Thursday, October 30, 2025
Ibibio Sound Machine on Together for Palestine
Charis McGowan talks to Ibibio Sound Machine about a historic musical fundraiser for Palestine
Charis McGowan talks to Ibibio Sound Machine about a historic musical fundraiser for Palestine
Ahead of a rare joint performance at London’s Pitchfork Festival, Charis McGowan hears how an unexpected musical collaboration formed
Global fusion collective Mishra and Sufi vocalist Deepa Shakthi talk to Tony Gillam about their genre-bending collaboration
Chris Wheatley speaks to Percy A Flores Navarro, the mind behind a new project infusing Peruvian pandilla with jazz, electronics and surf guitar
The Congolese guitar hero speaks to Michał Wieczorek about the peripatetic life of a soukous emissary
Chris Wheatley speaks to a Swedish imprint whose output ranges from Indian classical to West African rituals
Known for his solo work as much as his many groups (Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers) and collaborations, the US mandolin virtuoso picks the albums that shaped him
Eva Adorisio reports on the Almaty artists taking inspiration from Kazakhstan’s ancient arts
Russell Higham witnesses a US country institution arrive in London for a night of cowboy boots, honky-tonk hoots and heartfelt emotion
Jo Frost gets swept up in a whirl of foot tapping, step dancing and twisting traditions as she visits a live-wire Québécois summit of folk culture
Balearic bread-making, Occitan invention and Balkan processions impress Simon Broughton at a Mediterranean folk fair
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to Mariam about touring and promoting a new album without Amadou, and how she hopes to continue spreading their message of love and solidarity
April Clare Welsh spends a Lisbon evening with Carminho, whose latest album explores ambience and haunting instrumentation in search of the essence of fado
Andrew Taylor-Dawson charts the influential and innovative history of Benin’s premier funky vodoun collective
Widely considered the world’s leading pipa player, Wu Man tells Simon Broughton about new works excavating the history of her beloved instrument
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