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Thursday, October 3, 2024

60 Years of Fania Records

Celebrating 60 years of Fania Records, we ask Daymé Arocena, Silvana Estrada, Roberto Fonseca, iLe, Meridian Brothers, Orquesta Akokán, Nathy Peluso, Ana Tijoux and many others to pick some Fania classics. Introduction by Erin Cobby. Interviews by Russ Slater Johnson

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Frankie Archer: Giving Up The Ghosts

Violence and bigotry towards women are at the root of Frankie Archer’s folk songs. “Some of the shit that women in these 300-year-old songs went through is the same shit women are going through now,” she tells Fred Waine

Friday, September 20, 2024

Eliza Carthy's News of the Whirl: Rituals

From smashing eggs to spitting at horses to shouting ‘Yellow car!’, Eliza unpacks the strange daily rituals and superstitions that we indulge in

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

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

Introducing... Buzz’ Ayaz

Robin Denselow speaks to Antonis Antoniou about his new band Buzz’ Ayaz and its mission to bring unity to Cyprus

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