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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.
Watch the UK premiere Anthony Joseph's 'On the Move' video, part of his upcoming album People of the Sun.
Fatoumata Diawara adds collaboration to the mix on an album of reconciliation and largesse. “It’s time for me to invite you… into my world,” she tells Lucy Hallam
Daniel Brown speaks to Cameroonian musician and writer Blick Bassy about breaking the silence on France’s colonialist treatment towards his country’s independence heroes
Award-winning young sitarist debuts music from his forthcoming album, Anomaly
Novia Scotia celebrates its Scottish roots at this years' edition of the Celtic Folk festival, emphasising the musical connections between old and new country alike.
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
Reportage from the Fenno-Ugria Night at this year's edition of Tallinn Music Week
Kanda Bongo Man, Etran de L’Aïr and Dur-Dur Band Int bring danceable African sounds to the Welsh mountains…
How does an ancient plucked stringed instrument speak to contemporary Estonian identity? Jane Cornwell tracks down Duo Ruut, the Estonian band reimagining the boundaries of their homeland’s musical tradition
The legendary group who paved the way for Peruvian cumbia in the 1960s have set off on their month long tour of the UK this week
Robin Denselow catches up with the Québec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and drummer who has just released a new album
A selection of essential releases from the European folk scene, including new albums from John Spillane, Fraser Fifield, Fidra, Threaded and Peiriant
Get your latest fill of the world's best music – the October 2019 edition of Songlines is now on sale!
Jane Cornwell speaks to wordsmith, sonic alchemist and champion of the disenfranchised Alabaster DePlume about the power of collective healing and facing up to fear during an artistic residency in besieged Palestine
Punch Brothers have been pushing the boundaries of bluegrass for over a decade and show no signs of stopping. Alexandra Petropoulos tells their story
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