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Obituary: Simon Emmerson (1956-2023)
The Afro Celt Sound System founder, initiator of The Imagined Village, record producer, composer, guitarist and birdsong enthusiast has passed away
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Fifth Fela Kuti Vinyl Box Due December
Fill up on Fela with Partisan Records' latest vinyl reissues from the Kuti back catalogue
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Quickfire: Ruby Colley
Talking all-time favourite albums and memorable musical encounters with the violinist, composer and sound artist inspired by folk, improv and minimalism
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Purbayan Chatterjee's star-studded raga rendezvous
Sitar maestro hooks up with Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, Mame Khan and Michael League on exclusive video for Rajasthani-meets-bluegrass voyage, 'Lalitha (The Joyful Mother)'
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Ichiko Aoba: “I was diving in the ocean with just the breath in my lungs, swimming with whales, listening to them sing”
Breakout Japanese folk star Ichiko Aoba speaks to Paul Bowler about formative influences and reveals how the experience of free diving off the coast of Japan helped inspire her latest album
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Balimaya Project announce new album and special London live show
Afro-jazz luminaries set the date for release of When the Dust Settles and Barbican headline slot
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Toumani Diabaté and Ballaké Sissoko: 21 Strings
With Toumani and Ballaké’s epochal New Ancient Strings to be reissued for its 25th anniversary, we speak to Lucy Durán, the album’s producer, about the unique recording and her documentary tracing the history of the kora
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BCUC: Trusting in Love
Diane Coetzer talks to the South African band BCUC who are exporting their traditional Soweto music across the globe and mesmerising audiences, one transcendental show at a time
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Spell Songs conjure natural charms for live-streamed fundraiser
Authors Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris joined the Spell Songs ensemble for a magical, memorable charity performance
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Introducing the October 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Taking a look at the unprecedented global popularity of Pakistan’s qawwali star Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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Relief for Rajasthan’s musicians
Jodhpur RIFF has set up a crisis appeal to help support Rajasthan's musicians as COVID-19 continues to take its toll.
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Chris Watson interview: “Somewhere in Buckingham Palace is the entire works of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry”
One of the world’s foremost sound recordists talks about capturing the genius loci and his enduring love of reggae
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Programme Released for the New Music Biennial 2019
Taking place in London and Hull across two weekends in July 2019, the New Music Biennial features 19 new commissions from a stellar line-up of artists. We pick out some of the highlights.
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Omar Sosa interview: “Music as a weapon of mass consciousness”
A prolific collaborator who has travelled extensively since leaving his Cuban homeland, Omar Sosa talks to Jane Cornwell about his fact-finding tour of East Africa and his new album, which sees him collaborate with some of the region’s leading folkloric musicians
