Features
Roots Round-Up (Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis and more)
A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis, Jontavious Willis and La Pastourelle
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Tabla | Musical Instrument Guide (with Kuljit Bhamra)
Max Reinhardt speaks to Kuljit Bhamra, the go-to musician and composer for UK-Asian West End musicals and film scores, about the instrument that is at the root of his ever-evolving career
A Beginner's Guide
Eliades Ochoa: A Beginner's Guide
Mary Farquharson marvels at the career of the much-loved former Buena Vista Social Club musician who is still highly influential today
Best New Albums
The Best New Albums from Around the World (December 2024)
Featuring Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Ekuka Morris Sirikiti, Afro Celt Sound System, MOMO. and more
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Sarod | Musical Instrument Guide (with Soumik Datta)
Soumik Datta reveals to Simon Broughton the secrets of his innovative, go-faster sarod
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Seun Kuti: “Love for me is a force that can change the world” + Video Premiere
With a new album ready, his first in six years and one featuring an all-star cast – Damien Marley, Sampa The Great, Lenny Kravitz – Seun hopes to make a breakthrough: “Reaching the people without the mainstream is not easy,” he tells Jane Cornwell
Live reviews
The Breath: Giving up the ghosts
The Breath’s Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum tell Dave McNally about the love and suffering that informed their new album and how they unexpectedly evolved into an acoustic folk duo
News
Class Acts: World Music Method
A new online learning programme is reaching out to musicians, both those seeking to enrich their repertoire and artists aspiring to new directions
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Songlines October 2021 issue is out now!
Buena Vista Social Club: celebrating 25 years of a world music phenomenon; interviews with Spiers & Boden, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante and Joachim Cooder; a Beginner's Guide to Alim Qasimov, plus more inside
