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Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, April 4-7
Tallinn Music Week, where Estonian jaw harps meet Moroccan basscore pile-ups and Québécois stomping…
Tallinn Music Week, where Estonian jaw harps meet Moroccan basscore pile-ups and Québécois stomping…
Jo Frost picks out some highlights from the second evening of WOMEX Digital Showcases, ranging from busking Malawians to Mexican marimba mayhem
Nigel Williamson looks back at the enduring global popularity of the Irish musical ambassadors
It’s been a tough road for Colombian-Canadian artist Lido Pimienta, but she’s finally having her moment. She speaks to Russ Slater about her music and activism
Peter Culshaw reminisces on his time biographing the elusive Manu Chao as his classic solo album, Clandestino, is re-released 20 years on
Jamaican duo Sly & Robbie team up with Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer for yet another productive and intriguing musical partnership.
Brotherhood is the key for the first single from the Surinamese siblings’ new album
Simon Broughton checks into the last day of digital performances and enjoys the concerts of Hungarian bands with a real audience that took place in Budapest.
A member of the hugely influential four-piece Hungarian folk band Muzsikás, Peter Éri has died from lung cancer aged 70.
If there was one sound emblematic of Armenia it would be the duduk. Simon Broughton appraises the career of the instrument’s most famous exponent who has just turned 90
Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu perform at the Global Beats festival at Pizza Express Live, Holborn.
Alarmed by the far-right surge, Cara de Espelho have gathered members of some of Portugal’s best-loved bands to create something new, and urgently needed. Gonçalo Frota meets the group and attends one of their first shows
The Jamaican record producer and singer famed for his innovative studio alchemy is remembered
On June 30, the charity Arts Against Slavery will launch a CD of music written by young asylum-seekers based in Sicily.
David Hutcheon speaks to Jambinai, the South Korean band bravely exploring a middle ground between traditional music and heavy metal
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