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Roots Round-Up (Irma Thomas, Chicken Milk, Missy Raines & Allegheny and more)

Bluegrass, galactic soul, honky-tonk, New Orleans creole traditions and musical mischief in our latest round-up of North American roots

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Malkit Singh: rise and resilience of a bhangra icon

Ahead of a career-spanning WOMEX showcase, DJ Ritu catches up with Malkit Singh MBE to discuss his journey to becoming the best-selling bhangra artist of all-time and how he remains relevant

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Sam Lee, Round Chapel, London, June 13 2024

Singer and conservationist Sam Lee blends environmental activism with enchanting folk music in live show for 'songdreaming' tour

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Still blowing minds: Flook’s 30-year journey

A surprise invitation led to the formation of a flute-focused Anglo-Irish group now celebrating 30 years. Dave McNally finds the secret to their enduring ingenuity

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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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Nazar: “Angolans could take over the world of pop music if we truly wanted to”

Manchester-based producer Nazar looks back to his conflict-afflicted upbringing in Angola and picks out some audio plums from the debris

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“Capturing the experiences of wildness, loss, queerness, love, and mystery” | Introducing... Dani Larkin

The Irish folk artist talks to Jane Coyle about how living on the Armagh-Monaghan border has shaped both her life and her songwriting

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Julie Fowlis: A Beginner's Guide

A leading light in the Scottish Gaelic music scene, the singer is also a tireless collaborator, as Nathaniel Handy finds out as he looks back over her career

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Celtic Connections 2025: much-loved festival to warm up winter nights in Glasgow

Audiences can look forward to a diverse line-up of homegrown and international musical talent

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Kravik-lyre | Musical Instrument Guide (with Wardruna’s Einar Selvik)

Tony Gillam speaks to Wardruna’s multi-instrumentalist Einar Selvik about his kravik-lyre and how he connects with Norway’s folk music tradition

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Sufi and Jewish Music Nights, Hamburg, March 16 & 19

Sufi and Jewish Music Nights take over the towering Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg

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Hailu Mergia: A Beginner's Guide

Andrew Taylor-Dawson talks to the Ethiopian jazz legend about his country’s golden age and his musical resurrection via the Awesome Tapes From Africa label

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Top 10 Albums of 2020

Here are 10 of our favourite albums from the past 12 months, including releases from Sam Lee, Cocanha, Afel Bocoum, Siti Muharam, Damir Imamović and more...