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Obituary: Toots Hibbert (1942-2020)
The Jamaican reggae legend dies at the age of 77. Garth Carthwright reports
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A Conversation with Abel Selaocoe
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe tells Emma Rycroft about the origins and inspirations behind his new album, Hymns of Bantu: “I wanted to celebrate all the people at home who really influenced me”, he explains
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Ireland
Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores
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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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2025 Preview: Reasons to be Cheerful
A lot is cooking this year. Here are the albums you should be getting excited about, from unknown West Virginian gospel singers and Afrobeat legends to Indigenous Brazilians playing ‘country music’ and soulful Ethiopian sounds
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Setting the Scene: Mary Ocher
We speak to Mary Ocher, a musician, performer, poet and visual artist to find out where she calls ‘home’
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Anoushka Shankar stars in the May issue of Songlines
Anoushka Shankar, Carolina Chocolate Drops, new Spanish folkies, Merlin Sheldrake, Flook, Cuban Sundays in London, Polish folk music in Brazil and more in the May issue
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Re:INCARNATION - the spirit of Lagos youth comes to the UK
Izzy Felton speaks to the team behind a new Nigerian music-and-dance production aiming to showcase the energy of contemporary Lagos
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Driss El Maloumi: A Beginner's Guide
One of the most in-demand oud players of his generation, Jo Frost discovers an artist whose musical curiosity shows no signs of abating
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Q&A: Flock
As Flock release their second album, Flock II, we probe the group's creative process
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Celebrating 100 years of singing with nightingales
This weekend, folk singer Sam Lee celebrates 100 years since the BBC's first live wildlife broadcast with some very special guests
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Ballads on the Box
Two new TV shows, The Gallows Pole and The Change, give British and Irish folk music starring roles
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Filkin’s Drift’s to walk Welsh coast ahead of debut EP ‘Rembard’s Retreat’
Folk duo Filkin’s Drift to embark on 870-mile walking tour of Wales’ coast
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The Breath: Giving up the ghosts
The Breath’s Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum tell Dave McNally about the love and suffering that informed their new album and how they unexpectedly evolved into an acoustic folk duo
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Xenia França: “Black Brazilian women can finally be seen and heard for who they are”
Remarkable rising star Xenia França is challenging perceptions of what it means to be a Black Brazilian woman, quickly becoming the voice of a new generation of artists. Alex Robinson reports…
