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Mokoomba, The Jazz Café, London, July 25

The Zimbabwean sextet dazzle with their infectious high-energy blend of rock, funk and Afrobeat

Alim Qasimov | A Beginner's Guide

Simon Broughton surveys the impressive career and beguiling back catalogue of the classical Azeri singer Alim Qasimov, including his extensive collaborations with his daughter Fargana Qasimova

Avalanche Kaito interview: “I really like to imagine spaceships arriving over Ouagadougou”

Lucy Hallam risks audio overload with this wild West African griot meets Belgian noise-punk constellation

Another Good Friday Playlist: International Women’s Day Special

Aynur Doğan, Aoife O’Donovan, Felukah and others feature in a truly international selection of new songs perfect for International Women’s Day.

Walden Festival, Leopold Park, Belgium, July 16

Le Trio Joubran and Mari Kalkun enchant at this scenic Brussels festival, blessed with an open musical agenda

The Rough Guide to World Music: Iran

Laudan Nooshin reports on the revival of Iranian classical music since 1979 and Simon Broughton takes the pulse of the folk and pop scenes

The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Classical Music

To enjoy a concert of Indian classical music, it helps a lot to have knowledge of the basic rules. Here, Robert Maycock and Ken Hunt introduce a rich musical tradition

Dispatch from the Nordic Folk Alliance in Roskilde, Denmark

The Scandinavian music world convened for the Nordic Folk Alliance, aiming to build on current interest in all things Norse

Horse-Fiddle Futures

KG Hutchins joins the nomad Mongolian fiddlers communicating with nature and preserving a threatened land

Review: WOMAD 2019 – Day 4

Dance music veterans and debut WOMAD performances on the final day of the festival

Söndörgő & The Kelemen Quartet, Budapest, April 8

A Balkan folk feedback loop curves to Béla Bartók and back in Budapest’s impressively opulent hall…

The Tsakirian workshop: a century of crafting rebetiko’s soul through generations of luthiers in Athens

Over a hundred years since rebetiko arrived in Athens, one family of luthiers continue to build the instruments which defined the style

The return of Afro Celt Sound System

The global groove and harmony evangelists return with their first album since the death of founder Simon Emmerson. Jane Cornwell chats to original members, and now bandleaders, Johnny Kalsi and N’Faly Kouyaté