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WOMAD 2018 Must-See Acts
We've compiled a shortlist of our WOMAD 2018 must-see acts, from Afro-pop to reggae and plenty more in between!
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Artists announced for the Songlines Music Awards 2019 Ceremony at EartH
The first artists confirmed for this year's Songlines Music Awards Ceremony have been revealed...
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Cumbia Legends Manzanita y Su Conjunto Embark on Their First UK Tour
The legendary group who paved the way for Peruvian cumbia in the 1960s have set off on their month long tour of the UK this week
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Game For Laughs: YĪN YĪN Unleash 'Tokyo Disko' Single + Vid
Dutch doyens of exotic funk fusion preview the release of their latest album with offbeat quiz-time video romp
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Georgia Mann: My World
BBC Radio 3 presenter Georgia Mann takes Simon Broughton on a sonic trip through her world music highlights and the sounds that have moved her
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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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Ten Album Covers That Changed World Music
Chris Moss selects ten album covers that changed the world music scene, featuring Buena Vista Social Club, Fela Kuti and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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Al Di Meola's My World: “You wanted to be on your game… or you’d get your ass kicked”
The American guitar virtuoso tells Charlotte Bateman how a chance encounter in a hotel elevator, a tab of LSD and two maestros shaped a life in music
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Bab L' Bluz: Gateway to the Blues
This new rocking Maghrebi band are making waves with their exciting Gnawa-blues hybrid sound. Bab L’ Bluz’s co-founders Yousra Mansour and Brice Bottin explain their intent to Jane Cornwell
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Moya Brennan (1952–2026)
The singer and harpist, whose ethereal voice led Clannad from a Donegal family pub to Grammy-winning global stardom, has died aged 73
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10 Essential Songs of Revenge
Erin Cobby picks out ten tales of takedowns, betrayal and settling scores
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Special Source #1: Salif Keita, Femi Kuti, Youssou N'Dour, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
A round-up of new releases that are on the horizon from some of the biggest names in Africa and the US
Best New Albums
10 Best New Albums – June 2021 (Toumani Diabaté, Afrika Mamas, Héctor Valentín, Katerina Papadopoulou)
Outstanding new releases from Penya, Afrika Mamas, Toumani Diabaté, Brian Finnegan, Héctor Valentín and more. Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the June 2021 issue of Songlines
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Introducing... John Francis Flynn
There's a new rising star on Dublin's folk scene. We speak to the multi-instrumentalist and singer, John Francis Flynn, about his genre-assimilating solo debut
