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
Live reviews
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
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Orpheus at The Lowry, Salford, November 19
East-meets-West as Opera North and South Asian Arts-UK present their riveting modern-day makeover of Monteverdi’s mythical marvel, L'Orfeo
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
World Music Festival Chicago
Blowin’ into the Windy City for the its annual spectacular of global sounds
Thursday, August 4, 2022
globalFEST at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City, NYC, Saturday July 30
Behind the frontlines for an evening of disparate musical discovery, with the first live globalFEST event since the start of pandemic
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Moktar Gania, New Morning, Paris, Friday June 17
Gimbri maestro's soulful Gnawa-power hypnosis spans the way between spiritual Bamana origins and innovative fusion thrills
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Live Review: Nancy Vieira at OFFest
Cape Verdean songstress captures hearts and souls at North Macedonian world music summit
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Lido Pimienta at Botanique
No Belgian waffle as Colombian sensation bombs the bass with May 9 Brussels showcase
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Times New Román at Budapest Ritmo, April 7
New Hungarian five-piece wow Simon Broughton at Budapest Ritmo
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Park Jiha and Roy Claire Potter Bring Saenghwangs and Spoken Word to Cafe OTO
Korean multi-instrumentalist and British performance poet showcase work from their newly released collaboration
Monday, November 29, 2021
Songs for Babyn Yar
Wartime atrocity remembered through story and song at London's JW3
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Trepp & Friends short-step to success at annual Tallinn showcase
Reportage from the Fenno-Ugria Night at this year's edition of Tallinn Music Week
