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Writer and musician John Phillpott explores the drinking dens of Victorian England and uncovers the musical underbelly of that so-called prudish age… A POPULAR show… The post Victorian Vice: Unmasking the Raucous Roots of Music...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
Stepping aside from her role as pop’s conscience, Eilish looks inward to tell murky love stories on her third album, and returns to her teenage flirtations with the macabre • The 50 best albums of 2024 • More on the best culture of 2024...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(Warp) Compiling the highly sought-after limited vinyl releases sold at recent festival sets, this surprise 38-track release filled with bangers and beauty is a trove for fans The near transcendentally awful cover art of this 38-track...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from World Music Central.org
Juju’s Bar & Stage in East London has teamed up with Sambroso Sambroso to launch the Cuban Sundays Live Music Series, a seven-month celebration of… The post Cuban Sundays: A New Era of Live Cuban Music in London first...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from World Music Central.org
An Armenian based in Canada, Sar Kamler is a master of the duduk, the apricot wood reed instrument that has long provided the signature sound… The post Duduk Maestro Sar Kamler Presents “Ode To Seasons” first appeared on World...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
Astrid Sonne’s sonic odyssey led her to Auto-Tune experiments, Caroline Shaw took Emily Dickinson into junkyard hip-hop and Nala Sinephro went space-age • More on the best music of 2024 • More on the best culture of 2024 Feinberg emerged...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from World Music Central.org
Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan – Portraits (2023) Portraits, the third collaborative album by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan, is a heartfelt collection of original… The post Portraits: Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan’s...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
As documented in a new book, electronic body music swept Belgium and Germany as its artists strove to make something entirely new – but their militaristic look became controversial In Düsseldorf in 1978, you might think Kraftwerk would...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
When pop stars are deemed ‘past their peak’, it’s easy to dismiss their work. But do that and you might miss out on hidden treasure. Here our critics celebrate unexpected gems from the likes of Aretha Franklin and The Fall For a time, it...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from World Music Central.org
Lebeha Drummers – Biama (Neuma, 2024) In 1635, a European shipwreck off St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles changed history. The West and Central Africans… The post Biama by Lebeha Drummers: A Celebration of Garifuna Heritage...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
A new Oscar-tipped Netflix film sheds light on the later years of the opera legend, played by Angelina Jolie, and the problems she faced “Madame is the greatest star of them all.” The words are spoken by Max Von Mayerling, butler to the...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from World Music Central.org
Deitsch breathes new life into traditional German folk songs and dance tunes, some dating back 250 years. For decades, German folk music languished in obscurity,… The post Deitsch Revives German Folk Music with Timeless...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The Bros frontman is back touring the UK after an 11-year Vegas residency. He discusses mega-fame, political correctness, loneliness and the joy of long-term success It’s not hard to spot the pop star in the restaurant – fabulous...Monday, December 16, 2024 from World Music Central.org
Andrés Barrios – KM.0 (Andrés Barrios, 2024) Andrés Barrios’ 2024 album, KM.0, is a dual project; both an exploration of his Andalusian roots and a… The post Andrés Barrios’ KM.0: A Bold Piano-Fueled Flamenco Masterwork first...Monday, December 16, 2024 from World Music Central.org
Rhiannon Giddens, the GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist, has unveiled additional performers for her inaugural Biscuits & Banjos Festival, celebrating Black music, art, and culture.… The post Rhiannon Giddens’ Biscuits &...Monday, December 16, 2024 from World Music Central.org
Murcian flamenco cantaora Carmen Doorá, now based in Utrera, has released her latest single, “Animal,” a preview of her upcoming album created in collaboration with… The post Carmen Doorá Returns with “Animal,” a Fresh...Monday, December 16, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The Sopranos and Goodfellas star danced to Sinatra as a child and bought the Turtles with her babysitting money. But which rocker makes her cry? The first song I remember hearing Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra because of my parents....Monday, December 16, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The classical musician, who performed with George Harrison and Van Morrison, died in a San Francisco hospital on Sunday Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global...Sunday, December 15, 2024 from World Music Central.org
(headline image: Zakir Hussain – Photo by Jim McGuire) Zakir Hussain, one of the most celebrated tabla maestros and a transformative figure in world music,… The post Tabla Maestro and Highly Influential Musician Zakir Hussain...Sunday, December 15, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
Co-op Live, Manchester Stretching an almost three-hour set from the Quarrymen through to the ‘final Beatles single’ this is like an arena-sized Last Night at the Proms, with Beatlemania ‘I’m just going to take a little moment to enjoy it...Sunday, December 15, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
First Direct Arena, Leeds Heads bang, moshpits burst into life and riffs eviscerate every corner of the room as the band tear through their debut album 1999 in a visceral sensory haze Until you’ve tried it, don’t knock the singular joys...Saturday, December 14, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(In+Out) As saxophonist and band leader Marshall Allen turns 100, his evergreen outfit effortlessly draw on their rich history, as classics meet the cosmic One way to celebrate your 100th birthday is with a new album, which is Marshall...Saturday, December 14, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
