End-of-year special featuring Songlines Music Awards 2025 (the best global music of the year) plus exclusive Kneecap interview, Alice Gerrard, Peggy Seeger, Gloria Estefan and in-depth klezmer essay
The 2026 edition will bring a focused, story-driven programme and mark the return of festival patrons The Young’uns for their first performances in Sotterley
The inaugural Folk Album of the Year Award has unveiled its first-ever shortlist, featuring nine albums released across Britain and Ireland in 2025, with a winner to be announced in March next year
Trailblazing Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon has died age 81
FOCUS Wales shares first names for 2026 edition of the Wrexham-based festival, including a plethora of Welsh and UK folk talent
Simon Broughton reports on the Aga Khan Music Awards in London, where diverse global artists came together for a rare celebration of musical excellence and cultural preservation
Tremor returns to São Miguel, Azores on March 24–28, 2026, ready to push its infectious spirit even further.
Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture, will return to Liverpool’s Sefton Park on 20–21 June 2026
Brazilian musician and composer, most renowned for his work with Milton Nascimento, dies age 73
Ustad Naseeruddin Saami, Warsi Brothers, Mariam Bagayoko and Hamid El Kasri among winners of this year's Aga Khan Music Awards
Neston Park in Corsham, Wiltshire will be the home of WOMAD for their next festival, taking place on 23–26 July 2026
Carminho, Mariam, Wu Man, Martin Simpson & Matthew Byrne, polyphonic singing in Corsica, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Noura Mint Seymali and so much more
An essential guide to the globe's most incredible instruments
Celebrated double bassist and Pentangle co-founder has died at the age of 86
Malkit Singh, Meklit Hadero, Cerys Hafana, Divanhana, Spafford Campbell, Sarathy Korwar’s Essential Drummers, L Shankar’s Guide to Carnatic Music, ‘Galway Girl’ and so much more
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