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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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The Rough Guide to World Music: Iran
Laudan Nooshin reports on the revival of Iranian classical music since 1979 and Simon Broughton takes the pulse of the folk and pop scenes
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Aynur: Solace in Exile
The Kurdish singer Aynur Doğan has released her first solo album while living in exile in the Netherlands. She tells Robert Rigney her reasons for leaving Turkey and her mission to keep Kurdish songs alive
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Letting The Light In
Kings Place’s new artist-in-residence talks about the programme she’s curated for Scotland Unwrapped, involving poetry, birdsong, folklore and choral euphoria
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Fujara | Musical Instrument Guide (with Ivan Bobot)
In Slovakia, one of the most distinctive instruments is the fujara. Simon Broughton talks to one of its current players, Ivan Bobot
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The Music of Iran: A Rough Guide
Laudan Nooshin reports on the revival of Iranian classical music since 1979 and Simon Broughton takes the pulse of the folk and pop scenes
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Obituary: Toots Hibbert (1942-2020)
The Jamaican reggae legend dies at the age of 77. Garth Carthwright reports
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Playlist: Musicians in Exile
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music exploring the music of musicians who left their home countries for one reason or another.
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WhatsApp in the Sahel
Catching up with the latest innovative compilation from the Sahel Sounds imprint
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BCUC: Trusting in Love
Diane Coetzer talks to the South African band BCUC who are exporting their traditional Soweto music across the globe and mesmerising audiences, one transcendental show at a time
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Diabaté in the dock
The recent arrest of Sidiki Diabaté has shocked the music community and highlighted issues of domestic violence towards women in Mali
