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Gaelynn Lea: “If a venue doesn’t have a ramp for the stage, I’m playing on the floor”
Ian Brennan speaks to Gaelynn Lea, a musician and disability advocate from America’s heartland, about her 21st-century folk music
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The Rough Guide to World Music
The Music of Ireland: A Rough Guide
Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores
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Playlist: Reggae Instrumentals
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music exploring the rarefied world of the pure reggae instrumental track, including Augustus Pablo, The Revolutionaries and Tommy McCook
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Seun Kuti: “Love for me is a force that can change the world” + Video Premiere
With a new album ready, his first in six years and one featuring an all-star cast – Damien Marley, Sampa The Great, Lenny Kravitz – Seun hopes to make a breakthrough: “Reaching the people without the mainstream is not easy,” he tells Jane Cornwell
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Xenia França: “Black Brazilian women can finally be seen and heard for who they are”
Remarkable rising star Xenia França is challenging perceptions of what it means to be a Black Brazilian woman, quickly becoming the voice of a new generation of artists. Alex Robinson reports…
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Playlist: Totally Tropicália
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music of the Brazilian movement, tropicália.
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Jackie Oates interview: “There are so many confessions within traditional songs… it makes you wonder why they have survived in this medium”
Folk singer and fiddle player Jackie Oates explores the confessional nature of folk song on her new album, Gracious Wings
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Playlist: Indian Electronica
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music featuring both emerging talent and established names of the Indian electronica scene.
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Spell Songs: Eclectic Light Orchestra
Catching up with the stellar folk collective who are casting their illuminating charms on a world in need of a little magic
Playlists
Playlist: Reggae Instrumentals
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music exploring the rarefied world of the pure reggae instrumental track, including Augustus Pablo, The Revolutionaries and Tommy McCook
Features
Playlist: Totally Tropicália
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music of the Brazilian movement, tropicália.
Features
3MA: African Chamber Music
The pan-African trio of musicians, 3MA, are clearly relishing their reunion and latest collaboration, as they tell Pierre Cuny in advance of their appearance at the 2018 Songlines Encounters Festival
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Australia
The story of Aboriginal music is centuries old and continues to develop in fascinating ways
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Australia
The story of Aboriginal music is centuries old and continues to develop in fascinating ways
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The Flower Men of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has been making headlines, largely for its war on Yemen and the high-profile murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But now the kingdom is on a PR offensive, launching a tourism initiative. Simon de Bruxelles visits one of its new festivals
