Masa Nazzal returned from the Bosnian-Croatian border with an archive of sounds and stories that became a new way of understanding the world. “Listening [is] like a hand that reaches out”, she reflects
The pre-eminent Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté talks to Simon Broughton about his special one-off collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra
Musicians around the world have taken to social media to perform their music – and it is wonderfully life-affirming
In 2004, a Norwegian record label joined forces with female singers from the so-called ‘axis of evil’ in protest against a global climate of fear – over 20 years later, Lullabies from the Axis of Evil continues to be relevant
Peter Culshaw reminisces on his time biographing the elusive Manu Chao as his classic solo album, Clandestino, is re-released 20 years on
Does more mean less in the digital music market place?
Jane Cornwell speaks to wordsmith, sonic alchemist and champion of the disenfranchised Alabaster DePlume about the power of collective healing and facing up to fear during an artistic residency in besieged Palestine
We speak to the Ghanaian Afro-gospel singer about the important albums in her life and a most memorable musical encounter
All of these albums received the maximum award of five stars when reviewed in Songlines magazine in 2019, featuring Daymé Arocena, Leyla McCalla, Dona Onete and many more
The music department of SOAS, University of London, have set up a crowdfunding campaign in order to raise funds to bring an exhibition exploring the untold story of Namibian music from the 1950s to the 1980s to the university.
Eliza explores the “daft” world of guitars before two passionate music friends begin her conversion…
One of British folk music’s most influential figures is marking his 80th birthday. Julian May delves into his prolific and remarkable recordings
Tim Cumming assembles an anatomy of melancholia as he speaks to Tyne and Wear’s finest folk-singing sisters about their career and catalogue
Hyping favourite hip-hop releases and musical heroes with the French-Cameroonian producer and son of Manu Dibango
The author and musician talks to Simon Broughton about how he resisted Indian music growing up and the singers who finally kindled his interest
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