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Whatever way you look at it, it boils down to two things - the singer and the song. If either one of them isn't up to ...

If you want to talk about desert blues, it doesn't come any sandier or rawer than Tinariwen. Members of the nomadic Tuareg ...

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Kate Rusby has managed to make quite a name for herself on the British folk scene, and cram a great deal into a short ...

In the pre-history of rap, the Jamaican style known as toasting, speaking in rhyme over records, figures prominently. And ...

In his native Turkey, Burhan Öçal is a media star, as widely know for his numerous fashion spreads in magazines and his ...

Rock'n'roll comes in all shapes and styles. But one thing that's apparent is that it can cross all manner of borders. That ...

Senegal's Youssou N'Dour is, perhaps, the biggest name in world music. Now 40, his eerie voice, high and keening, has ...

Nigeria's Femi Kuti has broad shoulders. To be the son of the late Fela Kuti, the man who essentially invented Afrobeat, a ...

With the release of Fight to Win, Nigeria's Femi Kuti has completely stepped out of the large shadow left by his later ...
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