Film-maker Vincent Moon returns for a second instalment of To the Moon & Back, a series of largely unpublished films from his vast archives. This film takes us to Chile for a deep dive into cueca, the national dance of Chile
Folk-rock hero and Fairport founder is celebrating his 80th birthday with a different kind of Convention
Songlines attended Folk Alliance International, the ‘world’s largest folk music gathering’, in Montréal to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award and get lost in a hotel-spanning labyrinth of musical moments
Egyptian musicians come together in Paris to celebrate the life of one of the world’s most iconic singers
There is nothing trashy about this potent Congolese group recycling rumba for the ultimate junk jam
Scottish fiddler Catriona Price discusses grand plans to bring international musicians together through her ever-ambitious project
Amayo, former frontman of Antibalas, has released a solo album honouring traditional Edo customs and his martial arts training. He picks the albums (and film) which led to this moment
Kashmir’s beatboxers come together to find harmony and opportunities through the blackouts
“Life always flows on”, says the Korean musician, considering the self-awareness and gratitude that led to her assured, meditative new album
“These are records that have so much potential, that are incredibly crafted, but for a series of circumstances maybe didn’t get the recognition they deserved at the time of release”
For its debut festival, SQUARE takes artists, delegates and locals on a merry dance across four Portuguese cities
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe tells Emma Rycroft about the origins and inspirations behind his new album, Hymns of Bantu: “I wanted to celebrate all the people at home who really influenced me”, he explains
Jane Cornwell speaks to wordsmith, sonic alchemist and champion of the disenfranchised Alabaster DePlume about the power of collective healing and facing up to fear during an artistic residency in besieged Palestine
Alex Robinson visits Cambodia, where a new generation are using hip-hop as a force for social change despite repression that carries dark echoes of the country’s past
A lot is cooking this year. Here are the albums you should be getting excited about, from unknown West Virginian gospel singers and Afrobeat legends to Indigenous Brazilians playing ‘country music’ and soulful Ethiopian sounds
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