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Ezra Collective: ‘The Irish and Nigerians have got a lot more in common than Guinness!’

Ezra Collective’s new album, an ‘ode to the sacred act of dancing’, could be set in a church or at a carnival, wedding or even funeral, says Femi Koleoso

FeliSpeaks’s Spotify playlist: ‘I could rock with Ella Fitzgerald, then Prince, then Beyoncé’

Check out the songs that the poet – real name Felicia Olusanya – has been listening to lately

Tolü Makay: ‘I listen to anything that makes me feel good... You need to get up and dance’

Soundtrack of My Life: The singer on music that has helped her through the pandemic

How to ensure a rogue taxi driver doesn’t rip you off

Conor Pope: Learn to navigate the €3.80 standard fare, booking fees and more

Beyoncé’s Homecoming: Surprise live album drops with Netflix film

Revealing documentary features full Coachella set, plus behind-the-scenes footage

The Ugandan singer who could radically change his country

Bobi Wine is using his celebrity to shake up Uganda’s politics, despite violent reprisals

Tony Visconti reveals work on new albums by Perry Farrell and Damon Albarn

The producer says Farrell solo album and Albarn’s The Good, the Bad and the Queen will have new releases in 2018

No Stone Unturned: ‘People are locked in this prison of belief’

Documentary maker Alex Gibney has a habit of taking on big subjects. Now he’s investigating the unsolved 1994 Loughinisland massacre – and is not afraid to name names

Watch: Arcade Fire play new track Creature Comfort at secret gig in Whelan’s

The band dropped in for one track and a DJ set

Tony Allen: A Tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Afrobeat drummer’s homage to hard-bop innovator

Lionel Loueke: 'It’s beyond the music. It’s the spirit, the human nature'

The jazz player from Benin on convincing his family to let him purse a career in music, and how it led all the way to the White House

Various artists – Doing it in Lagos album review: the sound of 1980s Nigeria

Reminder of an era when artists swapped Afrobeat roots for a more international sound

Declan Conlon: ‘There’s not much pleasure in playing people who are content’

The actor likes to find the conflict in characters, making Tom Murphy’s plays ideal vehicles for his talents

Tony Allen: Film Of Life