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Songlines Remix Competition shortlist revealed – vote now!
Six remixes of Sir David Attenborough's 1956 recording of gender wayang have made the shortlist. Now it's your turn to choose the winner!
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Obituary: Papa Noel (1940-2024)
Congolese guitarist and soukous innovator Papa Noël Nedule has passed, aged 83.
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Empowering the next generation - ISM Trust
Next month the Incorporated Society of Musicians Trust are holding a one-day symposium that will provide practical advice and support for the professional musician.
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Jake Xerxes Fussell: “It was always traditional music that I took the most seriously”
Paul Slade finds out why the singer, guitarist and song collector was always destined for a life in folk music and how his latest album unexpectedly paid homage to a dearly departed friend
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Guinean musician Mory Kanté has died aged 70
Celebrated Guinean singer and multi-instrumentalist of ‘Yéké Yéké’ fame has died
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The Soul of Congo
Brussels-based imprint Planet Ilunga marks its 10th anniversary with the release of The Soul of Congo, a deluxe anthology dedicated to the sounds of legendary Congolese label, Ngoma
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Notting Hill Carnival: a celebration of Europe's largest street festival
Local resident Christopher Conder explores the past and present of the largest street festival in Europe, Notting Hill Carnival
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“The Tyvan word byzaa refers to the mooing sound made by a calf” | Choduraa Tumat
The beacon of Tyvan female throat-singing shines light on her rare four-stringed instrument, the byzaanchy
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“Looking for material during the lockdown we were drawn to happy songs, as a sort of tonic” | Spiers & Boden interview
Lockdown offered folk duo Jon Boden and John Spiers time to revisit some of the more joyful corners of the traditional English canon. They speak to Julian May about the resulting album and the process of working together again
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Margaret Barry and The Bedford Arms: “Standing with her banjo slung around her, head thrown back and emitting a sound so loud and clear”
Alan Woods takes a look at the legendary Irish singer’s music and the London pub in which she gained much of her reputation
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Jackie Oates interview: “There are so many confessions within traditional songs… it makes you wonder why they have survived in this medium”
Folk singer and fiddle player Jackie Oates explores the confessional nature of folk song on her new album, Gracious Wings
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Power Up With ‘Counting Down’
Brigid Mae Power previews forthcoming album, Dream from the Deep Well, with brand new video
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The Mary Wallopers at the Electric Ballroom, Dec 16
Reportage from a rollocking night of magical folk mischief and fun-fuelled rock'n'roll at a sold-out Electric Ballroom, Camden
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Programme Released for the New Music Biennial 2019
Taking place in London and Hull across two weekends in July 2019, the New Music Biennial features 19 new commissions from a stellar line-up of artists. We pick out some of the highlights.
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The Gurdjieff Ensemble's Sacred Movements
As Armenia’s The Gurdjieff Ensemble make their first visit to the UK for Songlines Encounters Festival, Simon Broughton talks to the group’s director about the enigmatic composer and mystic who inspired the ensemble
