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Chris Ta’aloga Faiumu (1968–2025)
Founder of New Zealand band Fat Freddy’s Drop has passed away
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Moonlight Benjamin: Vodou Priestess of Haitian Blues
The Haitian-raised, French-based singer-songwriter Moonlight Benjamin tells Lucy Hallam where her distinctive blend of vodou and blues originates from
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The Pipa: a guide to the Chinese lute
A masterful instrument played by masterful players – Michael Church talks to internationally acclaimed artist Wu Man and looks at the historical importance of the Chinese lute
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The Spirit of Tengri 2019 review
Jim Hickson visited the seventh edition of The Spirit of Tengri festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discover the wonderful - and the weird - of 'contemporary ethnic music.'
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Introducing the April 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring Ichiko Aoba
Ichiko Aoba, Abel Selaocoe, Seu Jorge, Andy Irvine, Cambodian rap, the most anticipated albums of 2025, Gurdjieff Ensemble, Alabaster DePlume and much more
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Introducing the January 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring our Review of 2024
Songlines Review of 2024 with the best albums and highlights of the year, plus Manu Chao, Arooj Aftab, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Xenia França, L Subramaniam, Topic Records and more
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Roots Round-up (Eden Brent, Wyatt C Louis, Adeem the Artist and more)
A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Eden Brent, Wyatt C Louis and Adeem the Artist
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Introducing... Emily Wurramara
On her latest album the rising Anindilyakwa star channels trauma, ancestral knowledge and togetherness. “It’s a community-driven record”, she declares
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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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Watch: Bixiga 70's 'Quebra Cabeça'
Bixiga 70 return with a striking video for their new single 'Quebra Cabeça', the title-track from their upcoming album.
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Video: Fatoumata Diawara’s ‘Nsera’
Fatoumata Diawara maps out a polemical journey home in the video for her latest single 'Nsera', a track taken from her much-anticipated forthcoming album
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Quickfire: Linda Ayupuka
We speak to the Ghanaian Afro-gospel singer about the important albums in her life and a most memorable musical encounter
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Kokoroko: riding high on the soulful grooves of Tuff Times Never Last
Andrew Taylor Dawson talks with the Londoners fusing Afrobeat, highlife, jazz and inner-city vibes
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Def Mama Def: “We will introduce you to the new Senegalese musical era”
Def Mama Def are a new West African duo lighting up the region with their hybrid of traditional and modern sounds
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Førde Festival 2024: exploring the roots of music
Jo Frost heads to Førde Festival, a picturesque event that values home-grown Norwegian music as much as the global artists which are its calling card
