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Q&A: Patrick Bebey
Cameroonian musician with a penchant for groovy Afro-jazz
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Music in Malawi
After receiving an invite to attend the annual Lake of Stars festival, Christopher Conder heads to Malawi, finding local musicians en route to international stardom and others proudly fulfilling roles as social historians and bearers of their nation’s richest traditions
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Quickfire: Clare Sands
Boosting Dylan and talking world medal martial arts with the Irish singer and fiddle-player channelling the music of her ancestors
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Fireside Stories: Josienne Clarke on Sandy Denny
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
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Folk Round-Up (Charlie Wheatley, Holly Clarke & The Moonrakers)
Billy Rough listens to new folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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Lake of Stars, Nkhotakota, Malawi, September 6-8
The 20th-anniversary edition of Lake of Stars shows how much Malawi's music scene has grown
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Swiss Music: Global & Folk (Sponsored article)
FONDATION SUISA, Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and artlink have put together an extensive 93-track spotify playlist to showcase Switzerland’s impressive music scene. Simon Broughton highlights some of his favourites.
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Live: Au Tour de Cordes (Saint-Louis, Senegal, October 31–November 2)
Simon Broughton untangles a West African celebration of string instruments, with electrified gimbri and a dozen-deep kora corpus among the global buffet
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Torres Strait Music
Karl Neuenfeldt documents and records the music of Torres Strait Islanders (TSI) in Australia
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Lágrima Ríos: recovering the lost Paris sessions of an Afro-Latin tango icon
Serendipity brings to light a historic recording from Lágrima Ríos, one of few Afro-Latin singers to find fame in tango
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Folk maps: five new albums that chart a course through Britain’s musical landscapes
Featuring new releases from Filkin’s Drift, TRIP, Gavin Fairhall Lever, Chris Brain and Dan Sealey
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Spotlight: Constantinople
'Through my music, with every note I play, I walk alongside the Iranian people'
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Wilderness Festival 2018
Wilderness Festival provided a surprising array of arts and music to please even the most discerning of world music lovers.
A Beginner's Guide
The Chieftains: A Beginner’s Guide
Nigel Williamson looks back at the enduring global popularity of the Irish musical ambassadors
