As Capercaillie celebrate their 40th anniversary, founding member Donald Shaw recalls the band’s earliest forays overseas and how perceptions of Scottish music have changed
Osman Murat Ertel of Turkish psychedelic ambassadors Baba Zula walks us through his formative records
A selection of excerpts from this new book, collecting stories behind some of the most singular albums that we have had the privilege of hearing
The annual Gnawa festival in Essaouira, Morocco has just celebrated its silver anniversary. Torben Holleufer has been a regular visitor since its first incarnation and returns to assess its impact, reflecting on some of the magical, unique and heartbreaking moments of the past 25 editions
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to one of the world’s foremost authorities on fungi and discovers his parallel love for music
Does more mean less in the digital music market place?
Chris Wheatley picks out some of the world’s finest ambient soundscapes
The Irish button accordionist from County Clare is known for her genre-crossing collaborations, taking traditional Irish music to places it’s never been before. Michael Quinn looks back over her impressive career
Charis McGowan visits Rapa Nui to find out how the arrival of the isolated island’s first piano led to a music school and a re-energised approach to learning about the island’s traditions
After the pandemic forced Seckou Keita to think about concepts of home, he responded with his most adventurous album to date
Brand new videos from EMEL, Ana Lua Caiano, Asa, Hermanos Gutierrez and a startling ode to a Colombian sex worker from La Batucada Guaricha.
American banjo and fiddle player Jake Blount explains to Alexandra Petropoulos how he’s using the sounds and lessons of history and the global climate crisis to envision a new future for Black spiritual music
Russ Slater Johnson speaks to the English singer and climate activist about campfire singalongs, collecting folk songs in unexpected places and how nature is at the heart of everything he does
Looking back over the past 12 months at the albums that have made the biggest impression
Camilo Lara, by now a ‘certified’ Mexican institution, tells Celeste Cantor-Stephens about 20 years of going against the grain, upsetting scrap collectors and Disney-endorsed success
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