Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Q&A: Kronos Quartet's David Harrington
Simon Broughton speaks to David Harrington about Kronos Quartet's Forgive Us For, an album that features music from Palestine, Iceland and Ukraine
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Syrian oud player and composer Rihab Azar discusses new album Dandelion and launch concert in London
Thérèse Wassily Saba speaks to London-based Syrian oud player and composer Rihab Azar ahead of the launch of her new album at London’s Kings Place
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Setting the Scene: Yilian Cañizares
Violinist, singer and composer Yilian Cañizares discusses her relationship with her homeland of Cuba and her new-found home in Lausanne, Switzerland
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Celtic Connections – Our Mother Tongue
Jo Frost reports from a Glasgow concert where language itself was the headline act
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Q&A: Souad Massi
Russ Slater Johnson finds out why Souad Massi is sounding the alarm for humanity on her latest album, Zagate
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Introducing: Seera
“It’s no longer scary to be ourselves,” say the Saudi psychonauts, in conversation with Bianca Carrera
Thursday, March 5, 2026
The 4 Corners and Centre of Katherine Priddy’s Universe
The English singer-songwriter talks us through the intimate, angsty, restrained and uncompromising albums that left a mark on her
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Take Note: Muco
Julian May talks to the British-Burundian singer-songwriter inspired by a love for language, storytelling and medieval literature
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Spotlight: Eric Bibb
Paul Slade speaks to the American bluesman about the joy of living away from the US and how he’s finally found the funk
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Label of Love: Valcour Records
Chris Wheatley speaks to Joel Savoy, founder of the imprint preserving the pulse of Acadiana
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Dispatch from Puducherry, India
Daniel Spicer heads to the Bay of Bengal in search of Carnatic music’s “true voice of the Indian soul”
Thursday, March 5, 2026
A conversation with Altın Gün
Paul Bowler talks to the Dutch-Turkish troupe’s founder, Jasper Verhulst, about their award-winning takes on classic Anatolian folk rock and the bardic inspiration behind latest album, Garip
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Touareg tales & musical kinship: collaborating with Tinariwen
We speak to Justin Adams, Ian Brennan, Matt Sweeney, Micah Nelson and José González about what it was like to collaborate with Tinariwen
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Daughters of Donbas sing against silence
A project built on folk music and separation amid the horrors of war, Daughters of Donbas is a powerful declaration of Ukrainian identity, writes Joe Mulhall
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Olodum: A Beginner's Guide
Andy Cumming charts how a carnival group from Bahia took Afro-Brazilian culture to the likes of Paul Simon, Pet Shop Boys and Michael Jackson
