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Womad festival – Gilberto Gil helps celebrate 40 years of blazing trails
The international arts festival returned after a two-year absence with a triumphant celebration of music and dance from around the world
Robin Denselow
01, Aug, 2022 @2:02 PM
Archie Roach obituary
Celebrated performer whose songs, including Took the Children Away, revealed the suffering of Australia’s stolen generations
Robin Denselow
31, Jul, 2022 @3:45 AM
Kora player Sona Jobarteh: ‘I didn’t want to be told: you are good, for a woman’
Her instrument was the preserve of men for hundreds of years, but the Gambian musician wasn’t fazed. She explains why she ripped up the rules – and is now remodelling African education
Robin Denselow
27, Jul, 2022 @5:18 AM
Shivkumar Sharma obituary
Virtuoso instrumentalist and composer who introduced the santoor to Indian classical music
Robin Denselow
15, May, 2022 @4:03 PM
Orlando Julius obituary
Saxophonist, singer and bandleader whose fusions of highlife and American styles helped transform Nigerian music
Robin Denselow
26, Apr, 2022 @4:50 PM
‘The past is immaterial’: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, reunited after 56 years
At 75 and 80 years old, the much-loved musicians have finally re-formed to pay tribute to their folk-blues heroes. They explain how old records taught them how to play – and how to live
Robin Denselow
25, Apr, 2022 @2:00 PM
Lata Mangeshkar obituary
One of India’s most famous playback singers hailed as ‘the nightingale of Bollywood’ who had a four-octave vocal range
Robin Denselow
07, Feb, 2022 @3:58 PM
Norma Waterson obituary
Celebrated singer of traditional English folk music whose embrace of other musical styles won her a wide following
Robin Denselow
31, Jan, 2022 @1:55 PM
Elza Soares obituary
Brazilian singer and campaigner who loved to experiment with the many different forms of samba
Robin Denselow
27, Jan, 2022 @12:06 PM
Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal review – a beautiful cross-border conversation
The Malian and French musicians switch their kora and cello from lead to rhythm in a show of stunning musical intuition
Robin Denselow
25, Jan, 2022 @11:43 AM
Michael Chapman obituary
Guitarist and singer-songwriter whose fusion of jazz, rock, Indian and ragtime styles made him a cult hero
Robin Denselow
23, Sep, 2021 @10:03 AM
Alèmayèhu Eshèté obituary
Star of a ‘golden age’ of Ethiopian music known in the west through the influential Éthiopiques CD series
Robin Denselow
10, Sep, 2021 @5:14 PM
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