The coming year brings swathes of new releases across genres – transgenerational Kenyan folk collabs, Glaswegian troubadour musings, Margate-Guinean post-rock – and more. From anticipated debuts to long-awaited reissues, we pick out some of the albums that we’re most excited about
Chris Wheatley asks musician, composer and writer Clive Bell to select ten key albums showcasing the range and depth of the traditional Japanese flute
With his band set to release their debut album on Real World Records, the Poet Laureate talks post-punk aesthetics and practises in verse with Tim Cumming
Charis McGowan speaks to a British-Caribbean funk band whose slow-burning 1972 ode to peace has become a live favourite and unlikely source of inspiration
As Awesome Tapes From Africa marks its 20th anniversary, founder Brian Shimkovitz recalls some amazing discoveries from the label’s back catalogue
When fans sing themselves hoarse on the region’s terraces, they are doing far more than cheering, argues Luis Achondo
Erin Cobby traces the roots of a new UK dub track back to Mississippi penitentiaries, Civil Rights movements and outlaw country ballads
Trailblazing Finnish violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto talks to musician Merlyn Driver about folk song, family, ‘The Lark Ascending’ and his surprise appearance on Countryfile
Leeds-based fiddle-player and composer talks about his work with Anglo-Irish trio The Weaving, post-rock, obsessing over ‘the Boss’ and the intangibility of instrumental music
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to a classically trained pianist whose music is faster, louder and more transcendent than anything else out there
Erin Cobby picks out ten tales of takedowns, betrayal and settling scores
Tim Cumming listens to new folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Like it or not, AI is here to stay. Our writers take a look at the ethical and legal issues the technology raises, as well as how musicians can use it as a source of creativity. Is it all doom and gloom?
What happens when a “wild and crazy guy” turned banjo obsessive unites with one of the instrument’s trailblazers? Devon Léger finds out when he speaks to Alison Brown & Steve Martin about their new album, Safe, Sensible and Sane
Amid a 10th-anniversary tour, Georgie Pope speaks to The Ayoub Sisters about their journey as British-Arab women carving their own path in classical music
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