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WOMAD announces first names for 2024

Amadou & Mariam, Sampa The Great, Baaba Maal and Yungchen Lhamo amongst first names announced for this year's WOMAD festival

“Capturing the experiences of wildness, loss, queerness, love, and mystery” | Introducing... Dani Larkin

The Irish folk artist talks to Jane Coyle about how living on the Armagh-Monaghan border has shaped both her life and her songwriting

Zakir Hussain & Les Amazones d’Afrique: Live In Brussels

Martin Longley reports from a long weekender in Brussels with tabla legend Zakir Hussain, pan-African supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique and frenetic Ugandan DJ Kamire.

FMM Sines 2018 opening weekend

The opening weekend of the much-loved Portuguese festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with four evenings of free concerts in the seaside town of Porto Covo

WOMEX 24 Unveils More artists for October event in Manchester

Organisers have unveiled the complete line-up for three of their stages at this year’s WOMEX in Manchester

Songlines announces World Pioneer and Newcomer 2021 awards winners

Omara Portuondo and Alostmen have been recognised for their stellar musical contributions at Songlines annual prize-giving summit

Lola Flores: a beginner's guide

Philip Sweeney takes a look back at the life of the flamenco singer, dancer and actress who remains a beacon of Andalucian culture

Al-Qasar interview: “We live in a world of very complex identities, with multinational families and lots of migration”

French-American musician and producer Thomas Attar Bellier talks about his sizzling new psych-rock unit who are fusing North African trance and Middle Eastern melodies with elements of alternative rock

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WOMAD 2018 Must-See Acts

We've compiled a shortlist of our WOMAD 2018 must-see acts, from Afro-pop to reggae and plenty more in between!

Features

The Rough Guide to World Music: Bangladesh

One of the subcontinent’s richest and most fertile grounds for folk, film, devotional and classical music

The Rough Guide to World Music

The Music of Bangladesh: A Rough Guide

One of the subcontinent’s richest and most fertile grounds for folk, film, devotional and classical music

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2024: First Names Revealed

Robert Plant’s Saving Grace and an exclusive Transatlantic Sessions showcase among the early highlights for this summer’s iteration of the celebrated music summit, which marks its 60th anniversary this year