Thursday, July 17, 2025
Rebel Yells: 10 international anthems of protest and resistance
Joe Mulhall raises a dissenting voice with 10 international anthems of protest and resistance main photo by Syd Shelton
Features
Thursday, July 17, 2025
All aboard Africa Express, next stop... Bahidorá
The globe-straddling cross-genre collective touch down in Mexico for an inspiring week of making music. Megan Iacobini de Fazio reports...
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Celebrating 60 years of Les Cousins, the folk club that shaped a generation
Tim Cumming talks to Jon Wilks about his Second Cousins stage at FolkEast, and the impact and influence of the legendary Les Cousins folk club on succeeding generations
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Mádé Kuti: “We can’t just keep blaming politicians. What are we doing? Do we treat others with respect?”
The Nigerian composer and multi-instrumentalist discusses his distinctive musical evolution. “Afrobeat is part of my DNA,” hears Daniel Brown
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Hekate: “We just completely lose ourselves in the music and the energy of us three singing together”
Jo Frost meets a bewitching a cappella trio at the forefront of a new Norwegian trad dance revival
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Triptic: eclectic, energetic and thoroughly intoxicating
Billy Rough tracks down a Scottish trio swirling through tango, klezmer, jazz and ‘Northern’ folk
Thursday, July 17, 2025
The 4 Corners and Centre of Nyboma’s Universe
The legend of Congolese rumba picks a selection of albums and songs that shaped him and continue to be his inspiration, decades into his highly influential career
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Orkney Folk Festival: wild thyme in Stromness
Simon Broughton heads to the Orkney Folk Festival for its breathtaking and inspiring finale
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Label of Love: Canary Records
Prolific label specialising in the music of early 20th-century American immigrant communities
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Avi Avital: Sweet Intuition
Mandolinist Avi Avital will be joined at the BBC Proms by a chamber ensemble and the Rustavi Choir to celebrate music from around the Black Sea
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Save the Waves: musicians rally to defend NPR and PBS as US announces public radio cuts
A new compilation has been launched in response to proposed cuts that could silence public broadcasting in the US
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Dispatch from Vancouver, Canada
Russell Higham visits Vancouver on the eve of its annual Folk Music Festival, where he finds Canadians standing together against US President Trump’s threats to the country’s sovereignty
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Hailu Mergia: A Beginner's Guide
Andrew Taylor-Dawson talks to the Ethiopian jazz legend about his country’s golden age and his musical resurrection via the Awesome Tapes From Africa label
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Saddleworth Women’s Morris and Clog brings new life – and new dancers – to a centuries-old tradition
Following her Damascene conversion, Sophie Parkes recalls how she joined the ranks of the great morris renaissance
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Duo Ruut: “Whatever is going on around you will influence the art you make”
How does an ancient plucked stringed instrument speak to contemporary Estonian identity? Jane Cornwell tracks down Duo Ruut, the Estonian band reimagining the boundaries of their homeland’s musical tradition
