Wednesday, July 26, 2023
A to Jazz Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 6
Bulgarian jazz festival showcases emerging talent from all across Europe
Live reviews
Monday, July 24, 2023
Ethno Port, Poznań, Poland, June 23-25
Poland’s Ethno Port festival draws together dancing-fool frenzy and meditational contemplation, inviting acts from Congo, Crete, Reunion Island and much of South America
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Jazz Sous Les Pommiers, Coutances, France, May 16-20
The annual week-long jazz festival in France featured DakhaBrakha, Femi Kuti, Noura Mint Seymali, Antonio Lizana and Robert Cray
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, May 11-13
Global-folkloric musics abound at this Estonian multi-genre splurge of showcases
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Eliades Ochoa, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, April 30
Buena Vista Social Club star Eliades Ochoa takes centre stage at Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Thursday, April 20, 2023
BRDCST, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Apr 7-9
Joe Rainey, Gaye Su Akyol & Sainkho Namtchylak sang at the hyper-diverse festival that bills itself as 'The Ideal Antidote For Paranoia & Hysteria'
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Hack-Poets Guild, Social, Hull, Mar 19
Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann revive an old broadside songbook in Hull, home of The Watersons
Thursday, March 30, 2023
WOMADelaide, Tainmuntilla, Mar 10-13
Sampa The Great, Bab L'Bluz, Cimafunk, KOKOROKO and Yung Chen Lhamo all played their part in one of the best WOMADelaide line-ups yet, with female solidarity the theme of the weekend
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Širom, Café Oto, London, Mar 10
Slovenia's Širom take their 'imaginary folk' to London's Cafe Oto for a beguiling and rhythmic evening.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Sharon Shannon Trio at Cottingham Civic Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire, Feb 10, 2023
Irish accordionist teams up with acoustic strings duo to put the squeeze on gamut of folk styles
Monday, March 13, 2023
Northern Lights Festival, Tromsø, Norway, January 27-February 4
Kidjo crowns Arctic role with stunning orchestral takes of her lesser-visited classics
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Transatlantic Sessions Live at Celtic Connections, Feb 3, 2023
Television series spawns showcase of folk, bluegrass and country talent from both sides of the pond
Friday, February 10, 2023
Lisa O’Neill & Cormac Begley at Celtic Connections, Feb 2, 2023
Ardent Irish folk artists recall days of yore with passionate and playful performance
Friday, January 20, 2023
Black Flower and Shake Stew, Brussels Jazz Festival, January 13-14
Jazz goes global in the Belgian capital with two troupes combining horn-heavy arrangements and adventurous international rhythms
Monday, December 19, 2022
The Mary Wallopers at the Electric Ballroom, Dec 16
Reportage from a rollocking night of magical folk mischief and fun-fuelled rock'n'roll at a sold-out Electric Ballroom, Camden
