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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Sevdalini's plaintive sevdah parables enchant at Swedish self-catering summit

Nostalgia and longing suffuse an impassioned night of bewitching Bosnian blues at Malmö's Viktoria Teatern

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Tales of bloody murder and trans-Carpathian travails captivate at Ethno Port

Mateusz Dobrowolski dives into the international programme on offer at the risk-taking Poznań festival

Monday, October 26, 2020

WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Four, October 24

Simon Broughton checks into the last day of digital performances and enjoys the concerts of Hungarian bands with a real audience that took place in Budapest.

Saturday, October 24, 2020

WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Three, October 23

Alexandra Petropoulos tunes in for the Friday Digital Showcases of WOMEX 2020 and picks her highlights, from warm maloya to jazz kaval

Friday, October 23, 2020

WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Two, October 22

Jo Frost picks out some highlights from the second evening of WOMEX Digital Showcases, ranging from busking Malawians to Mexican marimba mayhem

Thursday, October 22, 2020

WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day One, October 21

Simon Broughton runs from one showcase to another without moving a muscle on the first night of WOMEX 2020 in nowhere land and picks some highlights

Friday, January 31, 2020

Meklit among the marvels at globalFEST 2020

Tom Pryor reports from New York’s annual globalFEST, featuring Meklit, Tufan Derince Trio and Ak Dan Gwang Chil

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Angélique Kidjo goes orchestral!

Martin Longley reports on Angélique Kidjo's ongoing relationship with orchestral music, this time with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in concert in Brussels

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

A world of jazz and beyond at Poland's Jazztopad

As jazz festivals around the world start to embrace international sounds, Martin Longley got to grips with the eclectic line-up of the Jazztopad festival in Wrocław