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Folk on Foot's Front Room Festival
Organisers of the Folk on Foot podcast are planning a special Easter Bank Holiday Monday virtual festival in order to help musicians impacted by the coronavirus lockdown
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The return of Afro Celt Sound System
The global groove and harmony evangelists return with their first album since the death of founder Simon Emmerson. Jane Cornwell chats to original members, and now bandleaders, Johnny Kalsi and N’Faly Kouyaté
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Roots Round-Up: Watchhouse, Valerie June, The Faux Paws and more
This is quite the grab-bag of music reviews from North American artists, ranging from pop-leaning to super out-there experimental, but still all rooted in tradition
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AR Rahman: “The independent scene is growing... Beauty is created by beautiful minds who may not be popular”
Ashanti Omkar catches up with the prolific film composer AR Rahman about his recent projects, the all-female Firdaus Orchestra and a new platform giving a boost to independent South Asian artists
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Wilderness Festival 2018
Wilderness Festival provided a surprising array of arts and music to please even the most discerning of world music lovers.
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“I never had a teacher, but I would watch other percussionists” | Élage Diouf
Robin Denselow catches up with the Québec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and drummer who has just released a new album
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Video premiere: 'Holy Robot' by Taraf de Impex
The old guard of Romanian lautari music meet the Bucharest alternivistas on a brand new project
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Memories of Emahoy
Mississippi Records mark what would have been the late Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s 100th birthday with the release of an extraordinary posthumous vocal album
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Utopian Lullabies at Oslo World
Oslo World festival kicked off with an emotional opening concert showcasing impressive performances from a host of female singers.
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Söndörgő & The Kelemen Quartet, Budapest, April 8
A Balkan folk feedback loop curves to Béla Bartók and back in Budapest’s impressively opulent hall…
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Ibrahim Maalouf: “I’ve always believed that music should be limitless… i can blend my trumpet’s melodic lines with the sharp, rhythmic beats of rap”
Ibrahim Maalouf has drawn on everything he’s learned during his stellar career to make what might be his crowning achievement, a homage to his ancestry that is more lyrical than any instrumental album can rightly claim to be
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Sufi and Jewish Music Nights, Hamburg, March 16 & 19
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights take over the towering Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
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Jubilee review – Celebrating the Aga Khan
The Royal Albert Hall hosted a Diamond Jubilee celebration for His Highness the Aga Khan.
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Searching for the Folk Songs of the Channel Islands
Devon Léger speaks to Lihou, a group reviving the rich multicultural folk songs of the Channel Islands
