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Avi Avital: Sweet Intuition

Mandolinist Avi Avital will be joined at the BBC Proms by a chamber ensemble and the Rustavi Choir to celebrate music from around the Black Sea

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

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

Celtic Connections 2024: Scotland’s ‘City of Music’ tunes up for its much-loved winter festival

A stellar line-up of multi-genre talent gears up to gather in Glasgow for Celtic Connections 2024

Celebrating 25 editions of the Gnawa festival in Essaouira

The annual Gnawa festival in Essaouira, Morocco has just celebrated its silver anniversary. Torben Holleufer has been a regular visitor since its first incarnation and returns to assess its impact, reflecting on some of the magical, unique and heartbreaking moments of the past 25 editions

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Songlines Best Albums of 2017

Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017

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Víctor Jara: A Beginner's Guide

Nearly 50 years a¤er his death, Víctor Jara’s songs continue to inspire idealism across Latin America. Chris Moss recalls Chile’s pre-eminent protest singer

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Daymé Arocena: “I am letting people see inside me with the music”

The young Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has had a rapid rise to fame. She tells Jane Cornwell about her journey so far and her tribute to Santería’s female orishas

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What Next for Brazil?

Bolsonaro’s election win and incendiary rhetoric have brought uncertainty and division to the country. Alex Robinson reports from Salvador where its deeply rooted Afro-Brazilian culture is under fire