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Holy Cowley: the return of the Cowley Road Carnival

With Cowley Road Carnival returning for the first time in five years, Fred Waine takes a trip to Oxford’s melting pot

Blick Bassy: “This generation must defy imported culture and design their own role models and paths”

Daniel Brown speaks to Cameroonian musician and writer Blick Bassy about breaking the silence on France’s colonialist treatment towards his country’s independence heroes

Obituary: Danny Thompson (1939–2025)

Celebrated double bassist and Pentangle co-founder has died at the age of 86

WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Four, October 24

Simon Broughton checks into the last day of digital performances and enjoys the concerts of Hungarian bands with a real audience that took place in Budapest.

Mdou Moctar: Niger's desert rock resistance

Mdou Moctar has had a great year, with a new album and worldwide tour positioning him as a new breed of African guitar hero… but he’s not alone. Bombino and Etran de l’Aïr are two other electric guitar-heavy bands who are establishing Niger as the capital of ‘desert rock’