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Babatoni | Musical Instrument Guide (with Gasper Nali)

A sucker for curious instruments, Simon Broughton catches up with Malawian musician Gasper Nali and his homemade babatoni

Celebrating 100 Years of Emahoy in Washington DC

A concert on November 7 is being held to mark the 100th birthday of the late pianist and composer Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

Sir David Attenborough in the December issue of Songlines Magazine

The nation's favourite natural scientist discusses his recently-rediscovered musical field recordings from 1954-63 in the latest issue of Songlines Magazine

Light from the North

Composer and fiddler Aidan O’Rourke is heading to London’s Kings Place to celebrate the musical traditions and communitarian spirit of Scotland. Billy Rough hears all about it

Boomtown 2019 review

Jim Hickson dives in, gets lost and just about stumbles out of the strange and intriguing world of the Boomtown festival

Nitin Sawhney

The influential British Indian musician and composer Nitin Sawhney experiments with various influences including Indian forms, flamenco, hip-hop, drum’n’bass, jazz, classical, rock and electronica

Best New Albums – March 2021 (Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin, Made Kuti, Urban Village, Edgelarks)

Great new releases from Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin, Made Kuti, Urban Village, Edgelarks and more... Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the March 2021 issue of Songlines

Features

Burna Boy, Davido and WizKid: The rise and rise of Afrobeats

Amid civil unrest, a slew of young African artists are transforming the perception of their continent, shaking up the mainstream with their infectious Afrobeats insurgency. Russ Slater surveys the scene’s UK roots and global impact