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The Orchestral Qawwali Project interview: "My parents were very open-minded about spirituality"

Abi Sampa and Rushil Ranjan speak about the divergent paths leading them to their singular devotional music

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Lost Album' To Be Released

A collection of recordings, dating back to 1990, by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are to be released in September as 'Chain of Light'

Johnny Kalsi

The British Indian drummer Johnny Kalsi has done more for the popularity of the Punjabi double-sided barrel drum known as the dhol than anyone else

Baaba Maal named UN Goodwill Ambassador

Senegalese “nightingale” assumes a new role in environmental action advocacy

South Asian Joy

Revelatory qawwali, North Indian wonderment and frighteningly deep bass sitars were all in the offing as Simon Broughton attended the Southbank Centre’s festival of South Asian music

Edinburgh International Festival 2024 Unites Us with Rituals

The theme of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival is Rituals that Unite Us. Simon Broughton witnesses three performances that fit the brief

Svetlana Spajić: “I learned my ancestors’ sung aspect of language as my ‘second language’. But now I feel more like it’s really mine”

Serbian singer, folklorist and cultural activist Svetlana Spajić has dedicated her career to the passing down of oral traditions, and it’s taken her to some surprising places, including collaborations with Marina Abramović and Robert Wilson. Celeste Cantor-Stephens takes a journey through her career