Features

Thursday, January 30, 2025

On Tour: Nai Barghouti

Vocal invention and demonstration of Palestinian joy as Nai Barghouti embarks on a UK tour

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Eliza Carthy: What constitutes folk music in 2025?

As a new year begins, Eliza Carthy uses the ‘official’ folk chart as a barometer of what currently constitutes folk music

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Margaret Barry and The Bedford Arms: “Standing with her banjo slung around her, head thrown back and emitting a sound so loud and clear”

Alan Woods takes a look at the legendary Irish singer’s music and the London pub in which she gained much of her reputation

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Folk Archives: Tabla Tarang

The tabla tarang is a set of between 10 and 16 tablas with each tabla tuned to a different note

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Fireside Stories: Josienne Clarke on Sandy Denny

As British singer-songwriter Josienne Clarke prepares Across the Evening Sky, her touring show of Sandy Denny songs, she reflects on her lifelong love for Denny’s music and the power it exerts today

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Nikolas-Kaan Yilmaz picks out ten albums that trace the nation’s fascinating musical timeline, asking Bulgarian musicians and fans of Bulgarian music alike to share some of their favourites along the way

Thursday, January 30, 2025

My World: Niall Ferguson

Simon Broughton chats immigration, inhibitions and the power of music with one of Britain’s foremost authorities on empire

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Songbook: ‘Oldenfjord’ with Sam Amidon and Grey Larsen

On his new record, Sam Amidon has recorded Grey Larsen’s Nordic melody. The two artists tell Devon Léger about the tune and its history

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Quickfire: Chuck Prophet

San Francisco-based singer-songwriter with a rock’n’roll heart and plenty of country swagger answers a few Quickfire questions. His latest album, Wake the Dead, sees him embrace cumbia, a genre he fell in love with while recovering from cancer.