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Top of the World – June 2018

The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the June 2018 issue

Amália Rodrigues: A Beginner's Guide

Pleasure, pain and poetry – the ‘Queen of Fado’ gave Portugal its soundtrack during a turbulent 20th century. Chris Moss looks back over Amália’s career

Les Amazones d’Afrique and Julian Marley to headline Africa Oyé 2024

Les Amazones d’Afrique and Julian Marley are the first names announced for Africa Oyé, the UK's biggest live festival of African music and culture

Rowan Rheingans: “We need to learn not to be afraid to sit with some sorrow and grief. We need to make room to feel and have compassion”

The musician Rowan Rheingans has a new solo project and album that are part-memoir, part-theatre. She talks to Julian May about the many influences that shaped these works

The British artist was all at sea until he came across a druid ceremony which ignited his art and set him off on a new path as a documentarian. “It made me re-plug myself back into humanity,” he tells Russ Slater Johnson

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The Songlines International World Music Festival Guide 2019-2020 is out now!

The fourth annual Songlines International Festival Guide is the perfect companion for the globe-trotting world music fan.

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Top of the World – October 2019

The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the October 2019 issue

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Songlines Playlists... The Music of West Africa Series

Announcing the launch of a new country-by-country playlist series of essential West African recordings

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Musicport Festival needs you!

Musicport Festival is in search for volunteers for its 2018 instalment, taking place October 19-21 at Whitby Pavilion, Whitby.

Features

50 Great Moments in World Music

We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today

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Festivals Collective Launches CULTURAS 360°

A new initiative sees nine top music festivals team together for an annual online project hosting a series of showcases from artists around the world

Features

Youssou N’Dour | My World: “Africa has no cultural frontiers, it mixes genres effortlessly. That’s the future for me”

Having recently turned 60, the Senegalese star is taking stock and looking to the future, as reflected in his My World playlist. He talks to Daniel Brown about his choices