We remember the life of jazz pianist Randy Weston, who did much to raise the awareness of Morocco's Gnawa music.
The Palestinian brothers, Le Trio Joubran, are all masterful oud players. They talk to Tim Cumming about their constant battle for self-determination
The musician Sofyann Ben Youssef, aka AMMAR 808, travelled to southern India for his latest rhythm fuelled project. Tim Cumming speaks to him about the experience
Tim Cumming delves into the history and mystical appeal of the Moroccan musicians from Jajouka
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
The Scottish musician has become one of the most lauded names on the European folk scene. Tim Cumming follows Polwart’s career from her trad band origins to the award-winning singer-songwriter we know today
Hark to this parcel of rogues, as we place the career of these ever-evolving English folk-rock icons under the microscope
Tim Cumming assembles an anatomy of melancholia as he speaks to Tyne and Wear’s finest folk-singing sisters about their career and catalogue
Celebrating the innovative, multi-faceted career of the British singer-songwriter and percussive dance champion
Tim Cumming looks back over the best folk albums reviewed in Songlines in 2020, which have sustained us through this locked down year
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
Emily Portman talks about her search for magic and modern connections in the folk tales that inform her music
Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol talks about her captivating fourth album which explores the perimeters of space and individual creativity
With Toumani and Ballaké’s epochal New Ancient Strings to be reissued for its 25th anniversary, we speak to Lucy Durán, the album’s producer, about the unique recording and her documentary tracing the history of the kora
Uilleann pipes, Orkney fiddles, Irish cellos and more in our latest round-up of folk music from across the British Isles
As they prepare to embark on a final tour, June Tabor and Oysterband’s John Jones discuss the making of their 1990 classic collaborative album Freedom and Rain
Dublin folk singer Daoirí Farrell discusses inhabiting his songs, touring in 2025 and plans for his next album
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