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All aboard Africa Express, next stop... Bahidorá
The globe-straddling cross-genre collective touch down in Mexico for an inspiring week of making music. Megan Iacobini de Fazio reports...
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: US & Canada
The best albums from the US & Canada this year, featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, Parchman Prison Prayer, Peggy Seeger and Sam Amidon
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25th Istanbul Jazz Festival review
In its 25th year, the festival has gone from strength to strength, bringing together the brightest Turkish talent and sourcing quality acts from across the globe.
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Introducing... Wayku
Chris Wheatley speaks to Percy A Flores Navarro, the mind behind a new project infusing Peruvian pandilla with jazz, electronics and surf guitar
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Afghanistan
Despite continued fighting, there is new musical life in the country and new interest abroad. Simon Broughton and Veronica Doubleday report
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Darbar 2024
Barbican hosts Western world’s largest festival of Indian classical music this October
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Le Trio Joubran: by the light of the moon
The Palestinian brothers, Le Trio Joubran, are all masterful oud players. They talk to Tim Cumming about their constant battle for self-determination
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Champeta: “Reuse [of music] was not considered an infringement, but a legitimate creative practice”
Andrés Gualdrón delves into how African records, piracy and resistance shaped a Caribbean-Colombian sound
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Walden Festival, Leopold Park, Belgium, July 16
Le Trio Joubran and Mari Kalkun enchant at this scenic Brussels festival, blessed with an open musical agenda
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Brazil
Brazilian music is a whole world of its own. It may be best known for samba – the irrepressible rhythm of carnival – but that's only a fraction of the story
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Music of Brazil: A Rough Guide
Brazilian music is a whole world of its own. It may be best known for samba – the irrepressible rhythm of carnival – but that's only a fraction of the story
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Ibrahim Maalouf Takes Flight With Single And Album Announcement
Lebanese-French trumpeter and serial celebrity collaborator shares the debut single from his forthcoming full-length
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Spotlight: Africa Oyé 2022
Liverpool’s celebration of African music and culture returns to Sefton Park this year to commemorate three decades of good music. Jim Hickson reports
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Lagon Nwar: a borderless groove forged in Ouagadougou, La Réunion and Paris
Meet a feverish quartet tying a knot between jazz, psych, maloya and Burkinabé music
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“Part of the story of this album is to bring a sense of hope for the entire Indian subcontinent” | Purbayan Chatterjee interview
Indian sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee’s new star-studded album, a go-getting synthesis of South Asian and Western elements, is a creative response to the limitations of lockdown. Simon Broughton reports
