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Playlist: Women of Hip-Hop

Spanning from Senegal to Guatemala, Libya to London, this global roster of female MCs continues in the footsteps of legends like MC Lyte and Lauryn Hill, helping to redefine women’s role in hip-hop.

Times New Román at Budapest Ritmo, April 7

New Hungarian five-piece wow Simon Broughton at Budapest Ritmo

New video from Brazil’s Criolo sows seeds for Black Brazilian prosperity

Discover how, via the tale of a fabled Money Tree, Brazilian rapper Criolo is urging his country’s youth to pave their own way towards a better future

PREMIERE: Soema Montenegro 'Viento Norte' (Acoustic)

Ahead of UK shows at the Songlines Encounters Festival in London and Brighton's The Rose Hill, Argentine singer-poet-shaman Soema Montenegro plays stripped-down version of recent album highlight, 'Viento Norte'

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Khiyo: Bengali Tribute

Khiyo talk to Jo Frost about the impact of Bangladesh’s rich musical traditions and that country’s poetry on their long-awaited second album, Bondona

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Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvaer review – London, Jazz Café, July 25

Jamaican duo Sly & Robbie team up with Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer for yet another productive and intriguing musical partnership.

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LINA_ Waxes Lyrical

Intrepid, award-wining Portuguese fadista meditates on the poetry of her revered countryman, Luís Vaz de Camões, on a forthcoming album bridging boldness and tradition

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Söndörgő & The Kelemen Quartet, Budapest, April 8

A Balkan folk feedback loop curves to Béla Bartók and back in Budapest’s impressively opulent hall…

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Soumik Datta trails Silent Spaces project

Hijacking the hush pervading our iconic British cultural institutions, sarod specialist and composer Soumik Datta has assembled a 40-strong cast of dancers and musicians to reclaim iconic British cultural institutions embattled by COVID-19

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Peggy Seeger on the art of songwriting: “Make them laugh before you make them cry”

The irrepressible Peggy Seeger talks to Julian May about dealing with the inevitability of ageing and her unique and very candid approach to songwriting

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Folk Round-Up (Kitewing, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Session A9 and more)

Billy Rough picks out some choice new folk albums from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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Anouar Brahem and friends perform Blue Maqams - review

The Barbican witnessed an exciting meeting of contemporary jazz heavyweights with a North African touch as part of the Songlines 20th anniversary concert series.