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Fela Kuti
The Nigerian superstar helped invent Afrobeat, which has gone on to become one of the most popular styles of world music
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Hamid Sakhizada: "There were Hazara people that hadn't forgotten their culture"
Songlines spoke to the Afghan musician who, despite threats to his life, wants to show the world the beauty of Hazara music
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Blick Bassy: “This generation must defy imported culture and design their own role models and paths”
Daniel Brown speaks to Cameroonian musician and writer Blick Bassy about breaking the silence on France’s colonialist treatment towards his country’s independence heroes
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Escape Artists: Alison Cotton Commemorates Altruistic ‘Little Angels’
With her forthcoming album and tour, the violist and vocalist pays tribute to Ida and Louise Cook, the music-obsessed sisters who helped Jewish refugees flee Europe from the Nazis
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Digital folk at Hungarian Heritage House
The Hungarian Heritage House is pioneering the use of digital tools to aid learning traditional arts. Simon Broughton takes notes [Advertorial]
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Dispatch: The Azores, Portugal
Charis McGowan visits the Azores for a festival built on collaboration, social inclusion and unexpected musical results
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Obituary: Péter Éri (1953 – 2023)
A member of the hugely influential four-piece Hungarian folk band Muzsikás, Peter Éri has died from lung cancer aged 70.
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Introducing Amir Amiri
Simon Broughton profiles an Iranian santur player who has faced trauma but now focuses on paying respect to his ancestors and raising the profile of his instrument
Live reviews
Times New Román at Budapest Ritmo, April 7
New Hungarian five-piece wow Simon Broughton at Budapest Ritmo
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Seabird, Fly Home: Garefowl Take Flight to St Kilda
Russ Slater Johnson hears from Garefowl’s Ewan Macdonald about his connections to the last British seabird made extinct and why he will soon be recording on the Scottish isle where the bird was killed
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Portugal
Portugal is best known as the home of fado, the passionate and elegant music of Lisbon and Coimbra
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Roots Round-Up (Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis and more)
A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis, Jontavious Willis and La Pastourelle
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Suka | Musical Instrument Guide (with Maria Pomianowska)
Doyenne of the Polish knee-fiddle, Maria Pomianowska, speaks to Simon Broughton about evolving her instrument's repertoire
Features
The Rough Guide to World Music: Portugal
Portugal is best known as the home of fado, the passionate and elegant music of Lisbon and Coimbra
Features
Songs for “Great Leaders”: North Korean Music
Keith Howard gives a glimpse into his work on the music of North Korea, uncovering codes, state productions and unsettling consequences
