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Folk experimentalist and music scholar champions Rudimentary Peni rebellion and Richard Dawson’s disparate musical bricolage
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Vocal invention and demonstration of Palestinian joy as Nai Barghouti embarks on a UK tour
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Fela Kuti: A Beginner's Guide (by Femi Kuti)
Femi Kuti discusses his father’s legacy and his life as the son of an Afrobeat legend. “He was too kind to everybody”, hears Robin Denselow
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Pit Bosses: Nakibembe Xylophone Troupe
With keys sat on banana stems across a 50cm-deep hole dug into the ground, the embaire looks as extraordinary as it sounds. Jim Hickson navigates the mysteries of this unique multi-manned instrument from the Ugandan village of Nakibembe
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Mbira Dzavadzimu | Musical Instrument Guide (with Stella Chiweshe)
Musician Stella Chiweshe speaks to Jim Hickson about the mbira, an instrument synonymous with Zimbabwe’s Shona people
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Llais Full Line-Up Announced
Global vocal gathering set to make waves on Cardiff Bay this October
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The West African superstar talks about growing up in Benin, her various musical influences and her creative practice
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