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Orkney Folk Festival: wild thyme in Stromness
Simon Broughton heads to the Orkney Folk Festival for its breathtaking and inspiring finale
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Frigg: A Beginner's Guide
Tim Woodall examines the career of the remarkable Finnish string group
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Djivan Gasparyan: A Beginner's Guide
If there was one sound emblematic of Armenia it would be the duduk. Simon Broughton appraises the career of the instrument’s most famous exponent who has just turned 90
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Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) release single ahead of WOMAD
Brotherhood is the key for the first single from the Surinamese siblings’ new album
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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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Today is Good! Songs of refugees to be released
On June 30, the charity Arts Against Slavery will launch a CD of music written by young asylum-seekers based in Sicily.
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Guitari Baro: the shape of African jazz to come
Robin Denselow speaks with Guitari Baro’s balafon virtuoso Lassana Diabaté and the the trio’s co-producer Lucy Durán about their innovative all-instrumental debut
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Obituary: Jimmy Cliff (1944–2025)
Trailblazing Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon has died age 81
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Q&A: Joshua Burnside
Joshua Burnside talks about his new album 'It’s Not Going to be Okay', which finds the singer-songwriter grappling with grief following the death of his best friend
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Obituary: Ekuka Morris Sirikiti (1961–2024)
Famed storyteller and lukeme player from Uganda having a late-career resurgence
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Sir David Attenborough in the December issue of Songlines Magazine
The nation's favourite natural scientist discusses his recently-rediscovered musical field recordings from 1954-63 in the latest issue of Songlines Magazine
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Peter Straughan's My World interview: “When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a musician, to be in bands”
Simon Broughton speaks to the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind Conclave and Wolf Hall about how music infiltrates his creative process
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Thailand’s Molam Music ‘Goes Inter’
The inaugural Maha Morlum Festival in Thailand's northeast showcased molam's full range – and a state-backed bid to take the genre global
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Courir de Mardi Gras: A Photo Essay
Every Mardi Gras, a blur of costumed Cajun and Creole revellers in Louisiana head off in search of gumbo ingredients. When an ingredient is offered, such as a live chicken, the race is on. David Simpson has been documenting this unique tradition for over 25 years, with a new book capturing the centuries-old celebrations
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Les Aunties: “We can’t get up and tell our husbands to stop mistreating us, but if it’s in the song, you can express yourself there and he will listen”
Les Aunties, a new all-female group from Chad intend to improve women’s rights in their country. A recent tour of Canada has already begun the process. “The impact is enormous,” hears Emma Rycroft
