Lankum, Angeline Morrison, Tinariwen, Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate, Puuluup, Kaushiki Chakraborty, James Acaster… plus we have a UK Festival Guide and announce the winners of the Songlines Music Awards!
We speak with the saxophonist and composer whose boisterous outfit, A Espetacular Charanga do França, are putting the heart back into Carnaval
Catalina Maria Johnson catches up with the co-founder of Brooklyn’s hippest bar and venue, Barbès, which celebrates two decades of excellent music this year
From war-torn Angola to the ‘northern lights’ of Trømso World Festival, Pongo tells Jane Cornwell, “I have come a very long way”
The Indian composer and santoor maestro whose work spanned the divide between classical and popular music has passed away, aged 84
Jane Cornwell picks out six sweet sets from WOMADelaide in Australia, featuring Trio da Kali, Duo Ruut, Yemi Alade and more
Ardent Irish folk artists recall days of yore with passionate and playful performance
This year held in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, the awards celebrate the length and breadth of British and Irish folk music
'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'
Musicians of Mesopotamia set to appear alongside showbiz stars for special charity happening
When not herding reindeer, Finnish mother-daughter duo Solju are bringing the Sámi tradition of joiking to wider audiences
Natalia Lafourcade, Susana Baca, Omara Portuondo, Xênia França and a Shakira freestyle session (!) are all in with a chance at this year’s Latin Grammys
Poland’s Ethno Port festival draws together dancing-fool frenzy and meditational contemplation, inviting acts from Congo, Crete, Reunion Island and much of South America
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