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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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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
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Zoë Modiga interview: South Africa’s new voice on language, identity and #BLM
A deft exploration of identity, Zoë Modiga’s latest album proves the South African is on the up. She speaks with Jane Cornwell about topics ranging from Black Lives Matter to the cultural importance of cattle in African society
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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.
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Times New Román at Budapest Ritmo, April 7
New Hungarian five-piece wow Simon Broughton at Budapest Ritmo
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Roots Round-Up: Watchhouse, Valerie June, The Faux Paws 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
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The 4 Corners and Centre of Meridian Brothers’ Universe
Eblis Álvarez, the mastermind behind Colombia’s tropical revivalists Meridian Brothers chooses the albums that shaped him
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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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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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Stephan Micus: A Beginner's Guide
The polymath German instrumentalist has an impressive back catalogue. Simon Broughton examines his wealth of recordings to date
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The Joy: “You can hear how we poured our hearts into the songs”
The Joy started their a capella singing in a small classroom in rural South Africa; now they’re set to release their eponymous full-length album
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Toby Jones: “Music is, of all the art forms, the one that is most commonly employed to put humans in touch with the numinous”
Jim Hickson speaks to acclaimed British actor Toby Jones about his lifelong love for music, and how it always manages to finds a way into his work
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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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New K.O.G. Off The Block (A Love Supreme)
Mighty Afro-fusionist Kweku of Ghana shares ‘Odo Sronko’ featuring highlife icon Pat Thomas, the latest single taken from his forthcoming album, Don’t Take My Soul
