On returning to her native Somaliland, Sahra Halgan reflects on a voyage of struggle, activism and discovery, marked by a chance encounter with an unlikely French musical family and a drive for positive change
Music Teacher magazine looks at how Songlines – and world music – can be important tools in music education. Read for a 20% discount on subscriptions to Music Teacher!
Nigel Williamson picks ten emblematic recordings featuring the ngoni, a West African lute said to be an ancestor of the banjo, made from hollowed-out wood or calabash, covered in animal hide, and strung with four-to-six strings on a fretless neck
As the world celebrated the anniversary of Buena Vista Social Club, a compilation showcasing another traditional Cuban sound, changüí, snuck under the radar. Garth Cartwright reports on this syncopated dance music
Izzy Felton visits an inclusive training ground for the next generation of England’s folk musicians
Nigel Williamson looks back at the enduring global popularity of the Irish musical ambassadors
Decades in the making, the new book from influential US producer Joe Boyd is the definitive history of how non-Western music became popular across the world
The Jebala mountains of northern Morocco are the source of many musical riches, with plenty of beguiling artists there to be discovered
For five decades Susana Baca has been performing plangent protest songs in the name of South America’s marginalised peoples, the poor and the planet. On the eve of the release of her latest album, Palabras Urgentes, the Afro-Peruvian diva talks to Chris Moss
Chris Moss selects ten album covers that changed the world music scene, featuring Buena Vista Social Club, Fela Kuti and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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