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Music at the 2018 London Film Festival
John Atkinson sums up the musical best-bits of the 2018 London Film Festival, kicking off later this week.
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“A sound full of country funk and spiritual joy” | Introducing Changüí, the music from Cuba’s sugarcane fields
As the world celebrated the anniversary of Buena Vista Social Club, a compilation showcasing another traditional Cuban sound, changüí, snuck under the radar. Garth Cartwright reports on this syncopated dance music
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Tommy Peoples – Remembering the Bothy Band fiddler
Remembering the life and music of Donegal fiddle player Tommy Peoples, who passed away in August.
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Songlines July 2021 issue is out now!
Natalia Lafourcade digs up her Latin roots; explorations into sacred Māori instrumentation; an interview with Frank London; a Beginner's Guide to folk icon Martin Carthy, and more inside
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WOMADelaide, Adelaide, March 8-11
EMEL, DakhaBrakha and Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 bring music and protest to the stage at WOMADelaide.
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Jasdeep Singh Degun's Anomaly
Award-winning young sitarist debuts music from his forthcoming album, Anomaly
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Revolution At Ronnie’s
Critically-acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jowee BasH! Omicil brings his ceremonial homage to Haiti’s successful 18th-century slave uprising to London’s legendary jazz venue
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Walden Festival, Leopold Park, Belgium, July 16
Le Trio Joubran and Mari Kalkun enchant at this scenic Brussels festival, blessed with an open musical agenda
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Making music with the Kogi: “Singing is a way for them to connect with the animals… a way to live peacefully among them without fear”
French producer Lion’s Drums talks to Russ Slater about recording the Kogi people of northern Colombia whose singing practices form an integral component of their profound relationship with nature
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Introducing... John Francis Flynn
There's a new rising star on Dublin's folk scene. We speak to the multi-instrumentalist and singer, John Francis Flynn, about his genre-assimilating solo debut
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Introducing... Bai-Terek
A young throat singing trio from the mountainous Altai Republic are rapidly gaining a worldwide fanbase thanks to their online videos. Dan Shutt reports
