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A collection of out-of-place tracks and a wide range of covers
The Brazilian singer-songwriter examines colonial and personal histories on her new album
The Senegalese singer’s latest album looks back over his career and collaborations
The North Carolina-based musician takes on songs from Mississippi to Ireland
The singer’s 1988 song threw everything into the mix — but her sponsors were displeased
Robert Macfarlane’s book The Lost Words has inspired a collection of songs rooted in environmentalism
This set of albums focuses on the guitarist’s early work
Concluding a trilogy of albums, the Soweto-based group invoke their ancestors and decry the middle class
The artist and musician’s 1981 song explored territory that was unfamiliar for a pop single
The singer lends her vocals to a personal album dedicated to the British folk musician
The North Carolina-born singer collaborates with fellow Dublin local Francesco Turrisi to explore the theme of migration
The Dutch-Turkish music collective takes its cue from the 1970s Istanbul scene, adding an original flourish of synthesisers and percussion
Debut album from Fussa-based group melds Japanese folk songs with Latin, African and Caribbean rhythms
In a new album dedicated to Celia Cruz, Kidjo reignites some Cuban classics with their Afrobeat roots
After the collapse of the romantic relationship of two of the band members comes a double album exploring the wreckage
After an admired one-off acoustic performance, the UK folk band decided to record an entire album of them
Tickell’s new album is inspired by the countryside around Hadrian’s Wall and its border history
In a new album, the band’s eclectic style takes its inspiration from deserts and the world of artistic figures related to them, from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Jim Morrison
Nick Page’s wide-ranging new album is loosely themed around populism in the UK and US
The singer’s new album is a paean for Ruben Um Nyobé, his homeland’s forgotten independence leader
Twenty-three compelling pieces inspired by Brian Eno and Erik Satie blur the distinction between ambient and new age sounds
Emily Brontë, first world war poets and campaigner Lillian Bilocca are the focus of the UK folk band’s song cycle trilogy
The band keeps the genre fresh and relevant by smuggling hardline revolutionary messages into the mix
Inspired by a Seamus Heaney poem, the band’s new release searches for calm amid the storm
The singer is joined by other starry Malian musicians on what he says will be his last album
