Friday, April 24, 2026
Live Session with Sam Lee at the House of Music Hungary
British Folk singer Sam Lee performs ‘Meeting is a Pleasant Place’ at the House of Music Hungary in collaboration with Songlines
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
UPBEAT Best New Talent Award 2026 – Vote Now!
ADVERTORIAL: UPBEAT Platform’s Best New Talent Award showcases some of Europe’s best upcoming artists imbuing tradition with fresh energy, celebrating scenes beyond the mainstream. Vote for your favourite among this year’s 10 shortlisted nominees
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
La Brega: The Podcast Capturing Puerto Rico’s Culture
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to the host of Puerto Rican podcast, La Brega, about dignity, Bad Bunny and the art of the hustle
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Eliza Carthy: “Dad’s shock Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis hit this family extremely hard”
After Martin Carthy’s sudden Alzhemier’s diagnosis, Eliza, his daughter, reflects on the hastily rearranged UK tour put together as the headline act quietly steps down
Thursday, April 9, 2026
A Conversation with Jorge Drexler: “I wanted to reconnect with the new music scene in Uruguay”
Russ Slater Johnson talks with the Uruguayan singer-songwriter about Latin American music’s recent global renaissance, cultural gains in his home country and new collaborative candombe-charged album, Taracá
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Silvana Estrada: A Ray of Light
Charis McGowan speaks to Silvana Estrada in the house of Mexican ranchera icon, Chavela Vargas. It’s where Estrada learned how to channel grief into song, laying the foundations for her latest album
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Buena Vista Social Club at 30: Chan Chan Changed Everything
Jane Cornwell unpicks the sepia mythology of Buena Vista Social Club to reveal a story of chance, politics and marketing, turning a Havana recording session into a cultural phenomenon
Thursday, April 9, 2026
10 Essential Highlife Albums
Florence Adooni, Santrofi, Kay Slice, Ata Kak, Me & My Friends and Ireke select their favourite Ghanaian highlife releases
Thursday, April 9, 2026
The 4 Corners and Centre of Juni Habel’s Universe
The Norwegian singer-songwriter shares the minimal, spooky and emotional beauty of five albums that have left a lasting impression on her own work
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Introducing ... ZENA
Jim Hickson on the London duo channelling Ethiopian tradition and contemporary cool into experimental pop gold
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Cocanha champion Occitan culture with ‘Flame Folclòre’
Erin Cobby talks to the duo defying French folk tropes with progressive Occitan song
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Spotlight: Constantinople
'Through my music, with every note I play, I walk alongside the Iranian people'
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Dispatch: Mardi Gras in Louisiana
Russell Higham visits Louisiana, home of the world-famous Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans and Lafayette, where he finds a state proudly and positively celebrating its musical connections to the wider world
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Label of Love: Planet Ilunga
Chris Wheatley catches up with the owner of a Belgian imprint curating the rhythms of Congolese rumba
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Q&A: La Muchacha
A Colombian singer-songwriter whose words have soundtracked her country’s protests
