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Eliza Carthy's News of the Whirl (April 2024)

Eliza contemplates what is gained, lost and remains the same as the UK looks to ratify its culture through UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

Al-Qasar interview: “We live in a world of very complex identities, with multinational families and lots of migration”

French-American musician and producer Thomas Attar Bellier talks about his sizzling new psych-rock unit who are fusing North African trance and Middle Eastern melodies with elements of alternative rock

Live reviews

Zakir Hussain & Les Amazones d’Afrique: Live In Brussels

Martin Longley reports from a long weekender in Brussels with tabla legend Zakir Hussain, pan-African supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique and frenetic Ugandan DJ Kamire.

Features

Zülfü Livaneli: “Art reaches the masses flowing like an underground river”

One of Turkey’s most influential cultural figures speaks about his fight for peace through music

News

Olivia Chaney, Natalie Wildgoose and Jon Wilks to headline Late Spring Folk Festival 2026

The Late Spring Folk Festival has announced its 2026 lineup, with Olivia Chaney – fresh from Wuthering Heights fame – set to headline the one-day event on Saturday, May 23 at Dummer Down Farm in Hampshire

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Songlines Music Awards 2022: The Live Show (Highlights Video)

Check out the highlights from this year's Songlines Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Cerys Matthews and featuring live performances from Balimaya Project, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Ballaké Sissoko and Fanfare Ciocărlia

Live reviews

Transatlantic Sessions Live at Celtic Connections, Feb 3, 2023

Television series spawns showcase of folk, bluegrass and country talent from both sides of the pond

News

Spell Songs conjure natural charms for live-streamed fundraiser

Authors Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris joined the Spell Songs ensemble for a magical, memorable charity performance

Features

Live: Festival Trad Montréal (Montréal, Canada, August 29–31)

Jo Frost gets swept up in a whirl of foot tapping, step dancing and twisting traditions as she visits a live-wire Québécois summit of folk culture

Features

Live: Grand Ole Opry (Royal Albert Hall, London, September 26)

Russell Higham witnesses a US country institution arrive in London for a night of cowboy boots, honky-tonk hoots and heartfelt emotion

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Video Premiere: Siti Muharam live at Le Guess Who? 2021

Catch the 'golden voice of Zanzibar' in action during her first ever European performance

Features

Live Review: Danú, Irish Cultural Centre, London (June 21, 2025)

A night of joyous misrule at London's Irish Cultural Centre from the 30-year-old seven-piece Danú

Features

Les Amazones d’Afrique: Taking the Crown

Feminist supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique mark a decade of existence this year, with a new release to celebrate. Jane Cornwell talks politics, power and positivity with the current line-up. “Women are suffocating. We want them to breathe,” they tell her.

Features

Courir de Mardi Gras: A Photo Essay

Every Mardi Gras, a blur of costumed Cajun and Creole revellers in Louisiana head off in search of gumbo ingredients. When an ingredient is offered, such as a live chicken, the race is on. David Simpson has been documenting this unique tradition for over 25 years, with a new book capturing the centuries-old celebrations