WOMAD have announced the first artists for the inaugural year at their new Wiltshire home, Neston Park. Oumou Sangaré, Barrington Levy, Greentea Peng and José González lead a line-up that is typically diverse and all-encompassing
Ghanaian guitarist and bandleader who fused traditional highlife with funk and Afrobeat in the 1970s, then found global recognition decades later and continued to be a tour de force
Bangkok’s pioneering club is to close its doors after more than 12 years
Steve Martin & Alison Brown’s bluegrass friendship, Yasmine Hamdan returns, Imarhan’s desert soul, Slow J on fado, calypso great Mighty Sparrow, Bebel Gilberto and AI in Music
Folk forefather Martin Carthy has cancelled a proposed tour and festival dates in 2026 due to a diagnosis of late-onset Alzheimer's disease
Sophie Parkes uncovers England’s seasonal beliefs relating to “the unexplained and unexpected”, as she reports on the initial findings of the first-ever National Folklore Survey
A new Artist Mentoring Programme will connect emerging world music artists with experienced industry professionals for intensive, personalised career development spanning up to ten months
Nonesuch Records celebrates the Genuine Negro Jig with a special 15th anniversary edition featuring bonus tracks and, for the first time since 2010, a vinyl press of the award-winning album
Our rundown of some of the finest and most far-flung new festive anthems this Christmas
'Lullaby', a dramatic reimagining of a traditional Palestinian lullaby featuring Nai Barghouti, Peter Gabriel and others, is aiming for the UK's coveted Christmas No. 1 slot
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
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