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The British Library's collection of world and traditional music. Sound recordings and documentation from all around the world.

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Join us at the British Library as Ngawang Lodup, Shohret Nur and Wu Fei perform a repertoire inspired by the ancient traditions of Dunhuang and the Silk Road. Find out more and buy tickets here: …hlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/into-dun…

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Coming up in the Library's Beyond the Bassline events series we have Joan Armatrading in Conversation, the Memoirs of Rikki Stein and a party with Queer Bruk and special guest Tiana Major9. Find tickets and more events here: twtr.to/kzFTX


This week in our Beyond the Bassline events series, Miquita Oliver discusses music with Andi Oliver, Olivia Dean, Pauline Black and Shingai.  Generational Women: Stars of music in conversation (Thurs 13 June) Find tickets and more events here: twtr.to/2lKch


This week in our Beyond the Bassline events series: John Blanke: the Black musician at the Tudor Court (Tues 4 June) An African - Reginald Mobley sings Ignatius Sancho (Wed 5 June - free lunchtime concert) Find tickets and more events here: twtr.to/2lKch


We have an exciting series of events coming up at the Library inspired by our exhibition Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music Take a look at the full programme here: twtr.to/2lKch


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'Ripples of history: Sıbızğı recordings from northern Xinjiang'. New guest blog by Dr Xiaoshi Wei, Newton International Fellow at SOAS University. blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…


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New blog post: Emmanuelle Olivier’s ‘Damara-Nama’ recordings and their return to Sesfontein, Namibia. blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…

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New blog post from Jim Hickson, Hidden Collections Audio Cataloguer, World and Traditional Music. Photo of Edmundo Ros in Amsterdam, 1957, by Harry Pot. blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…

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Listen in at 19.00 as @BBC6Music speaks to @coco_em and @NicholasCalvi10 two artists-in-residence from East Africa who are researching our @soundarchive as part of our Resonations 2023 programme, supported by @BritishMusic_ 🔉 bbc.in/3QQnoRN

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Recording of the Week: Flamenco runs in the blood. This week’s post was written by Finlay McIntosh, World and Traditional Music curator. blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…


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New: Resonations 2023: focus on East Africa, supported by @BritishArts Two new artists-in-residence: Emma Mbeke Nziokais (Kenya) and Nicholas Calvin Mwakatobe (Tanzania). Look out for linked writing, listening sessions, workshops and talks. bl.uk/projects/Reson…

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British Library Sound Archive – Music from Nepal. Today (Wednesday) 22 March from 12 to 1 pm, live on nts.live Selection and mix by Rahul Giri, Resonations artist-in-residence during 2022. Supported by the British Council. @NTSlive @soundarchive @dashrhl

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Have you recently started your PhD? Curious about the British Library, its unique collections and how to find what you need? Pick up the basics with our Doctoral Open Day introductory webinar on Monday 6th March, 2-4pm. Programme & registration: t.ly/QzNT


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Over the last six months working with the @britishlibrary sound archive as a Resonations artist-in-residence, Rahul Giri has engaged with various forms of Nepali music that cut across language, culture and geography. #indianmusicexperiencemuseum #museum #event #nepal #music

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Lead Curator, Black Studies required. britishlibrary.recruitment.zellis.com/birl/pages/vac…


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