glatt & Verkehrt: from Hungarian folk to Afghan resistance songs, a festival of voices without borders
Simon Broughton selects highlights from Austria’s most vital world music festival
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Celebrating Barbès at 20: The Sounds of Brooklyn
Catalina Maria Johnson catches up with the co-founder of Brooklyn’s hippest bar and venue, Barbès, which celebrates two decades of excellent music this year
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"There are people getting crazy, people naked and enjoying themselves, but there's respect" | Thiago França
We speak with the saxophonist and composer whose boisterous outfit, A Espetacular Charanga do França, are putting the heart back into Carnaval
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Obituary: Shivkumar Sharma (1938-2022)
The Indian composer and santoor maestro whose work spanned the divide between classical and popular music has passed away, aged 84
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WOMADelaide, Australia, March 7–10 2025
Jane Cornwell picks out six sweet sets from WOMADelaide in Australia, featuring Trio da Kali, Duo Ruut, Yemi Alade and more
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Victory Dance: Interview with Pongo
From war-torn Angola to the ‘northern lights’ of Trømso World Festival, Pongo tells Jane Cornwell, “I have come a very long way”
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Festival: MIMO Amarante
'The festival’s main stage at Parque Ribeirinho was full by the time Juliana Linhares introduced her reconfigured take of northeastern Brazilian popular forms to an expectant audience'
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Live Review: The Life & Songs of Martin Carthy
EartH, London hosts epic tribute to influential English folk singer and guitarist
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: Middle East
Our favourite albums from the Middle East in 2025, from Yasmine Hamdan, SANAM, Nadah El Shazly, Maurice Louca, Farah Kaddour & Marwan Tohme
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Fireside Stories: how a Harlesden record shop helped create a reggae classic
Cleon Roberts remembers the story of a soulful reggae hit that went head-to-head with Madonna in the charts
