// INTERVIEWS

Ethio-Jazzman
Ethiopian music legend Mulatu Astatke invented Ethio-Jazz. With a whole new generation of fans and collaborators he’s just as innovative today.   Master musician and composer, Mulatu Astatke, is fresh from Addis Ababa. He has flown into London...

Freedom
Music plays an essential role in all Tony Gatlif’s films, including his latest, Korkoro (Freedom). We talk to the director about how he combines his cinema with music. Your new film Korkoro (Freedom) is set in Nazi-occupied France. How did you...

Footnotes in Gaza
Footnotes In Gaza documents Joe Sacco’s investigation into the massacre of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli military in Khan Younis and Rafah in 1956. Over 400 pages and four years in the making, this graphic novel combines art with...

African Soul Rebels 2010
We meet South Africa’s avant-garde radical Kalahari Surfers ahead of the upcoming African Soul Rebels UK tour with Oumou Sangare and Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou.   “I’m an African and I’m a soul rebel. It’s logical...

No One Knows About Persian Cats : The Tehran Underground
In 2008, the celebrated Kurdish-Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi ventured into the Tehran underground and encountered a buzzing clandestine music scene. The discovery led him to make the “90% true” movie ‘No One Knows About Persian...

El Ultimo Trago
Flamenco singer Concha Buika and Cuban piano maestro Chucho Valdés talk about the moving experience they shared recording this tribute to Chavela Vargas.   Having featured her songs in several of his film soundtracks, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar...

I Speak Fula
Bassekou Kouyate is fast becoming a household name among African music lovers worldwide. Kouyate has emerged from the shadows of Mali’s illustrious music scene armed with his ngoni, prodigious talent and a broad smile. On top of this, he...

Desert rebels return
Tinariwen returned to the heart of the Malian desert to record their fourth album Imidiwan. On the eve of their UK tour, Mondomix meets founders Ibrahim Ag Alhabib and Hassan Ag Touhami.   “I never thought that our music would one day go beyond...

Wim Wenders Interview - October 2008
As this month sees the release of 'Buena Vista Live at Carnegie Hall', director Wim Wenders talks about the magic combination of music and film and his experiences making the 1998 documentary 'Buena Vista Social Club'. Wim Wenders, what do you listen...

Seun Kuti Interview - October 2007
Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela, talks about his debut album Many Things, released in October. Recorded with Shrine veterans Egypt 80 and produced by Martin Meissonnier [Khaled, King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti], Seun brings his own stamp...

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