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The Songlines International World Music Festival Guide 2019-2020 is out now!

The fourth annual Songlines International Festival Guide is the perfect companion for the globe-trotting world music fan.

50 Great Moments in World Music

We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today

Amália Rodrigues: A Beginner's Guide

Pleasure, pain and poetry – the ‘Queen of Fado’ gave Portugal its soundtrack during a turbulent 20th century. Chris Moss looks back over Amália’s career

Festivals Collective Launches CULTURAS 360°

A new initiative sees nine top music festivals team together for an annual online project hosting a series of showcases from artists around the world

Musicport Festival needs you!

Musicport Festival is in search for volunteers for its 2018 instalment, taking place October 19-21 at Whitby Pavilion, Whitby.

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Youssou N’Dour | My World: “Africa has no cultural frontiers, it mixes genres effortlessly. That’s the future for me”

Having recently turned 60, the Senegalese star is taking stock and looking to the future, as reflected in his My World playlist. He talks to Daniel Brown about his choices

Get the expert track on the instruments that set the globe grooving and the world listening with Songlines’ free digital magazine boasting selections of Tools of the Trade articles on the tama, cimbalom, djembé, gamelan, saz and duduk

Features

How Wesli is rewriting tradition by combining ancient and modern sounds

Philip Sweeney traces Wesli’s journey from the slums of Haiti through Cuba, Canada and Paris in search of an alternative Haitian music that is neither pop nor traditional