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Special Source #1: Salif Keita, Femi Kuti, Youssou N'Dour, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
A round-up of new releases that are on the horizon from some of the biggest names in Africa and the US
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Welcome to Brazylia: how Polish music took root in southern Brazil
Magda Tejchma reports from Brazil where she finds Polish immigrants and their descendants playing the polkas, waltzes and obereks of their ancestors, deep in the Brazilian hinterlands. Photos by Piotr Baczewski
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Eliza Carthy's News of the Whirl (April 2024)
Eliza contemplates what is gained, lost and remains the same as the UK looks to ratify its culture through UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Best Albums 2020: Europe
All of these albums received a maximum of five stars when reviewed in the 2020 issues of Songlines. Featuring Sam Lee, Shirley Collins, Will Pound, Sam Sweeney, Hamish Napier, Trio Tekke, Rura, and many more
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Lonnie Holley's My World: “I keep seeing what’s happening in the world and trying to make music about it”
Doug DeLoach speaks to the sculptor, painter and musician who prioritises improvisation, with lyrics summoned on the spot and no two shows the same
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: “He remains an enigma, to this day…what was that magic?”
Jameela Siddiqi plots the unprecedented international success of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistan’s ‘King of Kings of Qawwali’ and, for many, one of the greatest singers of all time
