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Xochimoki: Curating The Aztec Audio Revival

Jim Berenholz and Mazatl Galindo speak to Chris Moss about their 40-year-long mission to reanimate the lost sounds and instruments of ancient Mesoamerica

Obituary: Nick Page (1960-2021)

Robin Denselow pays tribute to musician, producer and composer Nick 'Count Dubulah' Page

Fireside Stories with June Tabor and Oysterband’s John Jones

As they prepare to embark on a final tour, June Tabor and Oysterband’s John Jones discuss the making of their 1990 classic collaborative album Freedom and Rain

Folk Round-Up (Bailey & Keely, Hayden Thorpe and Malachy Tallack)

Essential folk releases from Ireland, England, Scotland & Wales, featuring new albums from Bailey & Keely, Hayden Thorpe and Malachy Tallack

Criolo interview: “The streets of Brazil are going to burn even more, but all we want is an end to suffering. We cannot take any more”

Brazilian artist Criolo gives his frank views on Brazilian society today and although the challenges for its future look daunting, he tells David Katz why he remains hopeful for his country

Introducing Birdvox

Flight, fun and food for thought. Jo Frost talks with the nature-loving, socially conscious Scottish supergroup about clubland and cicadas

A Conversation with Pedro Ben: “The idea was to put Mozambican music on the map, to show that it existed”

Fifty years on from Mozambique’s independence, one of the country’s leading singers tells the story of a legendary album. Richard Gray finds out about making music in a free Mozambique…

Landless: “We don’t spend time trying to sound the same as each other… we each have our own accents”

Irish vocal group Landless follow-up their much-loved debut album with a new set of songs focused on female protagonists. Emma Rycroft finds out its harmonious story

The illusion of inclusion: why the Grammys keep failing global music

Ian Brennan on why the Grammys’ ‘Global’ music isn’t truly global

The great musical genres of the 20th and 21st centuries

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

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Essential 10 When Jazz Goes Latin Albums

Giant of Latin jazz, pianist Eddie Palmieri dismissed ‘jazz Latin’ as simply jazz with added congas. Here, Mark Sampson picks out some of his favourite Latin-flavoured recordings by jazz artists who dared to add that dancing drum

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10 Essential Carnival Anthems, Selected by General Levy

British MC and ragga veteran General Levy grew up on Carnival culture. Charis McGowan hears about the tunes which shaped his artistry

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My World: Jung Jae-il

Ahead of an opening performance for this year's K-Music Festival in London, we speak to Jung Jae-il, the award-winning composer of the soundtracks to Parasite and Squid Game. “Listening was the greatest study,” he tells Liam Izod