Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, July 4
Justin Turford explores one of Europe's newest showcases of world music
Live reviews
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
The Breath: Giving up the ghosts
The Breath’s Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum tell Dave McNally about the love and suffering that informed their new album and how they unexpectedly evolved into an acoustic folk duo
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Sam Lee, Round Chapel, London, June 13 2024
Singer and conservationist Sam Lee blends environmental activism with enchanting folk music in live show for 'songdreaming' tour
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Söndörgő & The Kelemen Quartet, Budapest, April 8
A Balkan folk feedback loop curves to Béla Bartók and back in Budapest’s impressively opulent hall…
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, April 4-7
Tallinn Music Week, where Estonian jaw harps meet Moroccan basscore pile-ups and Québécois stomping…
Friday, April 5, 2024
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights, Hamburg, March 16 & 19
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights take over the towering Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Crown, The Old Electric, February 23
Scheherazade's 'Crown' promised an immersive journey to discover the concept of home within ourselves, blending classical Persian dance, contemporary movement, and Sufi expression
Friday, March 15, 2024
WOMADelaide, Adelaide, March 8-11
EMEL, DakhaBrakha and Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 bring music and protest to the stage at WOMADelaide.
Monday, February 12, 2024
Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck shines in Dublin
Béla Fleck & his band of stalwart musicians impress in Ireland's capital
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2024
CMAT, Lina_ and YĪN YĪN are but a few of the big names that showed up for ESNS 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Oslo World 2023
Martin Longley witnessed Mari Boine, Bixiga 70, Gaye Su Akyol and Les Mamans de Congo at the 30th anniversary of this exceptional city-spanning festival…
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Lucrecia Dalt, Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, Germany, October 7
Lucrecia Dalt drops deeply into a Colombian song-form dub-minimalist miasma at Heidelberg's Enjoy Jazz festival…
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, Wales, August 17-20 2023
Kanda Bongo Man, Etran de L’Aïr and Dur-Dur Band Int bring danceable African sounds to the Welsh mountains…
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Walden Festival, Leopold Park, Belgium, July 16
Le Trio Joubran and Mari Kalkun enchant at this scenic Brussels festival, blessed with an open musical agenda
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Mokoomba, The Jazz Café, London, July 25
The Zimbabwean sextet dazzle with their infectious high-energy blend of rock, funk and Afrobeat
