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Red Baraat's Sonny Singh releases first single and video from his debut solo album, Chardi Kala
Red Baraat's Sonny Singh releases first single and video from his debut solo album, Chardi Kala
Since their debut album in 2001, the throbbing desert blues of the Touareg guitar band Tinariwen has conquered the musical world: here are reviews of all of their albums to date
Music fans’ views sought to help the UK's live music industry plan for the safe return of gigs
Bixiga 70 return with a striking video for their new single 'Quebra Cabeça', the title-track from their upcoming album.
Myth-steeped US folk duo herald forthcoming full-length with symbolic representations of fable, allegory and spiritual-cipher semiotics
Chicagoan alt-Latinx quintet Dos Santos drop an animated collage fantasia for 'A Tu Lado', a track from their forthcoming long-player, City of Mirrors
Genre-defying South African quartet announce new video for 'Dindi', a cut lifted from their new album on Nø Førmat!
One of Britain’s most iconic folk imprints is 85 years old and to celebrate we’ve asked ten artists who have history on the label (Martin Carthy, Angeline Morrison, Seth Lakeman and others) to pick a favourite from Topic’s catalogue
Folk legend Martin Carthy returns with a surprise new album featuring interpretations of songs he first made famous 60 years previously
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music, principally exploring the music of Cesaria Evora
Songlines ventured north to the Labrador Peninsula, Canada, home to the Inuit and a very particular singing style called katajjaq
Talking all-time favourite albums and memorable musical encounters with the violinist, composer and sound artist inspired by folk, improv and minimalism
Taking a look at the unprecedented global popularity of Pakistan’s qawwali star Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
As a new year begins, Eliza Carthy uses the ‘official’ folk chart as a barometer of what currently constitutes folk music
On their latest album, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver have recorded one of the darkest child ballads of all time. Tim Cumming looks for the motive
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