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Lágrima Ríos: recovering the lost Paris sessions of an Afro-Latin tango icon

Serendipity brings to light a historic recording from Lágrima Ríos, one of few Afro-Latin singers to find fame in tango

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…

Jackie Oates interview: “There are so many confessions within traditional songs… it makes you wonder why they have survived in this medium”

Folk singer and fiddle player Jackie Oates explores the confessional nature of folk song on her new album, Gracious Wings

Tinariwen: every album reviewed

Since their debut album in 2001, the throbbing desert blues of the Touareg guitar band Tinariwen has conquered the musical world: here are reviews of all of their albums to date

Glatt & Verkehrt: from Hungarian folk to Afghan resistance songs, a festival of voices without borders

Simon Broughton selects highlights from Austria’s most vital world music festival

20 Great Artists from 20 Years of Songlines

All of these artists who released their first solo album during the lifetime of Songlines (ie since 1999), including Fatoumata Diawara, Mariza, Sam Lee and many more

Cimafunk interview: “You must never forget where you come from”

Jane Cornwell catches up with Cimafunk, the Cuban sensation taking the world by storm

“This all-or-nothing, right-or-wrong thinking makes creative vision very narrow” | Dongyang Gozupa

The Korean group are turning the power trio on its head, using tropes of their national music to make genre-splicing sounds

Rhiannon Giddens and Béla Fleck: The Banjo Summit

The banjo is riding high once more, and with various accusations of cultural appropriation in the air, we decided the time was right for a debate with two of the best banjo players out there, Rhiannon Giddens and Béla Fleck

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Musicians of the Nile pay tribute to Oum Kalthoum in Paris

Egyptian musicians come together in Paris to celebrate the life of one of the world’s most iconic singers

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New Regency Orchestra: Fiesta Time!

Since forming in 2021, New Regency Orchestra have ignited Latin big band fever in London. With a debut album now out, Izzy Felton speaks to the group’s founder Lex Blondin

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Taraf de Impex: “it’s exciting to be doing this. Fresh. A new way for Romanians to look at making music”

Garth Cartwright travels to Bucharest to preview the revitalised and reformed Romanian Gypsy band, Taraf de Haidouks, who are making their UK debut as Taraf de Caliu, alongside Impex