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Playlist: Totally Tropicália
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music of the Brazilian movement, tropicália.
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Watch: Bixiga 70's 'Quebra Cabeça'
Bixiga 70 return with a striking video for their new single 'Quebra Cabeça', the title-track from their upcoming album.
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50 Rhythms of the World (Part 1 – A to M)
Discover a whole world of music through the rhythms that bring it to life with our A to Z of 50 Rhythms of the World. This is Part 1, from Adi Talam to Morna...
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A Conversation with Jorge Drexler: “I wanted to reconnect with the new music scene in Uruguay”
Russ Slater Johnson talks with the Uruguayan singer-songwriter about Latin American music’s recent global renaissance, cultural gains in his home country and new collaborative candombe-charged album, Taracá
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Obituary: João Gilberto (1931-2019)
Russ Slater honours the legacy of the pioneer of bossa nova
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Obituary: Elza Soares (1930-2022)
One of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time, the glamorous genre-straddling samba star Elza Soares, has died aged 91
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Another Good Friday feat Ibibio Sound Machine, Leyla McCalla & Afro Celt Sound System
Brand new music from Ibibio Sound Machine, Leyla McCalla and Afro Celt Sound System, all of whom have announced albums for release in 2024
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Olodum: A Beginner's Guide
Andy Cumming charts how a carnival group from Bahia took Afro-Brazilian culture to the likes of Paul Simon, Pet Shop Boys and Michael Jackson
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Obituary: Erkin Koray (1941-2023)
Pioneering figure in Turkish folk-rock and a countercultural icon, Erkin Koray was Turkey's first notable rock'n'roll figure and continues to influence new generations of Anatolian musicians
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Songlines' Ones to Watch 2026
The coming year brings swathes of new releases across genres – transgenerational Kenyan folk collabs, Glaswegian troubadour musings, Margate-Guinean post-rock – and more. From anticipated debuts to long-awaited reissues, we pick out some of the albums that we’re most excited about
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Watch: Pan-Luso trio Coladera launch new album with video
Tricontinental Lusophone group Coladera have launched their second album today, March 29, with a beautiful new video.
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Playlist: Totally Tropicália
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music of the Brazilian movement, tropicália.
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Les Aunties Give Good Vibrations
Hear the latest hypnotic single from the highly-touted all-female Chadian chant troupe
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: Latin & Caribbean
Five of the best Latin & Caribbean albums released in 2025, featuring Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia, Frente Cumbiero, Natalia Lafourcade, Bejuco and Azymuth
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How The Watersons recorded a landmark in English folk music
In a bedroom in Camden, one Sunday in January 1965, The Watersons recorded a landmark in English folk music whose reenactment of ritual and magic still sounds thrilling 60 years later
