Live reviews

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.

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…