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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

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

Fatoumata Diawara: “We have created something, a fusion, a music that I would say is totally new”

Fatoumata Diawara adds collaboration to the mix on an album of reconciliation and largesse. “It’s time for me to invite you… into my world,” she tells Lucy Hallam

Songlines #158 (June 2020) is out now!

Abigail Washburn & Wu Fei, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 winners, the impact of COVID-19 on the music industry, Daniel Melingo and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines

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.

Jasdeep Singh Degun's Anomaly

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

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…

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

Duo Ruut: “Whatever is going on around you will influence the art you make”

How does an ancient plucked stringed instrument speak to contemporary Estonian identity? Jane Cornwell tracks down Duo Ruut, the Estonian band reimagining the boundaries of their homeland’s musical tradition

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Dispatch: Mardi Gras in Louisiana

Russell Higham visits Louisiana, home of the world-famous Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans and Lafayette, where he finds a state proudly and positively celebrating its musical connections to the wider world