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Introducing... Ana Lua Caiano
After years of listening to traditional music and protest songs, Björk and Portishead, one of Portugal’s most exciting new singers tells Gonçalo Frota how she created a world all her own
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Watch: Don Kipper's 'Opa Ela'
With their third album on the horizon, check out this exciting new video from klezmer seven-piece, Don Kipper.
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Listen: Premiere of Vula Viel's 'Do Not Be Afraid'
Get a first listen to Vula Viel's latest single 'Do Not Be Afraid', the title-track from their forthcoming album.
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Premiere: Labelle - 'La Vie'
Listen to ‘La Vie’, the new track from Labelle and his own orchestra, the Orchestre Univers
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Festival Pass: Festival de la Marimba
Jenna Mackle visits Tumaco on Colombia’s Pacific Coast, where a small festival is highlighting the traditions of the region’s Black and Indigenous communities
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La Tène, Cafe Oto, London, November 7
Franco-Swiss drone collective La Tène offer up a simultaneous study of constancy and change.
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Fireside Stories: Cathy Fink and Ola Belle Reed
Cathy Fink recalls the warm and welcoming woman she encountered and the fun that followed when she decided to track down one of her musical idols, Appalachian singer and songwriter Ola Belle Reed
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Another Good Friday feat Hermanos Gutiérrez, EMEL, Ana Lua Caiano and more
Brand new videos from EMEL, Ana Lua Caiano, Asa, Hermanos Gutierrez and a startling ode to a Colombian sex worker from La Batucada Guaricha.
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La Linea 24: First Artists Announced
London’s premier Latin music fest returns next April with four stellar shows scheduled for its opening weekend
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La Linea 19 is just around the corner
London’s premier Latin music festival is back with an exciting array of rare and unique performances
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“The big mining companies trying to take this land and push the reindeer people away” | How Solju are standing up for the Sámi culture
When not herding reindeer, Finnish mother-daughter duo Solju are bringing the Sámi tradition of joiking to wider audiences
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Trepp & Friends short-step to success at annual Tallinn showcase
Reportage from the Fenno-Ugria Night at this year's edition of Tallinn Music Week
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How Totó La Momposina became the Queen of Cumbia
Totó La Momposina reflects on her journey from a small Colombian village to the international stage
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La Cueca, Antes de Dios (To the Moon & Back #2)
Film-maker Vincent Moon returns for a second instalment of To the Moon & Back, a series of largely unpublished films from his vast archives. This film takes us to Chile for a deep dive into cueca, the national dance of Chile
