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World Pioneer: Manu Chao
Peter Culshaw shares stories collected on the road with Manu Chao, this year’s winner of Songlines’ World Pioneer, an award given to artists for their contribution to music
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Vieux Farka Touré returns to Songlines Encounters Festival with a Fundraising Gig for Gaza
The Malian singer and guitarist is the latest artist announced for Songlines Encounters Festival this May
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What Can Musicians and Music Lovers Do During a Climate Crisis?
With the earth passing 1.5 degrees celsius of heating in 2024, and recent natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, we asked artists and researchers how to play and enjoy music while respecting and helping the planet
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Algerian-French singer and rocker Rachid Taha dies aged 59
Algerian singer and rocker Rachid Taha died of a heart attack on Tuesday night, says family.
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Renaud Garcia-Fons: A Beginner's Guide
Rob Adams examines the extensive career of the acclaimed French double bassist, who has been influential in taking the instrument to its sonic limits
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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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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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Video: Baaba Maal’s ‘Agreement’
Senegalese superstar returns with his first album in seven years and today releases a brand new video for one of the record’s standout tracks
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Playlist: Totally Tropicália
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music of the Brazilian movement, tropicália.
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Cara de Espelho: Time to Protest
Alarmed by the far-right surge, Cara de Espelho have gathered members of some of Portugal’s best-loved bands to create something new, and urgently needed. Gonçalo Frota meets the group and attends one of their first shows
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My Instrument: Noor Bakhsh and his benju
Chris Menist speaks to the Pakistani master of the keyboard-fitted zither, which holds a central role in the music of Balochistan
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I’m With Her return with lush folk meditation on family and time
I’m With Her’s Sara Watkins talks about the trio’s creative bond and the theme of generational connection that underpins their new album
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Playlist: Salsa From The Street
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music charting the rise of the Fania label, featuring Eddie Palmieri, La Lupe, Ray Barretto and Cheo Feliciano
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David Attenborough – The World Music Collector
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the release, Julian May, producer of 'David Attenborough – My Field Recordings from Across the Planet', explains how this extraordinary album came about, with photos courtesy of David Attenborough
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The Gentle Good: “I’m a city boy, but I’ve always been fascinated by nature”
Elliw Iwan talks to the Welsh singer and musician whose latest album goes from protest songs about lost valleys to a collaboration with one of Rajasthan’s finest folk groups
