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Anoushka Shankar: Beginner's Guide

Nigel Williamson charts the career of the genre-defying sitarist, from her Indian classical beginnings to her star-studded cross-cultural fusions

The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Classical Music

To enjoy a concert of Indian classical music, it helps a lot to have knowledge of the basic rules. Here, Robert Maycock and Ken Hunt introduce a rich musical tradition

Erland Cooper speaks about the inspirations fuelling his great Orkney trilogy

The Orcadian musician talks about his triptych of albums inspired by the sounds, landscape and people of his birthplace

Songlines October 2021 issue is out now!

Buena Vista Social Club: celebrating 25 years of a world music phenomenon; interviews with Spiers & Boden, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante and Joachim Cooder; a Beginner's Guide to Alim Qasimov, plus more inside

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Songlines #164 (January/February 2021) is out now!

Albums of the year revealed; singer Liraz on her Iranian roots; the young lions leading Afrobeats' infiltration of the mainstream; a Beginner's Guide to French troubadours Lo’Jo and more in the latest issue of Songlines

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Obituary: Csaba Ökrös (1960-2019)

Simon Broughton remembers one of Hungary’s best fiddlers

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Class Acts: World Music Method

A new online learning programme is reaching out to musicians, both those seeking to enrich their repertoire and artists aspiring to new directions

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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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Best Albums 2020: Europe

All of these albums received a maximum of five stars when reviewed in the 2020 issues of Songlines. Featuring Sam Lee, Shirley Collins, Will Pound, Sam Sweeney, Hamish Napier, Trio Tekke, Rura, and many more