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Obituary: Paul Sartin (1971-2022)

The much-loved folk multi-instrumentalist, singer and founding member of Faustus, Bellowhead and Belshazzar’s Feast has died, aged 51

Dispatch from São Paulo

Discover the city's welcome pockets of artistic resistance defiantly championing African-Brazilian and Indigenous culture

The London African Gospel Choir Perform Paul Simon's Graceland: review

Union Chapel hosts the London African Gospel Choir as they perform Paul Simon's classic album

Parvathy Baul at the British Museum

As part of the British Museum's current exhibition Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution, the West Bengali singer Parvathy Baul will be giving a special, free online performance, followed by a live Q&A with Songlines editor-in-chief Simon Broughton

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Andy Irvine: A Beginner's Guide

The Irish music icon tells Emma Rycroft about Planxty’s swift success, his love of Balkan music and the array of sounds he’s explored from his first days in Dublin

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A Raga for All Seasons

Simon Broughton learns about the relationship between ragas and time

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2025 Preview: Reasons to be Cheerful

A lot is cooking this year. Here are the albums you should be getting excited about, from unknown West Virginian gospel singers and Afrobeat legends to Indigenous Brazilians playing ‘country music’ and soulful Ethiopian sounds

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PICS: The Songlines Music Awards ceremony 2019 went with a bang!

A first look at some of the exciting goings-on that hit the stage at the awards ceremony on November 30.

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Llais 2024, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, October 12-13

Voices from Bulgaria, India and Ireland light up the latest edition of one of Wales’ most vocal festivals.

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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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Alabaster DePlume: “Some tend to consider Palestine as some sort of rubble, but these are people with lives”

Jane Cornwell speaks to wordsmith, sonic alchemist and champion of the disenfranchised Alabaster DePlume about the power of collective healing and facing up to fear during an artistic residency in besieged Palestine

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Gilberto Gil: “We wanted to question how Brazilian society was constituted – the ethnic make-up of Brazil”

Gilberto Gil speaks to Alex Robinson about the 60s tropicália movement and how he has tried to bridge the gaps in Brazil’s class-ridden society

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Morrison, Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Bickley Set In Motion Newton Tribute

New super-trio come together on an album celebrating the writing of ‘Amazing Grace’ and the birth of its author

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“All my music still comes from my subconscious, without any intention” | Joachim Cooder interview

Joachim Cooder’s most recent album recasts cuts from banjo player Uncle Dave Macon for a new generation. Jane Cornwell follows the lauded multi-instrumentalist along the path to archival reinvention