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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…

Nitin Sawhney, Jambinai, Rowan Rheingans and more in the latest edition of Songlines

Get your latest fill of the world's best music – the October 2019 edition of Songlines is now on sale!

Blick Bassy: “This generation must defy imported culture and design their own role models and paths”

Daniel Brown speaks to Cameroonian musician and writer Blick Bassy about breaking the silence on France’s colonialist treatment towards his country’s independence heroes

“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

A teenage trap phenomenon who became the youngest Argentine to play NPR’s Tiny Desk – flanked by a murga troupe and a copy of Martín Fierro. Humphrey Inzillo on the artist trading reggaeton beats for his country’s deepest folk traditions

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Punch Brothers: A Beginner's Guide

Punch Brothers have been pushing the boundaries of bluegrass for over a decade and show no signs of stopping. Alexandra Petropoulos tells their story

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Celtic Connections 2024: Scotland’s ‘City of Music’ tunes up for its much-loved winter festival

A stellar line-up of multi-genre talent gears up to gather in Glasgow for Celtic Connections 2024

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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

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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.

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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