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SONGLINES BEST ALBUMS OF 2018

The editors' pick of the best albums of 2018

Introducing the November 2024 issue of Songlines

Ibrahim Maalouf, Seun Kuti, Afro Celt Sound System, Stick in the Wheel, Fania Records’ finest albums (chosen by their famous fans), Lithuania’s pagan past and much more…

Simon Broughton gets to grips with Colombia's marimba music: “absolutely exhilarating and liberating for the soul”

The marimba music of Colombia’s Pacific coast is enjoying a something of a revival. Simon Broughton grabs a couple of mallets and takes a swing at a workshop

50 Great Moments in World Music

We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today

Le Vent du Nord: Beginner's Guide

Jo Frost takes a look at the impressive career of Le Vent du Nord, Québec’s finest musical ambassadors

“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

Features

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