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Introducing... Guiss Guiss Bou Bess
Jenny Cathcart speaks to the Senegalese group who are making waves with their inventive, contemporary take on sabar drumming
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Getting back to gigs: the music industry needs you!
Music fans’ views sought to help the UK's live music industry plan for the safe return of gigs
Best New Albums
The 10 Best New Albums from Around the World (October 2021)
Hit the review links to the finest full-lengths coming your way in October, with outstanding new audio missives from Monsieur Doumani, Meelodi, Arushi Jain, Yinon Muallem, Namgar and more
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Quickfire: Ruby Colley
Talking all-time favourite albums and memorable musical encounters with the violinist, composer and sound artist inspired by folk, improv and minimalism
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Postcard From Northern Labrador: Sacred Throat-Singing & Polar Bear Spotting
Songlines ventured north to the Labrador Peninsula, Canada, home to the Inuit and a very particular singing style called katajjaq
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Watch: Bixiga 70's 'Quebra Cabeça'
Bixiga 70 return with a striking video for their new single 'Quebra Cabeça', the title-track from their upcoming album.
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Classical violinist Daniel Hope compiles an exclusive playlist for the July issue of Songlines
The award-winning British violinist Daniel Hope reveals his love of music beyond the classical world in his eclectic selection of artists for a Songlines playlist
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Vieux Farka Touré returns to Songlines Encounters Festival with a Fundraising Gig for Gaza
The Malian singer and guitarist is the latest artist announced for Songlines Encounters Festival this May
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Tinariwen: every album reviewed
Since their debut album in 2001, the throbbing desert blues of the Touareg guitar band Tinariwen has conquered the musical world: here are reviews of all of their albums to date
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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
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean
A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands
The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Indian Ocean
A lightness of touch seems to be common in the music found in tropical islands
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The 10 Essential Classic Dub Albums
Garth Cartwright cranks up the sound system for some bass-laden bliss. Here are his top ten classic dub long-players to check out
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“Drums are spiritual – however they are used” | Alai K interview
Prescribing some dance floor therapy with the Kenyan-born, Berlin-based ‘musical witchdoctor’
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Ana Tijoux interview: “If I didn’t smile, I’d sink”
Charis McGowan finds Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux in a reflective mood as she talks about her much-awaited new album. “I wanted to create something more complete, take time to write a different type of album,” she confides
