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Roots Round-Up (Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis and more)

A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis, Jontavious Willis and La Pastourelle

Label of Love: Arabusta

“These are records that have so much potential, that are incredibly crafted, but for a series of circumstances maybe didn’t get the recognition they deserved at the time of release”

Folk Round-Up (Lost Chimes, Bev Lee Harling, Kathryn Williams and more)

From London to Suffolk, and Hastings to the north-west of Wales, this month’s round-up explores, in one way or another, the ties of blood and family history

Festival: MIMO Amarante

'The festival’s main stage at Parque Ribeirinho was full by the time Juliana Linhares introduced her reconfigured take of northeastern Brazilian popular forms to an expectant audience'

Songlines Music Awards 2025: Best Album

The best albums this year, as chosen by our writers, featuring ganavya, Songhoy Blues, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Mulatu Astatke, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson

Live Review: The Life & Songs of Martin Carthy

EartH, London hosts epic tribute to influential English folk singer and guitarist

Spain’s folk future: the new wave of artists reimagining tradition for the now

Megan Iacobini de Fazio speaks to a new generation of Spanish artists who are looking at their regional traditions and histories to express contemporary concerns

Dos Santos: Mirror Ballers

Chicagoan alt-Latinx quintet Dos Santos drop an animated collage fantasia for 'A Tu Lado', a track from their forthcoming long-player, City of Mirrors

Colombia’s Petronio Alvarez Festival: setting things right with the culture

Twenty-seven years after the launch of Colombia’s Petronio Alvarez Festival, Timothy Pratt returns to find out how “the largest African diaspora cultural event in Latin America” is staying true to its roots – and how it’s changed. Photos by Jesse Pratt López