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My World: Niall Ferguson
Simon Broughton chats immigration, inhibitions and the power of music with one of Britain’s foremost authorities on empire
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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: "We wanted to fit our style, and pizzica, into the idea of a Western pop song"
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino perform the vibrant pizzica music of southern Italy. Ciro de Rosa speaks to bandleader Mauro Durante about how they brought this rhythmic tradition into the 21st century
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Jalopy Records unveil new compilation of fiddle music from around the world
Compilation album of 20th century fiddle music to be released by Jalopy Records
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Dispatch from Vancouver, Canada
Russell Higham visits Vancouver on the eve of its annual Folk Music Festival, where he finds Canadians standing together against US President Trump’s threats to the country’s sovereignty
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Label of Love: Planet Ilunga
Chris Wheatley catches up with the owner of a Belgian imprint curating the rhythms of Congolese rumba
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Earth Day Song Project Launched
Music Declares Emergency partners with Planet Resolution for global Earth Day song project
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou: A Beginner's Guide
Andrew Taylor-Dawson charts the influential and innovative history of Benin’s premier funky vodoun collective
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Folklore Tapes: reviving the mystical soundscapes of Britain’s landscape and lore
An experimental record label and research project blending field recordings, ambient soundscapes, and cultural storytelling to reconnect with Britain’s forgotten traditions and rituals
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Township troubadours Urban Village drop new video
Genre-defying South African quartet announce new video for 'Dindi', a cut lifted from their new album on Nø Førmat!
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Review: WOMAD 2018 - Sunday
Despite the predicted dire weather conditions that thankfully never fully materialised, the final day at WOMAD was blessed with a rainbow and plenty of musical colour
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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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Festival Review: FolkEast (Suffolk, UK, August 15–17)
Julian May heads to a pop-up village of midsummer rituals, famous guitars and sighing oaks
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Watch: Pan-Luso trio Coladera launch new album with video
Tricontinental Lusophone group Coladera have launched their second album today, March 29, with a beautiful new video.
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“Our island knows the ocean is not the same as before” | The Return of Small Island Big Song
Jane Cornwell speaks with Tim Cole and BaoBao Chen, the producers of the Indo-Pacific collective Small Island Big Song, about their second project, which focuses on our troublesome relationship with nature. Illustrations: Jenn Da Costa
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Ten Essential Ngoni Albums
Nigel Williamson picks ten emblematic recordings featuring the ngoni, a West African lute said to be an ancestor of the banjo, made from hollowed-out wood or calabash, covered in animal hide, and strung with four-to-six strings on a fretless neck
