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The tower of Babel Med falls

"I sincerely hope that Babel Med – or some equivalent – will return in 2019"

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Leader of the Pack

New book series celebrates the life and career of recording engineer Bill Leader

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Postcard from Québec, Canada

Yousif Nur returns to Québec with free-form festivals, First Nations history and presidential hotels on his agenda

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“The big mining companies trying to take this land and push the reindeer people away” | How Solju are standing up for the Sámi culture

When not herding reindeer, Finnish mother-daughter duo Solju are bringing the Sámi tradition of joiking to wider audiences

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Gilberto Gil: “We wanted to question how Brazilian society was constituted – the ethnic make-up of Brazil”

Gilberto Gil speaks to Alex Robinson about the 60s tropicália movement and how he has tried to bridge the gaps in Brazil’s class-ridden society

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Folk Round-up (PerKelt, Kevin Fowley and more)

A selection of essential releases from the worlds of British and Irish folk including new albums from PerKelt, Kevin Fowley and Simon Care & Gareth Turner

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Joshua Burnside chooses the five most important albums in his life

The Belfast-based singer looks at the albums that formed his musical consciousness and remain integral to it

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Boomtown 2019 review

Jim Hickson dives in, gets lost and just about stumbles out of the strange and intriguing world of the Boomtown festival

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Celebrating 60 years of Les Cousins, the folk club that shaped a generation

Tim Cumming talks to Jon Wilks about his Second Cousins stage at FolkEast, and the impact and influence of the legendary Les Cousins folk club on succeeding generations