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Introducing the June 2025 issue of Songlines, an Africa Special
Remembering Tony Allen, Femi Kuti on Fela Kuti, Pedro Ben, Nyege Nyege, La Réunion, Rwanda, Baltic Sisters, I'm With Her, Sally Potter...
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Live Review: The Life & Songs of Martin Carthy
EartH, London hosts epic tribute to influential English folk singer and guitarist
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Afro Celt Sound System Pay Tribute To Simon Emmerson With New Album
Trailblazing world music troupe announce details of their long-awaited label debut for Six Degrees Records, a final testament to late founding member’s pioneering vision
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How The Watersons recorded a landmark in English folk music
In a bedroom in Camden, one Sunday in January 1965, The Watersons recorded a landmark in English folk music whose reenactment of ritual and magic still sounds thrilling 60 years later
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Cerys Hafana: Angel of My Dreams
Rosie Esther Solomon speaks to Welsh musician Cerys Hafana about tales of terror, sinister simplicity and coping with the weight of Wales’ triple harp traditions
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Obituary: Paddy Moloney (1938-2021)
Founder and leader of traditional Irish group The Chieftains, who performed with rock stars and for world leaders, and whose musical reach extended from the Great Wall of China to the International Space Station, has died aged 83
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Quickfire: Chuck Prophet
San Francisco-based singer-songwriter with a rock’n’roll heart and plenty of country swagger answers a few Quickfire questions. His latest album, Wake the Dead, sees him embrace cumbia, a genre he fell in love with while recovering from cancer.
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Toumani Diabaté: A Beginner’s Guide
The kora has become almost synonymous with the music of Mali. Nigel Williamson examines the career of its chief exponent Toumani Diabaté
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Field of Research: Eastern European Organ Music
Organist Gail Archer evaluates the influences, improvisations and ecclesiastical economy of Eastern Europe’s organ music
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10 Essential Bulgarian Albums
Nikolas-Kaan Yilmaz picks out ten albums that trace the nation’s fascinating musical timeline, asking Bulgarian musicians and fans of Bulgarian music alike to share some of their favourites along the way
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Celebrating 60 years of Les Cousins, the folk club that shaped a generation
Tim Cumming talks to Jon Wilks about his Second Cousins stage at FolkEast, and the impact and influence of the legendary Les Cousins folk club on succeeding generations
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Eliza Carthy: “I first experienced sexual harassment at a festival when I was 14”
Eliza reflects on how the folk scene’s relaxed boundaries can enable unacceptable behaviour that should not be tolerated
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Live: Grand Ole Opry (Royal Albert Hall, London, September 26)
Russell Higham witnesses a US country institution arrive in London for a night of cowboy boots, honky-tonk hoots and heartfelt emotion
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Wu Man: Silk String Stories
Widely considered the world’s leading pipa player, Wu Man tells Simon Broughton about new works excavating the history of her beloved instrument
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Shivkumar Sharma: A Beginner's Guide
Oliver Craske profiles the man who adapted a folk instrument – the santoor – into a vehicle for Indian classical music
