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Get acquainted with Dusking, a new ritual to welcome the winter
Sophie Parkes dances down the sun with Lucy Wright, choreographer of a new ritual for solo morris performers ushering in the oncoming winter
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Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl shine a light on the Scottish witch trials
Jo Frost speaks to Scottish folk artists Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl whose Heal & Harrow project aims to raise awareness of the women who were persecuted as a result of the Scottish witch trials
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Lexicons of Love: Report from Liet International
Corsica hosts Liet International, a song contest dedicated to Europe’s lesser-known languages. Jo Frost speaks to 2024's winner, Nani Vazana
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Auka: Peak Practice
Meet the Sheffield-based trio who used the isolation time of lockdown to fashion a striking homage to the natural world
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Cerys Hafana: “The sea is going up in flames, the angels are raining down from the heavens”
Cerys Hafana talks to Russ Slater about the uniqueness of her triple harp and its bridging of the historical, the profound and the personal
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WOMAD 2018 Must-See Acts
We've compiled a shortlist of our WOMAD 2018 must-see acts, from Afro-pop to reggae and plenty more in between!
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Llais 2024, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, October 12-13
Voices from Bulgaria, India and Ireland light up the latest edition of one of Wales’ most vocal festivals.
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Songlines Best Albums of 2017
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
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Mandolin | Musical Instrument Guide (with Alex Vann)
Glenn Kimpton finds out why Alex Vann, of Spiro and Three Cane Whale, traded in his f-hole instrument for a round-hole mandolin
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Meeting Asha Puthli: “I have a four-octave range from my classical training and I just went for it, this spaced-out singing”
Undeterred by expectations, Asha Puthli had a vision of uniting Indian classical music with jazz, heading to New York and getting a job singing with a free-jazz icon. It was the beginning of an adventurous, incendiary and unparalleled career
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Digging in deep with Scottish folk-singer Dick Gaughan’s passionate act of personal and political liberation
“For some reason, it seemed to strike a chord with people, and it is the most successful recording I have made in terms of acclaim and sales”
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Rhiannon Giddens and Béla Fleck: The Banjo Summit
The banjo is riding high once more, and with various accusations of cultural appropriation in the air, we decided the time was right for a debate with two of the best banjo players out there, Rhiannon Giddens and Béla Fleck
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Marina Satti: Eurovision bound
Mateusz Dobrowolski checks in on the vocalist representing Greece at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
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Songbook: ‘Long Lankin’ with Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver
On their latest album, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver have recorded one of the darkest child ballads of all time. Tim Cumming looks for the motive
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Setting the Scene: Ale Hop
Fresh from a scintillating collaboration with Congolese guitarist Titi Bakorta, Peruvian musician and producer Ale Hop discusses her adopted home of Berlin
