Thursday, March 6, 2025
Roots Round-Up (David Brunelle, Jordan Wax, Pawlo Humeniuk and more)
Featuring new releases from Lara Wong and Melón Jiménez, Lily Talmers and more
Features
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Eliza Carthy... on morris dancing and the future of folk music
Eliza ponders folk music’s need to evolve and wonders if morris dancing could be key to the tradition’s future
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Field of Research: Ewan MacColl
On the 110th anniversary of the legendary folk singer’s birth, Allan Moore looks back at his legacy and skill
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Fireside Stories: 20 Years of Lullabies from the Axis of Evil
In 2004, a Norwegian record label joined forces with female singers from the so-called ‘axis of evil’ in protest against a global climate of fear – over 20 years later, Lullabies from the Axis of Evil continues to be relevant
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Essential 10 Brazilian Albums (Selected by Seu Jorge)
The Brazilian samba singer and versatile actor picks out the albums and artists from his country that he couldn’t live without
Thursday, March 6, 2025
My World: Eddie Kadi
For the Congolese-British comedian, music and entertainment have always gone hand in hand. He tells Emma Rycroft about the sounds of his upbringing and his continued role as a “facilitator of modern-day African music”
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Songbook: ‘Long Lankin’ with Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver
On their latest album, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver have recorded one of the darkest child ballads of all time. Tim Cumming looks for the motive
Thursday, March 6, 2025
On Tour: Rakesh Chaurasia
Bansuri flute master Rakesh Chaurasia has worked with the likes of Zakir Hussain and Talvin Singh. We talk to him as he prepares to tour the UK with leading tabla player Shahbaz Hussain
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Rainforest World Music Festival 2025
A Malaysian tropical paradise known as the ‘Land of the Hornbills’ is the ultimate destination for adventurous music lovers.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Label of Love: 1000HZ
“We are interested mostly in what is not present in the global classification of genres”
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Damahi are representing Iran’s independent music scene
“We take a free-spirited approach”, explain the band popularising the music of southern Iran
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Roots Round-Up (Willie Nelson, Ruthie Foster, Joel Wood and more)
Essential Roots releases from the US and Canada, featuring Ruthie Foster, Noeline Hoffman, Willie Nelson, George Jackson & Brad Kolodner and Joel Wood
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Setting the Scene: Ale Hop
Fresh from a scintillating collaboration with Congolese guitarist Titi Bakorta, Peruvian musician and producer Ale Hop discusses her adopted home of Berlin
Friday, February 21, 2025
Quickfire: Gipsy Kings' André Reyes
André Reyes, a member of the Gipsy Kings since the late 70s, answers our Quickfire questions ahead of a big London show for the group
Friday, February 21, 2025
Folk Round-up (David Mitchell, The Ocelots & more)
Essential folk releases from the England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales featuring Alannah Thornburgh, David Mitchell, Three Idle Women, The Ocelots and more
