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South African cellist Abel Selaocoe on ancestral knowledge; pansori ace Jaram Lee finds her Hemingway; secrets of a Colombian marimba seminar; interview with folk musician Jackie Oates, plus free Top of the World CD with each issue

The award-winning Karnatic vocalist speaks about the natural world's profound impact on her music and how, when it comes to lyrics, less often means more

The two provinces head into this evening’s meeting at the Aviva Stadium in very different circumstances.

In the Czech ghetto, amid malnutrition, exhaustion and despair, hope flourished in the form of music, created and performed by artists and composers as they awaited their fate

Simon Broughton is the Editor in Chief of Songlines Magazine. He is also a freelance writer for titles including BBC Music Magazine, The Independent and the Evening Standard. As well as writing, Broughton is an established freelance filmmaker, having made documentaries on countries including Romania, Morocco, Syria and Afghanistan for both radio and TV. In 2015, he hosted a TEDx Talk. He has also co-edited the Rough Guide to World Music (Penguin).

Folk singer, song collector and environmental activist Sam Lee heads into the woods at night to hold an intimate concert involving voice, cello… and nightingale

The Last Temptation of Christ to Gladiator. A collaborator of Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook, Kronos Quartet, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Lionel Ritchie and Queens Brian May, among many others, Gasparyan has died at age 92. His death was announced July 6 on social media by his grandson and protege, Jivan Gasparyan Jr. No other details were provided. Gasparyan (whose names are sometimes transliterated as "Djivan" and "Gasparian") was born Oct. 12, 1928 in Solak, Armenia, in a village near the capital ...

Kolkata: The troupe of Rina Das Baul, a baul singer from Bolpur, has been invited to perform at Womex, an annual global music conference. After an online version in 2020, the 26-year-old conference will be held in the physical mode at Porto, Portugal, from October 27-31 with 31 countries participating. This is the first time a folk Indian group has a chance to perform on this platform. Das’s troupe Rangamatir Baul has been making waves at conferences, like Urkult Festival in Sweden in 2017 a...

Monday, May 24, 2021 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... ...