Music
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Setting the tempo
She’s one of Africa’s greatest stars but the legendary singer is still fighting for change for the continent’s youth.
Summer’s soundtrack
Monocle’s senior culture correspondent has fashioned the ultimate holiday playlist full of fresh releases and timeless classics.
Different beat
Portugal is a recording mecca for acts from across the Lusophone world. But can it export its stars?
Inside Koko: London’s landmark music venue playing host to a private members’ club
A landmark music venue is back in business after an imaginative refit that pays tribute to its varied past.
Culture
A pioneer bringing a feisty female to Saudi TV screens and Ukraine’s Eurovision entry.
Hitting peaks
From a soundtrack to sisterhood to the secret history of Brazilian dance movements, we survey the essential cultural high points of the coming month.
Sight and sound
From an artist’s interrogation of identity to an auteur’s latest work of high melodrama, we survey forthcoming cultural highlights.
The Opener
Army boy bands and musical car horns in India. Plus: Emile Mosseri on his new album and favourite Christmas tunes.
Jump start
Get in the swing of things with a vivid literary slice of 1960s Harlem, a joyous new album from a Motown icon and a must-see photography fair.
Different tune
The old Soviet Dom Radio building in St Petersburg is creating daring music and art – and refusing to follow the mood music at play in much of Russia today.
