Thursday, September 12, 2024
Here Comes the Calgary
Catalina Maria Johnson heads to Canada’s Calgary Folk Festival, an event beloved by its community with a unique talent for bringing artists from around the world together in rapturous communion
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Friday, September 6, 2024
Five Films from Vincent Moon
To accompany our recent feature on acclaimed film-maker Vincent Moon here are a selection of films from his vast library, capturing musicians, traditions, people and rituals from around the world
Friday, August 30, 2024
Tiganá Santana: A Beginner's Guide
Mark Sampson speaks to the Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer whose varied endeavours reveal an artist always looking for a challenge
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Global Ambient Music: 10 Essential Albums
Chris Wheatley picks out some of the world’s finest ambient soundscapes
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Introducing... Buzz’ Ayaz
Robin Denselow speaks to Antonis Antoniou about his new band Buzz’ Ayaz and its mission to bring unity to Cyprus
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Førde Festival 2024: exploring the roots of music
Jo Frost heads to Førde Festival, a picturesque event that values home-grown Norwegian music as much as the global artists which are its calling card
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Re:INCARNATION - the spirit of Lagos youth comes to the UK
Izzy Felton speaks to the team behind a new Nigerian music-and-dance production aiming to showcase the energy of contemporary Lagos
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Marta Pereira da Costa interview: “It’s difficult to be the first one, it’s difficult to open doors…”
April Clare Welsh speaks to the Portuguese guitarist Marta Pereira da Costa who is breaking barriers for female fado musicians
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Charlie Parr interview: “Ten-hour drives are not pleasant, but my reward is getting to play the guitar”
US troubadour Charlie Parr discusses his earliest influences and life on the road with Paul Slade
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Raymond Antrobus & Evelyn Glennie: a meeting of minds
A one-off recording pairs the poet and award-winning percussionist. That they’re both deaf was incidental. Jane Cornwell uncovers the duo’s “instant connection”
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Vincent Moon: Nomad Cinema
French film-maker Vincent Moon walked away from a career documenting Western rock royalty to create what could be the most impressive and vast ethnomusicology experiment of the 21st Century. Anne Girard Esposito speaks to Moon about his many travels
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Mari Boine interview: “I was on my way somewhere, but now I’m really, really me”
Fiona Talkington speaks to Sámi activist and singer Mari Boine who, now in her 60s, finally feels confident in her own work
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl shine a light on the Scottish witch trials
Jo Frost speaks to Scottish folk artists Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl whose Heal & Harrow project aims to raise awareness of the women who were persecuted as a result of the Scottish witch trials
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Svetlana Spajić: “I learned my ancestors’ sung aspect of language as my ‘second language’. But now I feel more like it’s really mine”
Serbian singer, folklorist and cultural activist Svetlana Spajić has dedicated her career to the passing down of oral traditions, and it’s taken her to some surprising places, including collaborations with Marina Abramović and Robert Wilson. Celeste Cantor-Stephens takes a journey through her career
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Celebrating 25 editions of the Gnawa festival in Essaouira
The annual Gnawa festival in Essaouira, Morocco has just celebrated its silver anniversary. Torben Holleufer has been a regular visitor since its first incarnation and returns to assess its impact, reflecting on some of the magical, unique and heartbreaking moments of the past 25 editions
