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Taraf de Impex: “it’s exciting to be doing this. Fresh. A new way for Romanians to look at making music”
Garth Cartwright travels to Bucharest to preview the revitalised and reformed Romanian Gypsy band, Taraf de Haidouks, who are making their UK debut as Taraf de Caliu, alongside Impex
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“I lost everything, so it was time to rule my destiny” | OKI
Champion of an obscure Ainu lyre, Oki Kano talks to Charlie Cawood about the late-night encounter that launched his life’s passion
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Introducing María José Llergo: “What we now call tradition was a revolution in its own time”
The young Spanish flamenco singer tells Gonçalo Frota how tradition and contemporaneity come together in her music. Photographs by Miguel Triano
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Songbirds Over The Southbank
Folk singer, song collector and hardcore avian enthusiast Sam Lee takes flight in a new documentary about his beloved, but beleaguered, nightingale
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Musicians in Detention: “These people are hiding in plain sight, and rotting away”
Australia’s hardline treatment of refugees is under fire as high-profile artists join the campaign in support of two detained Kurdish musicians: Farhad Bandesh and Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar. Jane Cornwell reports
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Let Them Speak: Indigenous Voice Referendum
Australia is holding a referendum that may lead to its Indigenous people gaining political recognition. Seth Jordan reports from two of Australia’s most important Indigenous events on the opposing campaigns
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Watch: Punch Brothers – ‘Jumbo’
Punch Brothers release a fourth live session video attached to their new album All Ashore. Their song 'Jumbo' is a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump.
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EMEL interview: “I’m not interested in that inherited feeling where women are rivals anymore”
EMEL’s latest album sees her work with a completely female team to make one of the most unapologetically forthright and adventurous albums of the year
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Rhythm Nation: Jamaica's 60 Years of Independence
With Jamaica marking the 60th anniversary of its independence this year, David Katz traces the sounds that built a nation, marvelling at the island country’s remarkable aptitude for musical innovation
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Spotlight: Africa Oyé 2022
Liverpool’s celebration of African music and culture returns to Sefton Park this year to commemorate three decades of good music. Jim Hickson reports
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“Fires needed to be extinguished, all kinds of things would go on”: Rikki Stein on managing Fela Kuti
In a new autobiography, Rikki Stein reflects on a non-stop career working with some of the world’s most visionary musicians: Fela Kuti, The Master Musicians of Joujouka and Jimi Hendrix being three examples. Russ Slater Johnson gets Stein to sit still for a minute and attempt to summarise it all
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Ethno Port review – 'A weekend of inspired sounds'
Ethno Port festival returned to Poznań for a weekend of global sounds.
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The Afghan Youth Orchestra offer hope in troubled times
Encounters with the Afghan Youth Orchestra find Simon Broughton upbeat about the state of the region’s traditional music
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Speaker's Corner: MacDara Yeates on Joe Mulheron
Macdara Yeates pays tribute to one of Belfast’s most beloved singers, songwriters and cultural agitators, known for his generosity as much as his radical politics
