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Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper: “We’re happy to disrupt”
Kora music gets a radical reworking with Ballaké Sissoko welcoming South African guitarist Derek Gripper into the tradition
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Johnny Kalsi
The British Indian drummer Johnny Kalsi has done more for the popularity of the Punjabi double-sided barrel drum known as the dhol than anyone else
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Hungary
Simon Broughton introduces the music of Hungary, a country of ten million people with a strong musical profile
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Hungary
Simon Broughton introduces the music of Hungary, a country of ten million people with a strong musical profile
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Joshua Burnside chooses the five most important albums in his life
The Belfast-based singer looks at the albums that formed his musical consciousness and remain integral to it
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Black Flower and Shake Stew, Brussels Jazz Festival, January 13-14
Jazz goes global in the Belgian capital with two troupes combining horn-heavy arrangements and adventurous international rhythms
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Best New Albums – January/February 2021 (Mariza, Cocanha, Lolomis, Ayom)
Great new releases from Mariza, Cocanha, Lolomis, Ayom, Star Feminine Band and more... Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the January/February 2021 issue of Songlines
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Folk Round-Up (Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison)
A selection of essential folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales including new albums from Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison.
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WITCH: Zamrock Recovery
Daniel Spicer finds out about the rise, fall and resurrection of WITCH. “Times have evolved,” says Emmanuel ‘Jagari’ Chanda
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Noam Vazana: Ladino Life
Israeli-born vocalist Noam Vazana composes songs in the Jewish Ladino language and speaks here to Simon Broughton about her fascination with this dying tongue
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Ashley Hutchings’ Million Dollar Bash
Folk-rock hero and Fairport founder is celebrating his 80th birthday with a different kind of Convention
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Top 10 Albums of 2020
Here are 10 of our favourite albums from the past 12 months, including releases from Sam Lee, Cocanha, Afel Bocoum, Siti Muharam, Damir Imamović and more...
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Roots Round-Up (Irma Thomas, Chicken Milk, Missy Raines & Allegheny and more)
Bluegrass, galactic soul, honky-tonk, New Orleans creole traditions and musical mischief in our latest round-up of North American roots
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“You don’t need to sing well, you need to sing from your soul. So, I sing from my soul” | Bomba Estéreo on finding their authentic musical voice
Colombia’s Bomba Estéreo speak to Russ Slater about their aim to propagate positivity amid political upheaval via their distinctive tropical sound
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Rebel Yells: 10 international anthems of protest and resistance
Joe Mulhall raises a dissenting voice with 10 international anthems of protest and resistance main photo by Syd Shelton
