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The new band from Ghana are injecting a fresh energy into the country’s traditional highlife style. Jo Frost speaks to them
The new band from Ghana are injecting a fresh energy into the country’s traditional highlife style. Jo Frost speaks to them
Nostalgia and longing suffuse an impassioned night of bewitching Bosnian blues at Malmö's Viktoria Teatern
Wilderness Festival provided a surprising array of arts and music to please even the most discerning of world music lovers.
Tony Gillam speaks to Wardruna’s multi-instrumentalist Einar Selvik about his kravik-lyre and how he connects with Norway’s folk music tradition
The 16-piece are reclaiming Mande tradition and helping to educate their communities. Jane Cornwell catches up with bandleader Yahael Camara Onono
Antonis Antoniou, of Cypriot avant-folk trio Monsieur Doumani, tells Alexandra Petropoulos about his distinctive instrument, the tzouras
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights take over the towering Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
The Orcadian musician talks about his triptych of albums inspired by the sounds, landscape and people of his birthplace
Global-folkloric musics abound at this Estonian multi-genre splurge of showcases
Musicians around the world have taken to social media to perform their music – and it is wonderfully life-affirming
With Toumani and Ballaké’s epochal New Ancient Strings to be reissued for its 25th anniversary, we speak to Lucy Durán, the album’s producer, about the unique recording and her documentary tracing the history of the kora
Jon Boden and Sam Sweeney of the venerable folk ensemble speak about their forthcoming November tour
Sarathy Korwar is becoming an influential figure within London’s vibrant and eclectic music scene. He talks to Jane Cornwell about his latest project, inspired by Brexit Britain and the importance of changing the East-West narrative. Photographs by Rishabah Sood
Abel Selaocoe has made a name for himself as an innovator who straddles the worlds of Western classical and South African heritage. Jo Frost catches up with the cellist to talk about his debut solo album
Ethno Port festival returned to Poznań for a weekend of global sounds.
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