Reuters — NAIROBI, Sept 7 (AlertNet) - Irish musician Bono and Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour are planning a global Olympic-style torch relay, culminating in a concert in Kenya in 2012 to raise funds and awareness about the hunger crisis in the Horn of Afric... more info

Guardian Music — Viktoria Mullova fled the USSR because she hated it. The violinist tells Erica Jeal what finally returning to her homeland has meant for her musicBefore you even look at the repertoire on Viktoria Mullova's latest recording, the title brings you up s... more info

Guardian Music — 1979: Number 37 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music"If I say this, you will think I am crazy," said the guitarist Badou N'Diaye recently, "but Étoile was like the Beatles." This was the young group formed in 197... more info

Guardian Music — May 1986: Number 41 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of World and Folk musicOn his Radio 1 show, John Peel was just as likely to play dub, country, salsa, Afrobeat and Mongolian throat singers as he was Nurse With Wound B-sides at th... more info

Topix — Youssou N'Dour, from Dakar How better to introduce this Senegalese superstar's reggae project than with a tribute to Bob Marley, who "gave the world reggae." N'Dour doesn't just hitch a ride on the Kingston groove, but maintains enough of his signatu... more info

Guardian Music — Singer known as 'the diva of the desert', she had a huge following across the Arab worldDimi Mint Abba, who has died from a brain haemorrhage aged 52, while touring in Morocco, was one of the finest and best-loved singers in the north-west African s... more info

Guardian Music — We mark the 30th anniversary of Marley's death with a playlist of hits, obscurities and surprising cover versionsAt the 30th anniversary of his death, Bob Marley has become a more iconic figure than he was during his lifetime. His music is heard less... more info

Guardian Music — An ancient music whose purpose is to make listeners more gentle, the World Sufi Music festival was in England this yearThe enchanting sound of one the oldest instruments in the world, a ney, or reed flute, is echoing into the candlelit air, while on ... more info

Altsounds — Heineken Open'er, the double award-winning Polish festival, is proud to announce the addition of MIA, Youssou N'Dour, Cut Copy and Abraham Inc. to the line-up for its 10th anniversary year. Having triumphed at the European Festival Awards in January,... more info

Guardian Music — (Real World)When the remarkable album Watina was released, nearly four years ago, it launched the tragically brief international career of Andy Palacio and focused attention to the culture and history of the Garifuna community – the descendents of ... more info