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Rainforest World Music Festival 2025
A Malaysian tropical paradise known as the ‘Land of the Hornbills’ is the ultimate destination for adventurous music lovers.
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The Sabri Brothers: A Beginner's Guide
Jameela Siddiqi celebrates the legacy of the first qawwali group to find fame and send devotees into spiritual ecstasy around the world
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Catrin Finch and Aoife Ní Bhriain: “The most important thing is hopefully people will love the music”
Welsh harpist Catrin Finch is embarking on a new partnership, this time exploring her Celtic and classical roots with Irish fiddle player Aoife Ní Bhriain
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Amit Chaudhuri | My World: “In Indian music every moment is a moment of arrival”
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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Inside Kyiv’s ethno-raves: where Ukrainian folk music meets electronic beats
Zakhar Davydenko heads to a folk-driven rave where young Ukrainians are dancing in their ancestors’ footsteps
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Jazz is World Music
Why is there so much snobbery and closed-mindedness about jazz from the ‘world music police’?
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Rituals, femininity and mother earth are at the heart of Italian-Iranian group Hysterrae
An extended version of our Q&A with Italian-Iranian 5-piece Hysterrae about their hypnotic new album
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Hajda Banda: “In the past years, the trend has been to accept our Slavic connections”
Poland’s prize-winning Hajda Banda are seeking out the sounds of their country’s eastern border regions. Simon Broughton reports…
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Ian A Anderson's My World interview: “I’ve entered the Shirley Collins ‘don’t give a shit anymore’ phase”
Sophie Parkes meets the folk, roots and trad evangelist, who talks about his no-holds-barred autobiography and a career pledged to music’s margins
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Xenia França: “Black Brazilian women can finally be seen and heard for who they are”
Remarkable rising star Xenia França is challenging perceptions of what it means to be a Black Brazilian woman, quickly becoming the voice of a new generation of artists. Alex Robinson reports…
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Gloria Estefan's My World interview: “If everyone was a purist, music would stop”
Latin idol, Cuban exile, Miami mentor and unrivalled queen of the conga, Charis McGowan speaks to the multi-award-winning songstress about returning to her roots
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How The Watersons recorded a landmark in English folk music
In a bedroom in Camden, one Sunday in January 1965, The Watersons recorded a landmark in English folk music whose reenactment of ritual and magic still sounds thrilling 60 years later
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Meeting Souad Massi: “The world is fragile, and I’m afraid for the future of our children”
Robin Denselow talks to the French-Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi, whose latest album is a testament to survival amid the depths of global despondency and personal hardship
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Beyond the myths: Iceland Airwaves reveals the real sound of Iceland
Charis McGowan visits Reykjavik, where Iceland Airwaves is showcasing the many layers of Icelandic music. “It’s such a young culture”, she discovers
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Omar Sosa interview: “Music as a weapon of mass consciousness”
A prolific collaborator who has travelled extensively since leaving his Cuban homeland, Omar Sosa talks to Jane Cornwell about his fact-finding tour of East Africa and his new album, which sees him collaborate with some of the region’s leading folkloric musicians
