Features

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Songbook: ‘Jeg leder og søger’

A new musical project, Stemmer i Voks, looks at the people and music of Denmark’s heather lands, shining a light on a centuries-old wedding song

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Satch Hoyt's My World interview: “It’s very much about being able to present the magic of the instruments”

Justin Turford talks with the artist, instrument collector, composer and musician about ‘un-muting’ ancient sonic artefacts and his love for Afrobeat

Thursday, August 21, 2025

João Rock celebrates 50 years of Black Rio: Brazil’s soul-funk movement lives on

The Black Rio movement gave voice to Black Brazilians in the 1970s. Its musical and political legacy continues to impact new generations

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Torres Strait Music

Karl Neuenfeldt documents and records the music of Torres Strait Islanders (TSI) in Australia

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Eliza Carthy: “I first experienced sexual harassment at a festival when I was 14”

Eliza reflects on how the folk scene’s relaxed boundaries can enable unacceptable behaviour that should not be tolerated

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Songbook: ‘A La Loma de Belén’ with Alex Cuba

Andrew Taylor-Dawson celebrates a 100-year-old Afro-Cuban classic that has inspired artistic imaginations across genres, generations and oceans

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Quickfire: Gabriel da Rosa

Brazilian singer and musician Gabriel da Rosa reveals the secrets to his easy-going charm

Friday, August 1, 2025

Q&A: Killabeatmaker

Colombian musician and producer Hilder Brando, aka Killabeatmaker, is touring with his riotous concoction of ancestral Caribbean traditions, Afro-house beats and sub-atomic bass

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Traces of Crimea (To the Moon & Back #5)

Vincent Moon releases Traces of Crimea, a feature-length film documenting the extraordinary music and stories of the Tatars, the Krymchaks, the Greeks and the Bulgarian communities of Crimea two years before its annexation by Russia

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Roots Round-Up (Irma Thomas, Chicken Milk, Missy Raines & Allegheny and more)

Bluegrass, galactic soul, honky-tonk, New Orleans creole traditions and musical mischief in our latest round-up of North American roots

Thursday, July 17, 2025

A Conversation with 47SOUL: "Music is medicine"

The Shamstep pioneers formed over a decade ago by four members of the Palestinian diaspora. In the context of Israel's ongoing siege of Gaza, their message has come into sharp focus. Erin Cobby speaks to the group

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Rebel Yells: 10 international anthems of protest and resistance

Joe Mulhall raises a dissenting voice with 10 international anthems of protest and resistance main photo by Syd Shelton

Thursday, July 17, 2025

All aboard Africa Express, next stop... Bahidorá

The globe-straddling cross-genre collective touch down in Mexico for an inspiring week of making music. Megan Iacobini de Fazio reports...

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Celebrating 60 years of Les Cousins, the folk club that shaped a generation

Tim Cumming talks to Jon Wilks about his Second Cousins stage at FolkEast, and the impact and influence of the legendary Les Cousins folk club on succeeding generations