Islington Assembly Hall, London Celebrating the 20th anniversary reissue of their debut album, the New Yorkers remain masters of delayed gratification in a cracking set of hits past TV on the Radio kick off the first night of their...Saturday, December 14, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The Londoner’s reggae-spiked soul has earned her support slots with Mahalia, Tems and more – and now her debut EP brings more of that low-frequency cool Amid all the dystopian hellscapes the 21st century has ushered in, we should savour...Saturday, December 14, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The singer-songwriter on the early days of Wham!, his ‘Count Dracula’ grandfather, and an ice-cream disaster Born in Surrey, Andrew Ridgeley, 61, formed Wham! with his school friend George Michael. From 1982, the band dominated the...Friday, December 13, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(Scarlet Tiger) Producer Felix Weatherall adopts another guise, swapping lo-fi analogue for a disorienting burst of alternative dance music Felix Weatherall, the London producer best known as Ross From Friends , has spent much of his...Friday, December 13, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(EMI) The Chvrches singer’s debut album skips from punk to pop, wilfully unbothered about current notions of cool After more than a decade at the helm of synth-pop success story Chvrches, Lauren Mayberry has spoken of wanting her solo...Friday, December 13, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(somethingscosmic) Five rising artists each perform one of their songs, then the US singer-songwriter covers another one of their tracks in a set of woebegone elegance Angel Olsen’s last album was 2022’s country-tinged, grief-wrought Big...Friday, December 13, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The former Take That star has made a biopic, Better Man, in which he’s played by a CGI chimpanzee. He talks about sex, drugs and the traumatic madness of 90s pop In the grand retelling of his life, Robbie Williams wanted to be a lion. To...Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
No cause of death given for artist whose track We Are IE had a huge impact on the breakbeat-driven, bass-focused sound of jungle, drum’n’bass and dubstep Lennie De Ice, the British music producer whose track We Are IE helped to shape the...Monday, December 9, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The Primal Scream man is resolutely unromantic and really dislikes the royals, but what does he put on at a party when ‘everyone’s had a few’? The first single I bought Blockbuster by the Sweet in 1973 from Soundtrack Records on Cathcart...Sunday, December 8, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
AO Arena, Manchester Philip Oakey’s voice remains rich and pristine and sets the tone for an evening of timeless era-defining tunes The sound of immaculate synthesisers begins to whir and echo through the air, as electronic innovators...Sunday, December 8, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
Co-op Live, Manchester Even when the entire crowd of 23,000 are bellowing his ‘whoah-oh-ohs’, understated Fender quips ‘got some singers here, haven’t we?’ as if performing in a local boozer The tiny venues he started out in were never...Saturday, December 7, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The frontman talks about sharing a joint with Paul McCartney, a gig in Texas that almost went very wrong and his gruesome party trick When I first interviewed you at Harvest festival in Sydney in 2011, you showed me a photo on your phone...Saturday, December 7, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The musician on kissing Diana Ross, hating his rugby-player thighs, and wanting to say sorry to Naomi Campbell Born in Oxfordshire and raised in Ireland, Adam Clayton, 64, co-founded U2 in 1976. Since then, the band has sold more than...Friday, December 6, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(NNA Tapes) Harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist Adam Markiewicz strip back their ornamentation and deliver an ambient experience that is both startling and unsettling Leya are a New York duo comprising harpist Marilu Donovan and...Thursday, December 5, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
As Meg White turns 50, we select the ‘sibling’ duo’s finest tracks, from garage rockers to childlike rhymes and de facto sports anthems Not, as one might initially assume, a reference to the Merseybeat band from noted scholar of 60s...Monday, December 2, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The US musician from the Elephant 6 collective, who has died aged 53, was adored for his LSD-spiked artistry – before an MS diagnosis and the death of his bandmate stalled a final album In the late 90s, neo-psychedelicists the Olivia...Friday, November 29, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(Bella Union) The married duo’s 13th album was made to evoke ‘the half-remembered singalongs of our 1970s childhoods’, and is full of rich sensory songwriting Sufjan Stevens once described his enduring love of Pennsylvania’s the...Friday, November 29, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(A State of Flo Records) Brian d’Souza’s genre-crossing curiosity takes him from propulsive disco to nursery-rhyme melodies and Tiësto-worthy trance Brian d’Souza has always had a wandering ear. Since the 2011 release of his debut single...Thursday, November 28, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
(EMI) The Scottish star’s solo debut is about ‘empowering myself to listen to my own intuition’ – leading her to alternately clumsy and deft songs influenced by Y2K pop By her own account, Lauren Mayberry’s debut solo album has been a...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from World music | The Guardian
The band’s original drummer, Colin Petersen, died four days before Dennis Bryon, who played throughout their imperial Saturday Night Fever phase Colin Petersen, the original drummer for Bee Gees, has died aged 78. Petersen joined the...Friday, February 4, 2022 from World music | The Guardian
With songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety There is a jokey meme that captions a picture of Mitski with “Therapists...Thursday, March 1, 2018 from Songlines World Music News
Amadou & Mariam, Ken Boothe and Dobet Gnahoré are among the first acts announced for this year’s WOMAD Charlton Park Festival from July 26-29 The first wave of names have been announced for this year’s WOMAD at Charlton...