Outstanding new releases from Ben Aylon, La Chicana, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray, Yat-Kha and more...
From dancing angels to dengue fever, Cambodia's musical culture is flourishing once more, writes John Clewley
From dancing angels to dengue fever, Cambodia's musical culture is flourishing once more, writes John Clewley
Michigan-based multi-instrumentalist Laurel Premo’s new video marries the grace of a traditional Norwegian halling dance to the bluesy reverberations of her mournful guitar
Television series spawns showcase of folk, bluegrass and country talent from both sides of the pond
Choosing ten albums across five decades of classic British and Irish folk is a brave if doomed mission, because it’s a list that changes at each iteration, discovers Tim Cumming
Global vocal gathering set to make waves on Cardiff Bay this October
Kim Burton looks back on 25 years of Mostar Sevdah Reunion, the Bosnian band with a wild history who have been building new musical bridges to replace the old ones laid waste by war
For five decades Susana Baca has been performing plangent protest songs in the name of South America’s marginalised peoples, the poor and the planet. On the eve of the release of her latest album, Palabras Urgentes, the Afro-Peruvian diva talks to Chris Moss
Get ready for a new global sound via Kinshasa and Paris. Jo Frost speaks to the band
Carwyn Ellis continues his explorations into Latin music with a new album digging into the Chicano soul grooves of the US’ Latin diaspora. “I’m constantly wanting to do different projects”, hears Russ Slater Johnson
Dance music veterans and debut WOMAD performances on the final day of the festival
Talking all-time favourite albums and inspirational artists with the banjo prodigy from Brooklyn championing the sounds of old-time Appalachia
Critically-acclaimed UK folk quartet take new lunar-loving album out on tour this winter
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