Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Orkney Folk Festival’s Farewell Concert 2025
Simon Broughton heads to the Orkney Folk Festival for a breathtaking and inspiring finale
Simon Broughton heads to the Orkney Folk Festival for a breathtaking and inspiring finale
Fresh from the release of her ambitious ensemble album, In Between, the singer-composer waxes lyrical about cultural life in her new home of Valencia
Vincent Moon heads to Japan for an incendiary encounter with the enigmatic howling poet, Kazuki Tomokawa
Yves Lambert is celebrating half a century of making music by continuing to push the boundaries of Québécois folk. “I’m more and more experimental”, he confides
A new play about the Peterloo massacre took centre stage at Manchester Folk Festival
Meet a feverish quartet tying a knot between jazz, psych, maloya and Burkinabé music
I’m With Her’s Sara Watkins talks about the trio’s creative bond and the theme of generational connection that underpins their new album
1950s Havana comes alive as a new immersive cabaret and music experience comes to the capital
Ahead of a UK tour performing The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, the North Carolina singer-songwriter talks us through five formative albums
Attendees of the Island Music Conference discuss the legacy of Jamaica’s golden era during Reggae Month
A whole day (April 6) was spent celebrating Guru Nanak, culminating in a five-hour concert organised by Darbar Festival, who have recently begun a partnership with the Barbican Centre
Masa Nazzal returned from the Bosnian-Croatian border with an archive of sounds and stories that became a new way of understanding the world. “Listening [is] like a hand that reaches out”, she reflects
Fifty years on from Mozambique’s independence, one of the country’s leading singers tells the story of a legendary album. Richard Gray finds out about making music in a free Mozambique…
Daniel Brown looks at the astonishing legacy of pioneering Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, and how the rhythms he left behind continue to innovate and inspire
David Green visits Rwanda to discover how traditional instruments accompany age-old tales of morality, revenge and discipline, as well as animal conservation. ‘We, the people of Rwanda, will never betray the gorillas again’, he hears… Photos by David Green
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