The Cape Verdean music known as morna can be likened to many styles, including Brazilian modinha and Portuguese fado, but its closest cousin may well be the blues. It’s a mournful yet hopeful music, ...

The music of Georgian composer Giya Kancheli has been lumped alongside that of Henryk Gorecki and Arvo Part under the unhelpful rubric of "new mysticism." Although there certainly is a spiritual ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It’s nearing midnight in Alfama, Lisbon’s oldest neighbourhood, when a lady in black steps into a taverna. The bar staff scurry to turn ...