Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Folk Round-Up: Mountain Winds and Gnarled Yarns
Featuring Anthony Ruby, Christina Alden & Alex Patterson, FolkLaw, Andrew Ferguson and Odette Michell
Features
Monday, June 30, 2025
Eliza Carthy: "I wanted to throw my arms around them and tell them that they weren’t alone"
Eliza and Martin Carthy step on a plane to the States with some trepidation, but find warmth and welcome in their friends across the pond
Friday, June 27, 2025
Tampere: Finland’s Music Capital (Advertorial)
After Manchester last year, WOMEX (the Worldwide Music Expo) heads to Tampere, the 'Manchester of the North'. WOMEX 2025 local partner Tapio Korjus, of Rockadillo Production Oy – and a longtime resident – explains the importance of Tampere on the Finnish musical scene
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Roots Round-Up (Natalie Padilla, Danny Paisley, Kassi Valazza, and more)
A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Brivele, Natalie Padilla, Danny Paisley, Kristina Murray and Kassi Valazza
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Q&A: Frente Cumbiero’s Mario Galeano
Mario Galeano discusses cumbia, recording with Theon Cross, heroes of Bogotá’s DIY music scene and Frente Cumbiero’s new album
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
The 4 Corners and Centre of Moonchild Sanelly’s Universe
The South African ‘future ghetto punk’ phenomenon discusses the albums that have informed her fun, bracing and totally unique soundworld
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Dispatch from Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Reporting from a festival that is as much about education and outreach as ensuring audiences see some of the best music Africa has to offer for free
Friday, June 13, 2025
Live Review: Polygon Live LDN
The sonically enhanced environs of Polygon Live LDN at Crystal Palace Park, London, created the perfect atmosphere for a bevy of musical icons to conjure and connect
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Lido Pimienta rewrites the score, turning orchestral tradition on its head
For her latest project, Colombian singer Lido Pimienta wanted to shake off the shackles of categorisation and do what nobody expected her to do
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Introducing... Kasiva Mutua
It took time for the Kenyan musician to earn respect as a female percussionist, but now she’s ready to kickstart her solo career
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Votia on stewarding the legacy and importance of La Réunion’s Afro-Malagasy traditions
“I also give ear to social injustice and violence, specifically to women. But of course, I do celebrate the beauty of the island and its strong identity.”
Thursday, June 12, 2025
A Conversation with Martin Carthy
Kevin Bourke sits down with the English folk legend to chat about a new album marking 60 years since his debut, why it sometimes takes him so long to sing a song and to share anecdotes from his storied career
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Folk Calendar 2025-26
Spencer Grady plots out the next twelve months of folk happenings, bringing you essential festivals from across the British Isles as well as a selection of some of our most unusual cultural traditions
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Taj Mahal: A Beginner's Guide
Nigel Williamson surveys the US musician whose career has long shown that the blues is a global musical movement
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Hajda Banda: “In the past years, the trend has been to accept our Slavic connections”
Poland’s prize-winning Hajda Banda are seeking out the sounds of their country’s eastern border regions. Simon Broughton reports…
