Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Guru Nanak's Message of Peace Through Music at the Barbican
Simon Broughton attends a special event at London's Barbican Centre celebrating Guru Nanak
Live reviews
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Jordi Savall's Ibn Battuta: The Traveller of Time
The many journeys of Maghrebi explorer Ibn Battuta are the focus of a new ensemble performance from Jordi Savall
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Heemoon Lee & OBANGSINGWA, London, November 23
After blowing away audiences in 2018, Heemoon Lee returned to London with a new group, OBANGSINGWA, to perform a stunning end to this year's K-Music Festival.
Friday, November 15, 2024
Llais 2024, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, October 12-13
Voices from Bulgaria, India and Ireland light up the latest edition of one of Wales’ most vocal festivals.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
La Tène, Cafe Oto, London, November 7
Franco-Swiss drone collective La Tène offer up a simultaneous study of constancy and change.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Black String, London, October 10
Korean experimental folk outfit Black String offered a rare opportunity to hear the chime of ancient instruments gracefully collide with modern sonic tools.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Lake of Stars, Nkhotakota, Malawi, September 6-8
The 20th-anniversary edition of Lake of Stars shows how much Malawi's music scene has grown
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, July 4
Justin Turford explores one of Europe's newest showcases of world music
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.
