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Xenia França: “Black Brazilian women can finally be seen and heard for who they are”
Remarkable rising star Xenia França is challenging perceptions of what it means to be a Black Brazilian woman, quickly becoming the voice of a new generation of artists. Alex Robinson reports…
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Jamz Supernova's My World Interview
Russ Slater Johnson hears from the DJ sharing cutting-edge global and electronic sounds. “I wanted to be your alternative Black show,” she confesses
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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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20 Years of Morgenland
Simon Broughton visits Morgenland Festival in Germany for an opening concert celebrating 20 years of an event which has provided a vital showcase for many artists from the Middle East and North Africa
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Soapbox: Racism and the Music Industry
“What may begin with the throwaway use of language ends with economic, social and artistic injustice”
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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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Songs of the Syrian refugees
In a place where freedom of speech easily gets you arrested, refugees have daringly turned to music and poetry in order to express their feelings. Alexandra Petropoulos reports
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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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A Conversation with Sam Lee: “I want every album to be filled with forests, and I want every forest to be filled with music”
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to the English singer and climate activist about campfire singalongs, collecting folk songs in unexpected places and how nature is at the heart of everything he does
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Thierry ‘Titi’ Robin: A Beginner's Guide
Jo Setters examines the career of the visionary French multi-instrumentalist who has been experimenting for over 30 years
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Terry Riley interview: “Every decade of my life has had a different focus”
The pioneering minimalist composer talks about the Indian music that captured his imagination and his tutelage under Pandit Pran Nath
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Making music in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp
Kakuma Sound’s co-founder reports from one of the world’s largest refugee camps, an inspirational musical wellspring for social change
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Margaret Barry and The Bedford Arms: “Standing with her banjo slung around her, head thrown back and emitting a sound so loud and clear”
Alan Woods takes a look at the legendary Irish singer’s music and the London pub in which she gained much of her reputation
