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Postcard from Québec, Canada

Yousif Nur returns to Québec with free-form festivals, First Nations history and presidential hotels on his agenda

Paradise Under The Stars brings Cuban cabaret to life in West Kensington

1950s Havana comes alive as a new immersive cabaret and music experience comes to the capital

Introducing the April 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring Ichiko Aoba

Ichiko Aoba, Abel Selaocoe, Seu Jorge, Andy Irvine, Cambodian rap, the most anticipated albums of 2025, Gurdjieff Ensemble, Alabaster DePlume and much more

Tinariwen: Royal Sahara Blues at the BBC Proms

Relentless riffs at the ready as original Touareg rock’n’rollers Tinariwen head to London’s Royal Albert Hall. Tim Cumming sizes up their BBC Proms debut…

The Best New Albums from Around the World (August 2024)

Introducing outstanding new releases from the Meridian Brothers, Thandiswa Mazwai, The Deep Dark Woods and more

Korean singer Jaram Lee on reinterpreting Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea

Jaram Lee dives deep into the story of The Old Man and the Sea for a unique pansori retelling. Christopher Conder reports

To record Ali Farka Touré’s album 'Niafunké', World Circuit took a mobile studio all the way to Mali. Nigel Williamson went to meet Touré for Songlines in the summer of 1999 and found out why his commitments at home meant that the mountain had to go to Mohammed

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Estonia’s Song and Dance Celebration

Every five years, Estonia asserts its culture, identity and independence in an enormous, joyful festival of song. Tim Bird follows a regional choir as they prepare for the main event. Photos by Tim Bird

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The great musical genres of the 20th and 21st centuries

The music of the world has been constantly shaped by its wider contexts – from politics to economics and social movements. Here Chris Moss selects the most important genres to have been born across the last 100-plus years