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
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
Wilderness Festival provided a surprising array of arts and music to please even the most discerning of world music lovers.
Lankum, Lisa O’Neill and The Mary Wallopers play a benefit gig in Dublin as artists around the world respond to the violence in Palestine and Israel
Featuring Anthony Ruby, Christina Alden & Alex Patterson, FolkLaw, Andrew Ferguson and Odette Michell
The old guard of Romanian lautari music meet the Bucharest alternivistas on a brand new project
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
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
Robin Denselow catches up with the Québec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and drummer who has just released a new album
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
Sufi and Jewish Music Nights take over the towering Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
The Royal Albert Hall hosted a Diamond Jubilee celebration for His Highness the Aga Khan.
Oslo World festival kicked off with an emotional opening concert showcasing impressive performances from a host of female singers.
A Balkan folk feedback loop curves to Béla Bartók and back in Budapest’s impressively opulent hall…
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