The Rough Guide to World Music
The Rough Guide to World Music: Nigeria
Nigeria's best-known cultural exports – juju, Afrobeat and fuji music – barely scratch the surface of the vast and vibrant cultural topography of the nation
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“I never had a teacher, but I would watch other percussionists” | Élage Diouf
Robin Denselow catches up with the Québec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and drummer who has just released a new album
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20 Great Artists from 20 Years of Songlines
All of these artists who released their first solo album during the lifetime of Songlines (ie since 1999), including Fatoumata Diawara, Mariza, Sam Lee and many more
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Nigeria
Nigeria's best-known cultural exports – juju, Afrobeat and fuji music – barely scratch the surface of the vast and vibrant cultural topography of the nation
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Suka | Musical Instrument Guide (with Maria Pomianowska)
Doyenne of the Polish knee-fiddle, Maria Pomianowska, speaks to Simon Broughton about evolving her instrument's repertoire
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Celebrating 25 editions of the Gnawa festival in Essaouira
The annual Gnawa festival in Essaouira, Morocco has just celebrated its silver anniversary. Torben Holleufer has been a regular visitor since its first incarnation and returns to assess its impact, reflecting on some of the magical, unique and heartbreaking moments of the past 25 editions
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Sara Correia Interview: “Whatever I sing it will always be fado”
Portuguese singer Sara Correia reveals the toughness and will that saw her journey from the high-rise blocks of working-class Lisbon to the global stage
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Manu Chao's Clandestino appeared at the cross-fade of the millennium and sounded perfect – a radical masterpiece
Peter Culshaw reminisces on his time biographing the elusive Manu Chao as his classic solo album, Clandestino, is re-released 20 years on
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Global Ambient Music: 10 Essential Albums
Chris Wheatley picks out some of the world’s finest ambient soundscapes
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Tools of the trade
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
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My World: Jung Jae-il
Ahead of an opening performance for this year's K-Music Festival in London, we speak to Jung Jae-il, the award-winning composer of the soundtracks to Parasite and Squid Game. “Listening was the greatest study,” he tells Liam Izod
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Fireside Stories with Dele Sosimi: “Fela was a radical who taught us about radicality. I still miss him”
Dele Sosimi spent the 80s globetrotting with Fela, even taking the reins of his 20-piece band, bringing joy and peace to Lagos’ chaotic commune where they lived, played and partied
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Preview: Voices from the East at London's Southbank Centre (Advertorial)
Words by Simon Broughton; Photos by John Millar and Mark Allan
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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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Songlines #157 (May 2020) is out now!
Moonlight Benjamin, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, London Bulgarian Choir, Juan Martín and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines
