Features

Thursday, March 2, 2023

10 Essential Afro-Electro Albums

Choice sides of digital dancehall and mega Afrobeat ampage primed for incendiary boogie overload

Monday, February 27, 2023

Firelight Trio: “The world is a different place. Everyone’s keen for a restart!”

The Scottish folk outfit discuss bonds of friendship, their debut album and European traditional music in the post-pandemic world

Friday, February 24, 2023

Festival Pass: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Head to the Big Easy for a wondrous double-weekend festival bursting with unique musical and cultural thrills

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

How Wesli is rewriting tradition by combining ancient and modern sounds

Philip Sweeney traces Wesli’s journey from the slums of Haiti through Cuba, Canada and Paris in search of an alternative Haitian music that is neither pop nor traditional

Monday, February 13, 2023

Shehan Karunatilaka interview: “Since the 2010s you had kids shooting hip-hop videos. Underground stuff”

The winner of the Booker Prize 2022 talks playing in Sri Lankan grunge and trip-hop bands, the Aragalaya protests and his love of The Police

Friday, February 10, 2023

Hannah James: Beginner’s Guide

Celebrating the innovative, multi-faceted career of the British singer-songwriter and percussive dance champion

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

How Totó La Momposina became the Queen of Cumbia

Totó La Momposina reflects on her journey from a small Colombian village to the international stage

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Morena Leraba sings of “Finding strength and courage... death and living with the memory of loved ones”

The Lesotho-born singer and rapper talks to Diane Coetzer about the tales of migration and shepherding that inspire him

Friday, February 3, 2023

Cerys Hafana: “The sea is going up in flames, the angels are raining down from the heavens”

Cerys Hafana talks to Russ Slater about the uniqueness of her triple harp and its bridging of the historical, the profound and the personal

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Introducing La Perla: “We sing about the raw violence that we’ve lived in this country”

Meet the Colombian trio who are using the rhythms and vernacular of their traditional culture to transmit a message of defiance

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Quickfire: Daniel Bachman

Finger-picking guitarist, audio collagist and folk scholar talks Amish hoedowns, Mortal Kombat and some mind-blowing albums

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Spotlight: Gaye Su Akyol

Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol talks about her captivating fourth album which explores the perimeters of space and individual creativity

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Montparnasse Musique: “With music, we have this chance to speak without words”

Montparnasse Musique discuss the centrality of pan-African history, movement, people and atmosphere in their music

Monday, January 23, 2023

Quickfire: Raül Refree

Innovative Spanish record producer, musician and composer talks favourite albums, extreme sleep patterns and Tony Allen’s trans-dimensional life force