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Obituary: Teddy Osei (1937-2025)
Osibisa founding member and singer Teddy Osei has passed away
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WOMAD announces first names for 2024
Amadou & Mariam, Sampa The Great, Baaba Maal and Yungchen Lhamo amongst first names announced for this year's WOMAD festival
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First wave of artists announced for Tremor 2026
Tremor returns to São Miguel, Azores on March 24–28, 2026, ready to push its infectious spirit even further.
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La Linea 24: First Artists Announced
London’s premier Latin music fest returns next April with four stellar shows scheduled for its opening weekend
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Making Tracks
Exceptional international artists gather for UK-based project focused on themes of intercultural and interspecies collaboration
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Cambridge Folk Festival 2024: First Names Revealed
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace and an exclusive Transatlantic Sessions showcase among the early highlights for this summer’s iteration of the celebrated music summit, which marks its 60th anniversary this year
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Video Premiere: Ayaléw Mesfin's First Ever European Performance
Exclusive footage of Ayalèw Mesfin & Debo Band performing at Le Guess Who? in 2019
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FOCUS Wales 2026 announces first wave of artists
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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Présence Autochtone 2018 – Celebrating Canada's First Nations and Indigenous music
The Montréal First Peoples Festival once again celebrated the culture and heritage of the indigenous people of Canada and beyond.
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New video from Brazil’s Criolo sows seeds for Black Brazilian prosperity
Discover how, via the tale of a fabled Money Tree, Brazilian rapper Criolo is urging his country’s youth to pave their own way towards a better future
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Ana Tijoux previews first new album in nine years
South American rap superstar on the comeback trail with long-awaited new album and series of summer European dates
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Martin Carthy celebrates 84th birthday with first solo album in 19 years
Folk legend Martin Carthy returns with a surprise new album featuring interpretations of songs he first made famous 60 years previously
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Cumbia Legends Manzanita y Su Conjunto Embark on Their First UK Tour
The legendary group who paved the way for Peruvian cumbia in the 1960s have set off on their month long tour of the UK this week
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Listen to ‘Ayoka’, the first single from Dobet Gnahoré’s upcoming new album
Dobet Gnahoré unveils her 2024 album, Zouzou, with an upbeat Afropop gem
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First-ever ‘Folk Album of the Year Award’ shortlist announced
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
