Features

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Beginner's Guide: Carnatic Music with L Shankar

A living legend outlines how Carnatic music has evolved and speaks of the challenges it faces in the modern age. Chris Wheatley reports

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Meklit Hadero: "Of so many cultures and musical traditions… I was one star in a constellation"

Jane Cornwell speaks to Ethiopian-born American singer Meklit Hadero about returning to the songs of her homeland

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Rebetiko Roots

Ula Nowak visits İzmir in Turkey to speak to the musicians reviving rebetiko in a city that claims to be its birthplace. Photos by Ula Nowak

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Divanhana’s Radio Sevdah: Sarajevo band reimagines Bosnia’s soulful tradition for a new generation

Simon Broughton tunes into Radio Sevdah with Balkan sound revivalists Divanhana. Photos by Simon Broughton

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Spafford Campbell: radical intent

What happens when two young post-rock fans grounded in traditional technique make music? Julian May talks to Spafford Campbell to find out…

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Kayatibu: Forest Rock from the Amazon

Erin Cobby speaks to Kayatibu, Indigenous Brazilians who are amplifying the Amazon with a message of preservation and unity

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Essential 10 Drummer Albums – Selected by Sarathy Korwar

South Asian musician Sarathy Korwar talks to Russ Slater Johnson about his favourite masters of rhythm

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Ian A Anderson's My World interview: “I’ve entered the Shirley Collins ‘don’t give a shit anymore’ phase”

Sophie Parkes meets the folk, roots and trad evangelist, who talks about his no-holds-barred autobiography and a career pledged to music’s margins

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Songbook: ‘The Galway Girl’ with Sharon Shannon

An obscure single becomes a national hit thanks to an unexpected re-release. Robin Denselow speaks to the track’s accordionist, Sharon Shannon, to chart the rise of a modern Irish classic

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Ragnar Johnson’s 'A New Guinea Journey': preserving the last echoes of sacred flute music

In the 1970s, Ragnar Johnson recorded Papua New Guinea’s sacred flute and bamboo Jew’s harp music before the traditions died out

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Folk Archives: The Baltic Psaltery

"There’s an amazing amount of variety within the world of Baltic psalteries, with histories varying from country to country"

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Field of Research: Eastern European Organ Music

Organist Gail Archer evaluates the influences, improvisations and ecclesiastical economy of Eastern Europe’s organ music

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Spotlight on Merlyn Driver: “The main thing I want from my music is for people to feel calm”

Olivia Cheves hears how the Orkney-born artist takes a backseat on his new album, giving prominence to nature’s voices

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Folk Round-Up (Lost Chimes, Bev Lee Harling, Kathryn Williams and more)

From London to Suffolk, and Hastings to the north-west of Wales, this month’s round-up explores, in one way or another, the ties of blood and family history