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Oliver Mtukudzi dies aged 66
From the oppressive days of white minority rule, through the liberation war and the challenges of independence that followed, his music uplifted and inspired his people
From the oppressive days of white minority rule, through the liberation war and the challenges of independence that followed, his music uplifted and inspired his people
Olivia Harrison, the wife of the late Beatle George Harrison, talks about how George's collaborations with Indian musicians helped shape her own musical tastes
As British singer-songwriter Josienne Clarke prepares Across the Evening Sky, her touring show of Sandy Denny songs, she reflects on her lifelong love for Denny’s music and the power it exerts today
Folk singer, song collector and hardcore avian enthusiast Sam Lee takes flight in a new documentary about his beloved, but beleaguered, nightingale
Catching up with the stellar folk collective who are casting their illuminating charms on a world in need of a little magic
Jim Hickson selects ten top live-in-concert world music albums, featuring Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca, Oum Kalthoum, Ozomatli, Radio Tarifa and more
A special online broadcast featuring nightingale song, poetry and storytelling has been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
Tim Cumming assembles an anatomy of melancholia as he speaks to Tyne and Wear’s finest folk-singing sisters about their career and catalogue
Our world music extravaganza returns with a slew of sumptuous live performances at the Scala in London on November 2
After making a couple of traditional fado albums, Lina has ditched her old artistic name and reinvented herself. Songlines went to get the story behind the transformation
Introducings new releases from Justin Golden, Tinkham Road, JP Harris, Olivia Barrett and Aerialists
Cape Verdean songstress captures hearts and souls at North Macedonian world music summit
Four tunes from the Berlin-based Afro-soul group in an exclusive video
Avant-Yiddish pathfinders herald online Q&A with in-concert version of their haunting ‘Viderkol (Echo)’
For over 30 years, the anarcho-folk collective have succeeded by doing things their own way. Chris Wheatley finds out about their grassroots rise to fandom and their enduring popularity
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