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Obituary: Norma Waterson (1939-2022)

The British folk music matriarch has died, aged 82

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Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, April 4-7

Tallinn Music Week, where Estonian jaw harps meet Moroccan basscore pile-ups and Québécois stomping…

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Simon Armitage's My World interview: “It felt as if a portal had opened up, not just to music but to sensibilities and attitudes, a way of being in the world”

With his band set to release their debut album on Real World Records, the Poet Laureate talks post-punk aesthetics and practises in verse with Tim Cumming

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Ethno Port, Poznań, Poland, June 23-25

Poland’s Ethno Port festival draws together dancing-fool frenzy and meditational contemplation, inviting acts from Congo, Crete, Reunion Island and much of South America

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WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Two, October 22

Jo Frost picks out some highlights from the second evening of WOMEX Digital Showcases, ranging from busking Malawians to Mexican marimba mayhem

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Dispatch: Almaty, Kazakhstan

Eva Adorisio reports on the Almaty artists taking inspiration from Kazakhstan’s ancient arts

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The Chieftains: A Beginner’s Guide

Nigel Williamson looks back at the enduring global popularity of the Irish musical ambassadors

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Oslo World 2023

Martin Longley witnessed Mari Boine, Bixiga 70, Gaye Su Akyol and Les Mamans de Congo at the 30th anniversary of this exceptional city-spanning festival…

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Dispatch from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Charlotte Algar speaks to musicians Nani Medeiros and Gabriel Selvage about the disastrous flooding in Rio Grande do Sul this year

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Lido Pimienta interview: “When you realise that you don’t actually have to please other people, your life gets better”

It’s been a tough road for Colombian-Canadian artist Lido Pimienta, but she’s finally having her moment. She speaks to Russ Slater about her music and activism

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Tracy Chapman on the show that changed her life

Tracy Chapman recalls how Stevie Wonder’s lost hard drive inadvertently gave her debut album the extra exposure it needed to kickstart her career and become a still-loved classic

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Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvaer review – London, Jazz Café, July 25

Jamaican duo Sly & Robbie team up with Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer for yet another productive and intriguing musical partnership.

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WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Four, October 24

Simon Broughton checks into the last day of digital performances and enjoys the concerts of Hungarian bands with a real audience that took place in Budapest.