Folk Special featuring Martin Carthy, VARO, The Gentle Good, Quinie and a calendar of folk festivities, plus Rokia Traoré, Malawi’s buzz bands, Taj Mahal, Maxine Peake
Entrepreneurial co-founder and CEO of Putumayo World Music dies at 74
A statement from Songlines editor, Russ Slater Johnson, and Jazzwise editor, Mike Flynn, on Lockheed Martin's sponsorship of Kings Place's Defence in Space Conference
Progress is being made as the National Folklore Survey for England’s questions take shape
Remembering Tony Allen, Femi Kuti on Fela Kuti, Pedro Ben, Nyege Nyege, La Réunion, Rwanda, Baltic Sisters, I'm With Her, Sally Potter...
Estonian blues guitarist visited the East Riding Theatre in Beverley on March 7, 2025 as part of an extensive UK tour
The sonically enhanced environs of Polygon Live LDN created the perfect atmosphere for a bevy of musical icons to conjure and connect
Artists including Yann Tiersen, The Staves, Jason Singh & Liz Hanks, SYML and Raveena have come together as part of the Sounds Right initiative to raise money for NATURE
A new campaign, The Stronger We Become, are releasing their first track to raise awareness of the situation for Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees
47SOUL prepare for an upcoming fundraiser in London, and the release of a long-awaited new EP, charged with emotion, defiance and hope
Anoushka Shankar, Carolina Chocolate Drops, new Spanish folkies, Merlin Sheldrake, Flook, Cuban Sundays in London, Polish folk music in Brazil and more in the May issue
Xanthoula Dakovanou has recorded Riζituals, an album focussed on Cretan vocal traditions. We find out about her local sights and sounds in the wake of this project's release
One of Africa's finest guitarists, best known as half of the much-loved Malian duo, Amadou & Mariam, has died
Folk legend Martin Carthy returns with a surprise new album featuring interpretations of songs he first made famous 60 years previously
Family and Philharmonia will join Sona Jobarteh for a career retrospective at London’s legendary Roundhouse on April 16
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