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WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Two, October 22
Jo Frost picks out some highlights from the second evening of WOMEX Digital Showcases, ranging from busking Malawians to Mexican marimba mayhem
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Vote in the Songlines Music Awards 2021 for your chance to win WOMAD UK tickets
Now in their 13th year, the Songlines Music Awards aim to celebrate the wealth of musical talent across the world. And the voting for the 2021 awards is now open!
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Obituary: Archie Roach (1956-2022)
The treasured voice of Australia's Indigenous 'Stolen Generations' has died, aged 66
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All-Star Birthday Concert for Bert Jansch
A special 80th birthday concert, celebrating the work of Bert Jansch, will be held on November 4 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
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Celebrating 100 Years of Emahoy in Washington DC
A concert on November 7 is being held to mark the 100th birthday of the late pianist and composer Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru
A Beginner's Guide
Master Musicians of Jajouka: A Beginner's Guide
Tim Cumming delves into the history and mystical appeal of the Moroccan musicians from Jajouka
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Great albums from around the world - country by country and genre by genre
Musical genres around the world
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Boomtown 2019 review
Jim Hickson dives in, gets lost and just about stumbles out of the strange and intriguing world of the Boomtown festival
Artists
Nitin Sawhney
The influential British Indian musician and composer Nitin Sawhney experiments with various influences including Indian forms, flamenco, hip-hop, drum’n’bass, jazz, classical, rock and electronica
Features
Light from the North
Composer and fiddler Aidan O’Rourke is heading to London’s Kings Place to celebrate the musical traditions and communitarian spirit of Scotland. Billy Rough hears all about it
Best New Albums
Best New Albums – March 2021 (Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin, Made Kuti, Urban Village, Edgelarks)
Great new releases from Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin, Made Kuti, Urban Village, Edgelarks and more... Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the March 2021 issue of Songlines
Artists
Calypso Rose
A legendary figure in the Caribbean, the septuagenarian singer Calypso Rose has had a remarkable 40-year long career and is still going strong
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018 winners announced
Folk stars congregate in Belfast for the annual awards ceremony
Features
Celebrating 60 years of Les Cousins, the folk club that shaped a generation
Tim Cumming talks to Jon Wilks about his Second Cousins stage at FolkEast, and the impact and influence of the legendary Les Cousins folk club on succeeding generations
