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Les Amazones d’Afrique and Julian Marley to headline Africa Oyé 2024

Les Amazones d’Afrique and Julian Marley are the first names announced for Africa Oyé, the UK's biggest live festival of African music and culture

Top of the World – November 2018

The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the November 2018 issue

50 Great Moments in World Music

We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today

Songlines Playlists... The Music of West Africa Series

Announcing the launch of a new country-by-country playlist series of essential West African recordings

Top of the World – December 2018

The month's best new albums, including Gaye Su Akyol, Bixiga 70 and Karine Polwart

The Songlines International World Music Festival Guide 2019-2020 is out now!

The fourth annual Songlines International Festival Guide is the perfect companion for the globe-trotting world music fan.

To the Moon & Back #3: The Sounds of Abkhazia

Vincent Moon reveals a suite of ten films recorded in the contested independent state of Abkhazia, a sublime tropical land between Georgia and Russia

10 Years of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Festival

As Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Festival celebrates a 10th anniversary which once seemed highly unlikely, Erin Cobby dives deep into an event that has put its local artists on the map. “We spent our life savings”, she finds out

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Sarathy Korwar interview: “It takes guts and vulnerability to cut through the noise and find your own voice”

Sarathy Korwar is becoming an influential figure within London’s vibrant and eclectic music scene. He talks to Jane Cornwell about his latest project, inspired by Brexit Britain and the importance of changing the East-West narrative. Photographs by Rishabah Sood