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Lisa O’Neill & Cormac Begley at Celtic Connections, Feb 2, 2023

Ardent Irish folk artists recall days of yore with passionate and playful performance

Q&A: David Boulter

Longtime Tindersticks keyboardist talks about his new mini-album, Whitby, an evocative homage to the picturesque seaside town

Celebrating 60 years of Fania Records, we ask Daymé Arocena, Silvana Estrada, Roberto Fonseca, iLe, Meridian Brothers, Orquesta Akokán, Nathy Peluso, Ana Tijoux and many others to pick some Fania classics. Introduction by Erin Cobby. Interviews by Russ Slater Johnson

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Eliza Carthy: Wayward and Free

Nathaniel Handy speaks to English singer-songwriter Eliza Carthy, who is the happiest she’s ever been with her new band, new voice and newfound freedom

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Towersey Bows Out With A Bang

UK’s longest-running indie festival to end with special 60th celebration featuring Billy Bragg, Seth Lakeman and The Staves

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Introducing the November 2024 issue of Songlines

Ibrahim Maalouf, Seun Kuti, Afro Celt Sound System, Stick in the Wheel, Fania Records’ finest albums (chosen by their famous fans), Lithuania’s pagan past and much more…

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Loops Gurus: South African Team-Up Goes to Town

Singer-songwriter Jeremy Loops collaborates with the iconic vocal troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo on polyphonic mood-lifter, 'This Town'

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Reggae added to UNESCO's world heritage list

The UN's cultural organisation has paid official tribute to the little island of Jamaica's big impact on global music

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Review: WOMAD 2018 - Sunday

Despite the predicted dire weather conditions that thankfully never fully materialised, the final day at WOMAD was blessed with a rainbow and plenty of musical colour

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50 Rhythms of the World (Part 1 – A to M)

Discover a whole world of music through the rhythms that bring it to life with our A to Z of 50 Rhythms of the World. This is Part 1, from Adi Talam to Morna...