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Marta Pereira da Costa interview: “It’s difficult to be the first one, it’s difficult to open doors…”
April Clare Welsh speaks to the Portuguese guitarist Marta Pereira da Costa who is breaking barriers for female fado musicians
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WOMAD announces first names for 2024
Amadou & Mariam, Sampa The Great, Baaba Maal and Yungchen Lhamo amongst first names announced for this year's WOMAD festival
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Setting the Scene: Elana Sasson
Fresh from the release of her ambitious ensemble album, In Between, the singer-composer waxes lyrical about cultural life in her new home of Valencia
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Northern Exposure
Two festivals in Norway’s cold north warm the soul with enviable line-ups and empowering approaches
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The Latin Grammy nods are in…
Natalia Lafourcade, Susana Baca, Omara Portuondo, Xênia França and a Shakira freestyle session (!) are all in with a chance at this year’s Latin Grammys
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Review: WOMAD 2018 – Friday
Visa problems and contentious programming decisions fail to put a dampener on the first full day of WOMAD Charlton Park 2018.
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PICS: The Songlines Music Awards ceremony 2019 went with a bang!
A first look at some of the exciting goings-on that hit the stage at the awards ceremony on November 30.
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Egberto Gismonti at Enjoy Jazz, Germany - Review
Brazilian guitar and piano legend Egberto Gismonti drew encores from the crowd at the ornate Schlosstheater Schwetzingen in Germany.
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WOMAD 2023 Artists Announced
Everyone’s favourite world music field trip is back for another round this summer, as the first artists are announced for WOMAD 2023
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Introducing the May 2024 issue of Songlines
A Middle East focus with Emel Mathlouthi, Mohammad Syfkhan and an in-depth report on emerging music scenes in the region. Plus, Sahra Halgan, Sabri Brothers, Dele Sosimi, Lonnie Holley and the Songlines Music Awards 2024
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Ethno Port, Poznań, Poland, June 23-25
Poland’s Ethno Port festival draws together dancing-fool frenzy and meditational contemplation, inviting acts from Congo, Crete, Reunion Island and much of South America
