Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Folk Round-Up (Juniper, Billie Maree & more)
Essential folk releases from the England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales featuring the James Kerry Trio, Green & Shine, Jo Mango, Billie Maree and Juniper
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Thursday, June 11, 2026
Seu Jorge Interview: David Bowie, City of God and New Album The Other Side
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
Thursday, June 11, 2026
The 4 Corners and Centre of Natacha Atlas’ Universe
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
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Charanjit Singh: A Beginner's Guide
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
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Rosalía at the O2: a ritual of saints, sound and spectacle
Charis McGowan ‘finds God’ as Rosalía brings her fourth album to London’s O2 Arena
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Introducing... Super Panela
Mark Sampson meets a Toulouse band whose Afro-Colombian brass and balafon sound was forged on the streets of Cartagena
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Olivia Chaney explores Purcell, folk song and film in a landmark year
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
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Take Note: LUIZA
Erin Cobby meets the Franco-Brazilian singer whose debut distils a 30-year journey into a restless, joyful record
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Who Is Milo J?
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
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Label of Love: Outhere Records
Chris Wheatley speaks to the German imprint eager to bring varied African sounds to wider audiences
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Balladeste: where Western classical meets raga, folk and free improvisation
Oliver Craske meets the string duo who compose by improvising together – weaving Indian raga, gamelan and folk song into entrancing miniatures
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Photo Essay: Maputo Rendezvous
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
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Entangled in Pentangle: Musicians on the Folk-Jazz Pioneers’ Enduring Legacy
Musicians shaped by Pentangle – from folk and psych to jazz and beyond – celebrate the famous five’s enduring allure
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Jacqui McShee and the Pentangle Legacy
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
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Brown Wimpenny: “Manchester has a strong folk culture, there’s a big Irish diaspora and lots of sessions in pubs”
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
