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Folk Round-Up (Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison)
A selection of essential folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales including new albums from Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison.
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How Astor Piazzolla transformed tango
Chris Moss assesses the intrepid composer’s impact on music – and why his legacy, 100 years on since the great man’s birth, remains a challenge for contemporary tangueros
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“Geomungo playing is a combination of melody, percussion and bass” | Hwang Hyeyoung
One half of the South Korean duo Dal:um, Hwang Hyeyoung speaks about her deep-toned, bamboo-plucked zither
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globalFEST at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City, NYC, Saturday July 30
Behind the frontlines for an evening of disparate musical discovery, with the first live globalFEST event since the start of pandemic
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La Brega: The Podcast Capturing Puerto Rico’s Culture
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to the host of Puerto Rican podcast, La Brega, about dignity, Bad Bunny and the art of the hustle
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Towersey Bows Out With A Bang
UK’s longest-running indie festival to end with special 60th celebration featuring Billy Bragg, Seth Lakeman and The Staves
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Estonian guitar-picker Andres Roots offers a hardcore reshaping of the blues
Estonian blues guitarist visited the East Riding Theatre in Beverley on March 7, 2025 as part of an extensive UK tour
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Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper: “We’re happy to disrupt”
Kora music gets a radical reworking with Ballaké Sissoko welcoming South African guitarist Derek Gripper into the tradition
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Mamadou Diabaté: master of the balafon
The West African xylophone is steeped in the mythology of the Mali Empire. Simon Broughton meets balafon player Mamadou Diabaté, who is helping to keep the instrument’s 800-year history alive
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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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10 Essential Highlife Albums
Florence Adooni, Santrofi, Kay Slice, Ata Kak, Me & My Friends and Ireke select their favourite Ghanaian highlife releases
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The 4 Corners and Centre of Dawn Landes' Universe
Ahead of a UK tour performing The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, the North Carolina singer-songwriter talks us through five formative albums
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Eliza Carthy... on morris dancing and the future of folk music
Eliza ponders folk music’s need to evolve and wonders if morris dancing could be key to the tradition’s future
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Barry Kerr’s ‘Curlew's Cry’ crowned Folk Album of the Year 2025
Northern Irish singer-songwriter’s latest album deemed pick of the bunch, as he takes home first-ever Folk Album of the Year award
A Beginner's Guide
Son Jarocho: A Beginner's Guide
From fandangos to the silver screen, Kary Stewart outlines the evolution of the traditional folk style from Veracruz, Mexico with a record of resistance
