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Songbirds Over The Southbank
Folk singer, song collector and hardcore avian enthusiast Sam Lee takes flight in a new documentary about his beloved, but beleaguered, nightingale
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Live Review: Danú, Irish Cultural Centre, London (June 21, 2025)
A night of joyous misrule at London's Irish Cultural Centre from the 30-year-old seven-piece Danú
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Taraf de Impex: “it’s exciting to be doing this. Fresh. A new way for Romanians to look at making music”
Garth Cartwright travels to Bucharest to preview the revitalised and reformed Romanian Gypsy band, Taraf de Haidouks, who are making their UK debut as Taraf de Caliu, alongside Impex
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“I lost everything, so it was time to rule my destiny” | OKI
Champion of an obscure Ainu lyre, Oki Kano talks to Charlie Cawood about the late-night encounter that launched his life’s passion
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Musicians in Detention: “These people are hiding in plain sight, and rotting away”
Australia’s hardline treatment of refugees is under fire as high-profile artists join the campaign in support of two detained Kurdish musicians: Farhad Bandesh and Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar. Jane Cornwell reports
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Ebo Taylor (1936–2026)
Ghanaian guitarist and bandleader who fused traditional highlife with funk and Afrobeat in the 1970s, then found global recognition decades later and continued to be a tour de force
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Let Them Speak: Indigenous Voice Referendum
Australia is holding a referendum that may lead to its Indigenous people gaining political recognition. Seth Jordan reports from two of Australia’s most important Indigenous events on the opposing campaigns
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Watch: Punch Brothers – ‘Jumbo’
Punch Brothers release a fourth live session video attached to their new album All Ashore. Their song 'Jumbo' is a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump.
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Essential 10 Iranian Albums
Founded in 2001, 127 are a cornerstone of Iran’s alternative scene. Erin Cobby asks the group’s drummer Yahya Alkhansa to map out the country’s underground music scene in ten albums
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The 4 Corners and Centre of Amayo’s Universe
Amayo, former frontman of Antibalas, has released a solo album honouring traditional Edo customs and his martial arts training. He picks the albums (and film) which led to this moment
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Ethno Port review – 'A weekend of inspired sounds'
Ethno Port festival returned to Poznań for a weekend of global sounds.
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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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Rhythm Nation: Jamaica's 60 Years of Independence
With Jamaica marking the 60th anniversary of its independence this year, David Katz traces the sounds that built a nation, marvelling at the island country’s remarkable aptitude for musical innovation
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Essential 10 When Jazz Goes Latin Albums
Giant of Latin jazz, pianist Eddie Palmieri dismissed ‘jazz Latin’ as simply jazz with added congas. Here, Mark Sampson picks out some of his favourite Latin-flavoured recordings by jazz artists who dared to add that dancing drum
