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Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood unveil final live video from Middle East collaboration
New video from Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood is a celebration of Middle Eastern music
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Le Guess Who? announce giant line-up
The Utrecht festival announces 87 artists including Ayalew Mesfin & Debo Band, Mélissa Laveaux and Ustad Saami
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Quickfire: Iztok Koren
We ask the multi-instrumentalist with Slovenian ‘imaginary folk’ trio Širom about his favourite albums and the musician he most admires
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Shye Ben Tzur: Devoted to India
Simon Broughton speaks to Shye Ben Tzur about his qawwali-Hebrew collaboration with The Rajasthan Express and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood
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Power Up With ‘Counting Down’
Brigid Mae Power previews forthcoming album, Dream from the Deep Well, with brand new video
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Jazz is World Music
Why is there so much snobbery and closed-mindedness about jazz from the ‘world music police’?
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Manchester Collective's Abel Selaocoe stuck in Berlin
Manchester Collective’s guest director, South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, was stranded in Berlin after his possessions were stolen and forced to postpone shows.
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Introducing Birdvox
Flight, fun and food for thought. Jo Frost talks with the nature-loving, socially conscious Scottish supergroup about clubland and cicadas
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The Best New Albums from Around the World (July 2024)
This month we feature outstanding new releases from The Joy, The Zawose Queens, Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, Ajate and more
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 nominees revealed
This year held in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, the awards celebrate the length and breadth of British and Irish folk music
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Michael McGoldrick: A Beginner's Guide
The Mancunian Irish flute and whistles player’s output is as prolific as it is varied. Dave McNally considers the career of this unstoppable musician
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Elvis Costello – My World: “We need to get free of being so impressed with our own continuity and music”
The British singer-songwriter tells Russ Slater all about his disparate musical tastes, from country to Ethiopian music and almost everything in between. Photography by Mark Seliger
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Spotlight: Gaye Su Akyol
Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol talks about her captivating fourth album which explores the perimeters of space and individual creativity
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Songs for Peace
Lankum, Lisa O’Neill and The Mary Wallopers play a benefit gig in Dublin as artists around the world respond to the violence in Palestine and Israel
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Jim Moray: A Beginner's Guide
Once the wunderkind of the English folk scene, Jim Moray’s sound has matured and coalesced over his career. Tim Cumming dives into his catalogue
