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Eliades Ochoa, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, April 30
Buena Vista Social Club star Eliades Ochoa takes centre stage at Cheltenham Jazz Festival
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Rajery: A Beginner's Guide
Madagascar’s leading player of the bamboo tube zither, otherwise known as the valiha, has come a long way from coping with an early disability to touring international concert halls. Daniel Brown retells Rajery’s journey
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50 Rhythms of the World (Part 1 – A to M)
Discover a whole world of music through the rhythms that bring it to life with our A to Z of 50 Rhythms of the World. This is Part 1, from Adi Talam to Morna...
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Obituary: Nobesuthu Mbadu (1945-2021)
Remembering the South African mbaqanga singer and Mahotella Queens vocalist
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Puuluup, Marina Satti and alyona alyona to star in this year’s Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Concert is back for another year, this time taking place in Malmö, Sweden – with the final on May 11 – and there are a surprising number of artists that we’ve featured in Songlines involved.
A Beginner's Guide
Steeleye Span: Beginner's Guide
Hark to this parcel of rogues, as we place the career of these ever-evolving English folk-rock icons under the microscope
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Songlines and PRS Foundation announce new remix competition
The new competition will see UK-based artists remixing Indonesian music from David Attenborough's My Field Recordings From Across The Planet.
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Winner of the David Attenborough Songlines Remix Competition announced
Burland announced as the winner of the Songlines Remix Competition following a public vote
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"There are people getting crazy, people naked and enjoying themselves, but there's respect" | Thiago França
We speak with the saxophonist and composer whose boisterous outfit, A Espetacular Charanga do França, are putting the heart back into Carnaval
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Watch: New video from Angélique Kidjo
The Grammy award-winning Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo reimagines the Talking Heads’ classic ‘Once in a Lifetime’.
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Songs of the Syrian refugees
In a place where freedom of speech easily gets you arrested, refugees have daringly turned to music and poetry in order to express their feelings. Alexandra Petropoulos reports
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Orchestra Baobab review – Barbican, April 27
The legendary Senegalese band performed to a sold-out Barbican Centre on April 27 as part of the festival La Linea.
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Obituary: Maurice El Médioni (1928-2024)
A key artist in the development of Algerian chaabi and rai music, Maurice El Médioni, the boogie-woogie maestro, has passed away
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Today is Good! Songs of refugees to be released
On June 30, the charity Arts Against Slavery will launch a CD of music written by young asylum-seekers based in Sicily.
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Cycling the Silk Road: Part 1 – A String of Connections
Intrepid cyclist Olly Burton is travelling from the UK to India. This is the first of a series of reports about his Silk Road musical encounters
