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The Folk on Foot Festival returns for a third edition

The award-winning team behind the Folk on Foot podcast are back with the third edition of their hugely popular Front Room Festival.

Songlines Presents... The Music of Latin America

Discover the fabulous music of Latin America with the latest limited edition, print-only specialist publication from Songlines magazine

Jasdeep Singh Degun's Anomaly

Award-winning young sitarist debuts music from his forthcoming album, Anomaly

Broadside Hacks Folk Club Celebrate Legendary Les Cousins Venue

London-based collective curate their latest tribute to the iconic Soho folk and blues club with a stellar line-up of legends and rising stars

UK Premiere: 'On the Move' by Anthony Joseph

Watch the UK premiere Anthony Joseph's 'On the Move' video, part of his upcoming album People of the Sun.

The Rough Guide to World Music: Jamaica

Jamaica is a serious contender for the title ‘loudest island in the world’. On any night, and especially at weekends, it shakes to the musical vibrations of thousands of sound systems

Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, Wales, August 17-20 2023

Kanda Bongo Man, Etran de L’Aïr and Dur-Dur Band Int bring danceable African sounds to the Welsh mountains…

“I never had a teacher, but I would watch other percussionists” | Élage Diouf

Robin Denselow catches up with the Québec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and drummer who has just released a new album

Celtic Colours International Festival 2018 review

Novia Scotia celebrates its Scottish roots at this years' edition of the Celtic Folk festival, emphasising the musical connections between old and new country alike.

Folk Round-Up (Peiriant, Threaded, Fidra, John Spillane and more)

A selection of essential releases from the European folk scene, including new albums from John Spillane, Fraser Fifield, Fidra, Threaded and Peiriant

Cumbia Legends Manzanita y Su Conjunto Embark on Their First UK Tour

The legendary group who paved the way for Peruvian cumbia in the 1960s have set off on their month long tour of the UK this week

Alabaster DePlume: “Some tend to consider Palestine as some sort of rubble, but these are people with lives”

Jane Cornwell speaks to wordsmith, sonic alchemist and champion of the disenfranchised Alabaster DePlume about the power of collective healing and facing up to fear during an artistic residency in besieged Palestine