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Quickfire: Daniel Bachman
Finger-picking guitarist, audio collagist and folk scholar talks Amish hoedowns, Mortal Kombat and some mind-blowing albums
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Quickfire: Ian Lynch (One Leg One Eye, Lankum)
Folk experimentalist and music scholar champions Rudimentary Peni rebellion and Richard Dawson’s disparate musical bricolage
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Festival Pass: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Head to the Big Easy for a wondrous double-weekend festival bursting with unique musical and cultural thrills
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FolkEast Returns to Sotterley Estate for 2026; Major Headliners Announced
The 2026 edition will bring a focused, story-driven programme and mark the return of festival patrons The Young’uns for their first performances in Sotterley
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Stewart Lee interview: “Stand-up is a duet with the audience. It doesn’t mean anything unless people are laughing. Or booing”
The comedian and writer tells Julian May about a childhood fascination with the past and the parallels between stand-up and the music he loves
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Green Man Festival 2019 review
Martin Longley discovers the roots and shoots of the pagan-inspired gathering in the Black Mountains of Wales
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Take Note: Chimano
The singer-songwriter talks to Erin Cobby about life and music after taking a break from Kenya’s biggest Afropop band
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World Music Festival Chicago
Blowin’ into the Windy City for the its annual spectacular of global sounds
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Emma Warren on the death of the youth club
Erin Cobby mourns the death of the youth club with Emma Warren, whose new book explores the now jeopardised role these venues have played in fostering musical talent
Playlists
Playlist: Musicians in Exile
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music exploring the music of musicians who left their home countries for one reason or another.
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Roots Round-Up (JP Harris, Olivia Barrett, Aerialists and more)
Introducings new releases from Justin Golden, Tinkham Road, JP Harris, Olivia Barrett and Aerialists
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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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Meeting Muireann Bradley
Paul Slade speaks to a young Irish guitarist Muireann Bradley, who is infatuated with Reverend Gary Davis, Elizabeth Cotten and John Fahey and whose debut album was one of the sleeper hits of 2023
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: Compilation
Our favourite compilations of the year, featuring releases on Valcour Records, Shamus Records, Africa Seven, Analog Africa and Strut Records
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Fireside Stories: Cathy Fink and Ola Belle Reed
Cathy Fink recalls the warm and welcoming woman she encountered and the fun that followed when she decided to track down one of her musical idols, Appalachian singer and songwriter Ola Belle Reed
