He first reached the world as an actor before a musical career caught up with his filmic fame. Oleno Netto meets the Brazilian whose long-gestated new album might just be a career high
A leading light in the world of Arabic-Western fusion, the Belgian-Egyptian singer picks out the albums which have inspired her life’s work
A Bollywood session man who spent the 70s smuggling synths into film scores until he put ragas to a disco beat in 1982 and imagined the future of club music. Anita Bhadani traces a journey from Mumbai to Berlin
Charis McGowan ‘finds God’ as Rosalía brings her fourth album to London’s O2 Arena
Mark Sampson meets a Toulouse band whose Afro-Colombian brass and balafon sound was forged on the streets of Cartagena
Ahead of premiering a new work on Henry Purcell, the British singer talks to Tim Cumming about how she straddles the worlds of classical, folk and contemporary
Erin Cobby meets the Franco-Brazilian singer whose debut distils a 30-year journey into a restless, joyful record
A teenage trap phenomenon who became the youngest Argentine to play NPR’s Tiny Desk – flanked by a murga troupe and a copy of Martín Fierro. Humphrey Inzillo on the artist trading reggaeton beats for his country’s deepest folk traditions
Chris Wheatley speaks to the German imprint eager to bring varied African sounds to wider audiences
Oliver Craske meets the string duo who compose by improvising together – weaving Indian raga, gamelan and folk song into entrancing miniatures
A photographic journey through the recent Mozambique Music Meeting (4–8 March 2026) in Maputo, capturing the performances, faces and energy that brought the event to life. Words by Gonçalo Frota
Musicians shaped by Pentangle – from folk and psych to jazz and beyond – celebrate the famous five’s enduring allure
She was the voice at the heart of Pentangle’s groundbreaking sound – and, six decades on, she’s still carrying the flame. Robin Denselow talks to Jacqui McShee
Eleven musicians, three cities, and a rule that nobody turns a profit. Julian May meets the collective putting the North West’s neglected folk repertoire centre stage
After awakening winter, Lady Maisery are once more teaming up with Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, and this time they have their sights set on summer, as Sophie Parkes finds out
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