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Belgrade Jazz Festival - review
The 34th edition of the Belgrade Jazz Festival featured Chucho Valdés, Miklós Lukács and Irina Karamarkovic
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Laura Cannell: “I take my instruments and I drive off to a church and, if it’s empty, I just sneak in and play”
Olivia Cheves speaks to composer and musician Laura Cannell about her compulsion to make music, why she had to find her own traditions and why she’d love to record an album in an aircraft hangar
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Aga Khan Music Awards celebrate musical bridges across the world
Simon Broughton reports on the Aga Khan Music Awards in London, where diverse global artists came together for a rare celebration of musical excellence and cultural preservation
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Music Meeting Festival 2022 (Sponsored Content)
Get the lowdown on the wonderful Pentecost weekender held this summer in the Dutch town of Nijmegen
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Marina Satti: Eurovision bound
Mateusz Dobrowolski checks in on the vocalist representing Greece at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean
A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean
A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands
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Toby Jones: “Music is, of all the art forms, the one that is most commonly employed to put humans in touch with the numinous”
Jim Hickson speaks to acclaimed British actor Toby Jones about his lifelong love for music, and how it always manages to finds a way into his work
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Essential 10 When Jazz Goes Latin Albums
Giant of Latin jazz, pianist Eddie Palmieri dismissed ‘jazz Latin’ as simply jazz with added congas. Here, Mark Sampson picks out some of his favourite Latin-flavoured recordings by jazz artists who dared to add that dancing drum
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Songbook: ‘A La Loma de Belén’ with Alex Cuba
Andrew Taylor-Dawson celebrates a 100-year-old Afro-Cuban classic that has inspired artistic imaginations across genres, generations and oceans
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Feel the Tremor
Erin Cobby heads to a festival in the Azores for a weekend of global sounds and finds herself part of a community championing inclusivity, creativity and open-air commmunions
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Fireside Stories: Capercaillie recount their unexpected tour of the Middle East
As Capercaillie celebrate their 40th anniversary, founding member Donald Shaw recalls the band’s earliest forays overseas and how perceptions of Scottish music have changed
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Digging in deep with Scottish folk-singer Dick Gaughan’s passionate act of personal and political liberation
“For some reason, it seemed to strike a chord with people, and it is the most successful recording I have made in terms of acclaim and sales”
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Beginner's Guide: Carnatic Music with L Shankar
A living legend outlines how Carnatic music has evolved and speaks of the challenges it faces in the modern age. Chris Wheatley reports
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Songbook: ‘Jeg leder og søger’
A new musical project, Stemmer i Voks, looks at the people and music of Denmark’s heather lands, shining a light on a centuries-old wedding song
