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Playlist: Cape Verde Island Beauty
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music, principally exploring the music of Cesaria Evora
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Orchestra Baobab saxophonist Issa Cissokho dies
Acclaimed Senegalese saxophonist Issa Cissokho has died. A core member of the legendary Orchestra Baobab, Issa played with the group from their early days right through to their 2017 album Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng.
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Watch: Oumou Sangaré's 'Mali Niale'
Oumou Sangaré releases a new video from her 2017 album Mogoya in aid of Mali's 58th Independence Day
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August/September 2022 issue is out now!
Free-styling interview with Cuban sensation, Cimafunk; four decades of WOMAD; adventures inside Poland's dark folk fraternity; 60 years of Jamaican musical innovation; Beginner's Guide to Anoushka Shankar, plus free Top of the World CD with each issue
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Baaba Maal interview: “I wasn’t sure I’d ever record another album”
Seven years since his last album, Baaba Maal speaks to Jane Cornwell about his new release and staying true to his roots
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Making Tracks
Exceptional international artists gather for UK-based project focused on themes of intercultural and interspecies collaboration
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Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, Wales, August 17-20 2023
Kanda Bongo Man, Etran de L’Aïr and Dur-Dur Band Int bring danceable African sounds to the Welsh mountains…
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Nigeria
Nigeria's best-known cultural exports – juju, Afrobeat and fuji music – barely scratch the surface of the vast and vibrant cultural topography of the nation
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Obituary: Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021)
The renowned Greek composer, conductor and master of melopoisi who waged wars of words and music against a military junta has died aged 96
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Celtic Connections 2025: much-loved festival to warm up winter nights in Glasgow
Audiences can look forward to a diverse line-up of homegrown and international musical talent
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UK Premiere: 'On the Move' by Anthony Joseph
Watch the UK premiere Anthony Joseph's 'On the Move' video, part of his upcoming album People of the Sun.
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Music Industry vs. Climate Crisis: A New Songbook For A Dying Planet
Writers, musicians, producers and festival programmers are trying to find new ways to communicate the enormity of the climate crisis. Chris Moss talks to them about folk song, farming, ice, industry, wonder and awe
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João Rock celebrates 50 years of Black Rio: Brazil’s soul-funk movement lives on
The Black Rio movement gave voice to Black Brazilians in the 1970s. Its musical and political legacy continues to impact new generations
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Jamaica
Jamaica is a serious contender for the title ‘loudest island in the world’. On any night, and especially at weekends, it shakes to the musical vibrations of thousands of sound systems
