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Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti, and Whitney Houston have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards

Maddy Mussen shares her pick of the shows to see and be seen at this weekend

The 2024 headliners have already been announced for the world’s largest greenfield music and performing arts festival taking place at the end of June

Femi Kuti, Seasick Steve and Birmingham Royal Ballet among other artists added as festival announces full range of stage times

Quirky, brilliant and politically forthright acts from over 40 countries, among them Femi Kuti, Susana Baca, Souad Massi and 47Soul, grace the festival’s 41st edition

I admit it, this is just a tease. With more acts yet to be announced, it's still time to get serious about making a decision to attend or not attend Bluesfest 2023.

The Paris Philharmonie is paying homage to Fela Kuti, pioneer of Afrobeat – a musical current that emerged from Nigeria in a swirl of postcolonial enthusiasm, experimentation and political rebellion. A major exhibition traces the origins of Fela Kuti's pan-African activism and his lasting influence.

Old favourites and new sounds are on the line-up in 2023, for the expected first real return to the international class fans have come to expect at Bluesfest. Among the 41 acts announced today are Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Beth Hart, Jackson Browne, Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Robert Glasper, Elvis…

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about International Women’s Day, plus a look at an extraordinary woman from India, Dr. Hemalatha Nomula. There’s The Sound Kitchen mailbag, “Ollia’s Happy Moment”, “Music from Erwan”, and of course, the new quiz question. Just click on…