During their recent tour, Eliza Carthy sat down with Jennifer Reid to discuss a new release of underrepresented and original Lancashire folk songs
Founded in 2001, 127 are a cornerstone of Iran’s alternative scene. Erin Cobby asks the group’s drummer Yahya Alkhansa to map out the country’s underground music scene in ten albums
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to one of the world’s foremost authorities on fungi and discovers his parallel love for music
Los Kjarkas look back on a song that conquered the world as ‘Lambada’, despite modest expectations. “I have no idea what its charm was”, hears Charis McGowan
Featuring new releases from Countercurrent, Morgan Toney, Rosalie Coleman and Brian Slattery, and more
Featuring new releases from Filkin’s Drift, TRIP, Gavin Fairhall Lever, Chris Brain and Dan Sealey
The new National Folklore Survey for England project is focusing solely on traditional customs, beliefs and narratives
This month Tim Cumming features new releases from Ida Hedin & Johan Meidell, Will Finn & Rosie Calvert, and more
Film-maker Vincent Moon returns for a second instalment of To the Moon & Back, a series of largely unpublished films from his vast archives. This film takes us to Chile for a deep dive into cueca, the national dance of Chile
Folk-rock hero and Fairport founder is celebrating his 80th birthday with a different kind of Convention
Songlines attended Folk Alliance International, the ‘world’s largest folk music gathering’, in Montréal to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award and get lost in a hotel-spanning labyrinth of musical moments
Egyptian musicians come together in Paris to celebrate the life of one of the world’s most iconic singers
There is nothing trashy about this potent Congolese group recycling rumba for the ultimate junk jam
Scottish fiddler Catriona Price discusses grand plans to bring international musicians together through her ever-ambitious project
Amayo, former frontman of Antibalas, has released a solo album honouring traditional Edo customs and his martial arts training. He picks the albums (and film) which led to this moment
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