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Artists announced for the Songlines Music Awards 2019 Ceremony at EartH
The first artists confirmed for this year's Songlines Music Awards Ceremony have been revealed...
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The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Classical Music
To enjoy a concert of Indian classical music, it helps a lot to have knowledge of the basic rules. Here, Robert Maycock and Ken Hunt introduce a rich musical tradition
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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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Bixiga 70 announce new album ‘Vapor’ and UK concerts
Brazilian ten-piece to release new album in October, ahead of UK gigs
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“How am I going to be a legend?”: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino at 50
Rossella Pinto, one of the original members of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, and her son Mauro Durante, their current bandleader, reflect on the group’s 50-year history of preserving and promoting the popular pizzica music of southern Italy
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Lake of Stars, Nkhotakota, Malawi, September 6-8
The 20th-anniversary edition of Lake of Stars shows how much Malawi's music scene has grown
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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
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Classical Music
To enjoy a concert of Indian classical music, it helps a lot to have knowledge of the basic rules. Here, Robert Maycock and Ken Hunt introduce a rich musical tradition
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The return of Afro Celt Sound System
The global groove and harmony evangelists return with their first album since the death of founder Simon Emmerson. Jane Cornwell chats to original members, and now bandleaders, Johnny Kalsi and N’Faly Kouyaté
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Singing with Nightingales – Live at Home
A special online broadcast featuring nightingale song, poetry and storytelling has been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
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Levellers: A Beginner's Guide
For over 30 years, the anarcho-folk collective have succeeded by doing things their own way. Chris Wheatley finds out about their grassroots rise to fandom and their enduring popularity
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo Founder Joseph Shabalala Dies
One of the great world ambassadors of Zulu music, Joseph Shabalala, died on February 11, aged 78
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Leader of the Pack
New book series celebrates the life and career of recording engineer Bill Leader
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Quiet Riot: Martin Carthy’s Hushed Debut Gets Welcome Reissue
Topic Records reboot the English folk-singer and guitarist’s essential eponymous account-opener as part of their 85th birthday celebrations
