Features - Long Reads

Brotherhood, Destiny and Rum!

Algerian singer Abdelli recounts his trip to the Cape Verde Islands and the meeting that would chang...

From Algiers to London: Abdel Ali Slimani gets an Invasion of the Heart

Abdel Ali Slimani shares the story of his music journey from Algeria to England.

The Gloaming at the National Concert Hall: ‘An experiment in controlled happenstance’

A closer look at the phenomenon that is The Gloaming's annual sold-out residency at the NCH, Dublin.

And The Beat Goes On: A profile of Remmy Ongala

Remmy Ongala was Tanzania's most famous musician and originator of the bongo beat.

10 Years of Big Blue Ball: the sound of the world playing together

On its 10th anniversary, we look back on the global music collaboration project which came from 18 years of musical encounters.

The Real World Recording Week

Music journalist Johnny Black chronicles the famous Real World Recording Week 1991.

Totó la Momposina in Paris: a Colombian refugee becomes a star

How the Colombian musical icon’s career blossomed in the 70s and 80s in France

‘World Music’ or A World of Musics? An African Perspective

Youssou N'Dour looks at the complex relationship between western music and music of African origin.

Why Jane Harbour looks for a Happy Accident when composing with Spiro

Jane Harbour offers some insight into her process of composing music with the band Spiro

On the road with Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez

American journalist Marlon Bishop embarks on a cultural journey with Aurelio Martinez, the finest exponent of the music of the Garifuna.