Interviews with Ibibio Sound Machine, Knight & Spiers, Elvis Costello and Imarhan; a look at the new generation of Viking noise-bringers; a Beginner's Guide to Le Vent du Nord, plus two free CD compilations with every copy
Folk by the Oak festival team announce exclusive online performance by the nature-loving folk collective
Take an exclusive look inside our special collector's edition on West African music
Bridge-builders for Balkan music – MOST – have curated an exclusive CD brimming with the region's finest sounds, and it's free with our April edition
WOMAD returns to Wiltshire's Charlton Park this summer, with Angélique Kidjo, Fatoumata Diawara, The Flaming Lips, Nitin Sawhney and The Sugarhill Gang among the major draws
One of the UK’s finest sitarists, Roopa Panesar, joins forces with pianist Al MacSween for a special pair of raga weekends
Exclusive interviews with Rokia Koné, AR Rahman and Scottish trio Talisk; soundtracks of the Franco-Algerian conflict; a broadside from Eliza Carthy; a Beginner's Guide to son jarocho, plus much more
The 'nightingale of Bollywood' has died, aged 92
Inuk experimentalist unveils new visuals for deeply caustic cut from her latest album, Tongues
One of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time, the glamorous genre-straddling samba star Elza Soares, has died aged 91
The British folk music matriarch has died, aged 82
The latest on the unlikely rap alliance confronting Arab-Jewish racism from both sides
Banjo and guitar player with Canadian contemporary folk group The East Pointers has died, age 37
Our best albums of 2021; the return of star-studded folk ensemble Spell Songs; an investigative plunge into changüí, the irrepressible sound of Guantánamo; a Beginner's Guide to Karine Polwart, plus more inside
The 'godfather of champeta' has died, age 73
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