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Scotland Unwrapped at Kings Place

Karine Polwart, Aidan O’Rourke and Jasdeep Singh Degun join the bill for a year-long celebration of Scottish music and spoken-word

Setting the scene: Xanthoula Dakovanou

Xanthoula Dakovanou has recorded Riζituals, an album focussed on Cretan vocal traditions. We find out about her local sights and sounds in the wake of this project's release

Loops Gurus: South African Team-Up Goes to Town

Singer-songwriter Jeremy Loops collaborates with the iconic vocal troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo on polyphonic mood-lifter, 'This Town'

Cecil Sharp House celebrates 90 years

The home of all things to do with English folk marks its 90th anniversary on June 6

Interview: Macedonia comes to the UK in music and dance

A soulful show of Macedonian music and dance celebrates the country's rich culture and uncovers its Balkan, Turkish, European and Romani elements. We spoke to the show's creator ahead of their UK dates.

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Afro Celt Sound System

Afro Celt Sound System's winning formula combines high energy African rhythms with Celtic influences and Indian percussion – the ultimate festival party band

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LINA_ Waxes Lyrical

Intrepid, award-wining Portuguese fadista meditates on the poetry of her revered countryman, Luís Vaz de Camões, on a forthcoming album bridging boldness and tradition

Features

Ashley Hutchings’ Million Dollar Bash

Folk-rock hero and Fairport founder is celebrating his 80th birthday with a different kind of Convention

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Class Acts: World Music Method

A new online learning programme is reaching out to musicians, both those seeking to enrich their repertoire and artists aspiring to new directions

Features

Eliza Carthy's News of the Whirl: Rituals

From smashing eggs to spitting at horses to shouting ‘Yellow car!’, Eliza unpacks the strange daily rituals and superstitions that we indulge in

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Ichiko Aoba: “I was diving in the ocean with just the breath in my lungs, swimming with whales, listening to them sing”

Breakout Japanese folk star Ichiko Aoba speaks to Paul Bowler about formative influences and reveals how the experience of free diving off the coast of Japan helped inspire her latest album