A few weeks ago, freedom-of-expression campaigners Index on Censorship announced Serge Bambara as the recipient of the inaugural Music in...
Interviews
“This is NOT world music, this is OUR music! You can’t put me in a box just because I’m black!...
Os Mutantes always were, and still are, one of the most influential bands in the history of modern music. With...
Usually it would be rude to reveal a woman’s age, but there are always exceptions. Especially when it comes to...
Damir Imamović’s latest album Dvojka with his band Sevdah Takht and published by Glitterbeat Records, clearly proves that some musical traditions can...
With just two songs and their videos, an unprecedented level of hype was created among Caribbean, African and also Latin...
On April 6th, I ventured out to Rotherhithe in the South-Eastern corner of London to meet Namvula, a half-Zambian, half-Scottish...
Aziza Brahim’s new album Abbar el Hamada (out now on Glitterbeat) blew us away on first listening with its haunting tales...
In less than one month’s time MANANA will show 500 lucky ticket holders a whole new way of organising and enjoying music...
If the names Cairokee and Zap Tharwat don’t ring any bells it’s probably because you’re a) not Egyptian b) don’t...
La Linea Festival, the Latin music bonanza, is on its way once more for its 16th edition and we couldn’t...
Back in 2009 there was a big music conference like Womex in Bogotà. There I met a guy called Bernard...