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Alexandra Petropoulos speaks to the collective of women who are tackling the gender imbalance in music and inspiring younger generations

Afro-Brazilian Spirituals: Essential 10

Driven by axé (energy) in service to the orixás (gods), these top albums, selected by Russ Slater Johnson, draw on Brazil’s African diasporic religions and spirituality

Introducing the October 2023 issue of Songlines, featuring Yungchen Lhamo

Yungchen Lhamo, Balimaya Project, Rhiannon Giddens, Goran Bregović, Balinese gamelan, plus Thomas Sankara’s ‘musical’ leadership of Burkina Faso and a song-filled salute to Gilberto Gil

Furrow Collective On Moon Safari

Critically-acclaimed UK folk quartet take new lunar-loving album out on tour this winter

Royal Albert Hall to host Turkey-Syria fundraiser

Musicians of Mesopotamia set to appear alongside showbiz stars for special charity happening

Martin Hayes announces UK tour in October to perform ‘Peggy’s Dream’

Martin Hayes will be playing shows across the British Isles with his band The Common Ground Ensemble to perform his latest album

Spell Songs: Eclectic Light Orchestra

Catching up with the stellar folk collective who are casting their illuminating charms on a world in need of a little magic

Folk on Foot's Front Room Festival

Organisers of the Folk on Foot podcast are planning a special Easter Bank Holiday Monday virtual festival in order to help musicians impacted by the coronavirus lockdown

Albums of the Year 2024: Songlines Recommends...

Looking back over the past 12 months at the albums that have made the biggest impression

Video premiere: 'Holy Robot' by Taraf de Impex

The old guard of Romanian lautari music meet the Bucharest alternivistas on a brand new project

Obituary: Nobesuthu Mbadu (1945-2021)

Remembering the South African mbaqanga singer and Mahotella Queens vocalist

Harmonium player Ahmad Fanoos found sanctuary in the US after being forced to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Russ Slater reports on how the move reunited members of a musical family and proved the catalyst for a special series of shows

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Music at the 2018 London Film Festival

John Atkinson sums up the musical best-bits of the 2018 London Film Festival, kicking off later this week.

Features

Criolo: Soul Searching

The hugely popular Brazilian rap artist Criolo is refreshingly self-effacing when he meets Russ Slater to talk about his work and the problems facing Brazil