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Celebrating Barbès at 20: The Sounds of Brooklyn
Catalina Maria Johnson catches up with the co-founder of Brooklyn’s hippest bar and venue, Barbès, which celebrates two decades of excellent music this year
Catalina Maria Johnson catches up with the co-founder of Brooklyn’s hippest bar and venue, Barbès, which celebrates two decades of excellent music this year
This year held in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, the awards celebrate the length and breadth of British and Irish folk music
When not herding reindeer, Finnish mother-daughter duo Solju are bringing the Sámi tradition of joiking to wider audiences
Ardent Irish folk artists recall days of yore with passionate and playful performance
Poland’s Ethno Port festival draws together dancing-fool frenzy and meditational contemplation, inviting acts from Congo, Crete, Reunion Island and much of South America
From war-torn Angola to the ‘northern lights’ of Trømso World Festival, Pongo tells Jane Cornwell, “I have come a very long way”
Natalia Lafourcade, Susana Baca, Omara Portuondo, Xênia França and a Shakira freestyle session (!) are all in with a chance at this year’s Latin Grammys
The Guatemalan singer-songwriter tells Catalina Maria Johnson about her determination to represent women and carry the knowledge of her Indigenous heritage through music. “It’s a revolutionary act,” she confides
Three world music festival directors dive deep into sounds from Switzerland’s global and folk artists and tell Songlines who, given the chance, they would programme and why
Nearly 50 years a¤er his death, Víctor Jara’s songs continue to inspire idealism across Latin America. Chris Moss recalls Chile’s pre-eminent protest singer
Musicians of Mesopotamia set to appear alongside showbiz stars for special charity happening
Brazilian music is a whole world of its own. It may be best known for samba – the irrepressible rhythm of carnival – but that's only a fraction of the story
Brazilian music is a whole world of its own. It may be best known for samba – the irrepressible rhythm of carnival – but that's only a fraction of the story
Meet the Colombian trio who are using the rhythms and vernacular of their traditional culture to transmit a message of defiance
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