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The Young'Uns share three career highlights ahead of 20th anniversary tour
A capella Teesside folk trio The Young’Uns – whose music is marked by its strong social conscience and gorgeous harmonies – celebrate their 20th anniversary this year.
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Dispatch: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Eva Adorisio reports on the Almaty artists taking inspiration from Kazakhstan’s ancient arts
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Introducing... TRÚ
Tim Cumming meets a Northern Irish trio who take their inspiration from ancient Ulster bards and deadly Japanese snow spirits
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Jakarta Jakarta! (To the Moon & Back #1)
Each month, the nomadic film-maker Vincent Moon enlightens his prodigious archives with a special film selection and accompanying vignette. This first instalment of To the Moon & Back takes us to Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Letters to the Future: a collaborative call to imagine – and shape – a better world
Emily Stabell finds out about a grand project bringing together musicians and writers to imagine a better future
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Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck shines in Dublin
Béla Fleck & his band of stalwart musicians impress in Ireland's capital
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Another Good Friday Playlist: International Women’s Day Special
Aynur Doğan, Aoife O’Donovan, Felukah and others feature in a truly international selection of new songs perfect for International Women’s Day.
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Ibrahim Maalouf: “I’ve always believed that music should be limitless… i can blend my trumpet’s melodic lines with the sharp, rhythmic beats of rap”
Ibrahim Maalouf has drawn on everything he’s learned during his stellar career to make what might be his crowning achievement, a homage to his ancestry that is more lyrical than any instrumental album can rightly claim to be
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Folk Round-Up: Mountain Winds and Gnarled Yarns
Featuring Anthony Ruby, Christina Alden & Alex Patterson, FolkLaw, Andrew Ferguson and Odette Michell
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The 4 Corners and Centre of Katherine Priddy’s Universe
The English singer-songwriter talks us through the intimate, angsty, restrained and uncompromising albums that left a mark on her
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Rhythm Nation: Jamaica's 60 Years of Independence
With Jamaica marking the 60th anniversary of its independence this year, David Katz traces the sounds that built a nation, marvelling at the island country’s remarkable aptitude for musical innovation
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Introducing... Wayku
Chris Wheatley speaks to Percy A Flores Navarro, the mind behind a new project infusing Peruvian pandilla with jazz, electronics and surf guitar
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Black Flower and Shake Stew, Brussels Jazz Festival, January 13-14
Jazz goes global in the Belgian capital with two troupes combining horn-heavy arrangements and adventurous international rhythms
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Jacken Elswyth: The Banjo Maker
Builder and player of banjos, Jacken Elswyth, tells Spencer Grady how her intimate relationship with the instrument has changed her approach
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New video from Calypso Rose – 'Watina'
Watch the video for Calypso Rose's 'Watina', a new track featuring Santana and The Garifuna Collective, taken from her forthcoming full-length release, Calypso Rose Forever
