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Cuban Albums | The Essential 10
Cuba has always been a musical powerhouse, featuring Afro-Cuban All Stars, Buena Vista Social Club, La Lupe, Los Van Van and more
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The 10 Best Folk Albums of 2020
Tim Cumming looks back over the best folk albums reviewed in Songlines in 2020, which have sustained us through this locked down year
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Roots Reggae Albums | The Essential 10
Featuring albums from The Abyssinians, Rocky Dawuni, Inna de Yard, Bob Marley and The Wailers, and more...
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The 10 Best New Albums from Around the World (August/September 2022)
Featuring outstanding new albums from BKO, Balungan, Babra & Megitza, Daniel Sherrill, Sessa and more
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Ten Album Covers That Changed World Music
Chris Moss selects ten album covers that changed the world music scene, featuring Buena Vista Social Club, Fela Kuti and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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Why we need to talk about the gender imbalance in folk and traditional music
Scottish singer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Newton speaks out about gender imbalance within the folk and traditional music scene in the UK...
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La Linea 24: First Artists Announced
London’s premier Latin music fest returns next April with four stellar shows scheduled for its opening weekend
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The Latin Grammy nods are in…
Natalia Lafourcade, Susana Baca, Omara Portuondo, Xênia França and a Shakira freestyle session (!) are all in with a chance at this year’s Latin Grammys
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How Astor Piazzolla transformed tango
Chris Moss assesses the intrepid composer’s impact on music – and why his legacy, 100 years on since the great man’s birth, remains a challenge for contemporary tangueros
