Heading to WOMAD this year? The Malmesbury-set festival is back again on July 25-28 and there are plenty of artists in the line-up that we've featured in Songlines previously, as well as many that we really should.
As Flock release their second album, Flock II, we probe the group's creative process
The music of the world has been constantly shaped by its wider contexts – from politics to economics and social movements. Here Chris Moss selects the most important genres to have been born across the last 100-plus years
Simon Broughton speaks to the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind Conclave and Wolf Hall about how music infiltrates his creative process
Le Trio Joubran and Mari Kalkun enchant at this scenic Brussels festival, blessed with an open musical agenda
Tracks from Tuulikki Bartosik, Entoto Band, Samaïa, Adriana Calcanhotto and more...
Serendipity brings to light a historic recording from Lágrima Ríos, one of few Afro-Latin singers to find fame in tango
Since forming in 2021, New Regency Orchestra have ignited Latin big band fever in London. With a debut album now out, Izzy Felton speaks to the group’s founder Lex Blondin
Featuring new releases from Lara Wong and Melón Jiménez, Lily Talmers and more
This is quite the grab-bag of music reviews from North American artists, ranging from pop-leaning to super out-there experimental, but still all rooted in tradition
Cathy Fink recalls the warm and welcoming woman she encountered and the fun that followed when she decided to track down one of her musical idols, Appalachian singer and songwriter Ola Belle Reed
Rim Irscheid unpacks the stigma faced by Arabic diaspora musicians and how Syrian-Lebanese duo Rust are subverting expectations
Organist Gail Archer evaluates the influences, improvisations and ecclesiastical economy of Eastern Europe’s organ music
Audiences can look forward to a diverse line-up of homegrown and international musical talent
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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