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The Rough Guide to World Music: Ireland
Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores
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The Rough Guide to World Music
The Music of Ireland: A Rough Guide
Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores
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Folk Round-Up (New music from Leonard Barry, Amy Laurenson, Louise Bichan, The Naomi Berrill Trio, Philippe Barnes & Tom Phelan)
Uilleann pipes, Orkney fiddles, Irish cellos and more in our latest round-up of folk music from across the British Isles
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Obituary: Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936-2021)
The Jamaican record producer and singer famed for his innovative studio alchemy is remembered
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Songbook: ‘Long Lankin’ with Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver
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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Q&A: Sean Cooney (The Young’uns)
Emma Rycroft fires the questions at Sean Cooney from English folk group The Young'uns
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A Conversation with Christy Moore: “These nights I feel like I’m just starting. I’ve never had such large and responsive audiences”
Emma Rycroft speaks to one of Ireland’s most influential folk singers, Christy Moore, about protest songs, family and why he still loves performing
A Beginner's Guide
The Chieftains: A Beginner’s Guide
Nigel Williamson looks back at the enduring global popularity of the Irish musical ambassadors
Essential 10
Essential 10 Topic Records
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
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Terry Riley interview: “Every decade of my life has had a different focus”
The pioneering minimalist composer talks about the Indian music that captured his imagination and his tutelage under Pandit Pran Nath
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How Totó La Momposina became the Queen of Cumbia
Totó La Momposina reflects on her journey from a small Colombian village to the international stage
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Other Voices: Home at the Guinness Storehouse
For the fifth consecutive year, this November the Guinness Storehouse hosted a range of musicians – from The Mary Wallopers to Niamh Regan to Tolü Makay – for an evening rich in music, joy and warmth
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Georgia Mann: My World
BBC Radio 3 presenter Georgia Mann takes Simon Broughton on a sonic trip through her world music highlights and the sounds that have moved her
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My World: Benjamin Zephaniah
Following the sad news of Benjamin Zephaniah's (1958-2023) death we wanted to publish our interview with the much-loved poet from December 2007 (#48), when we discussed his love of music at length.
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Why does ‘ethnic’ nearly always mean non-white?
Following her review of an album with a shocking blackface cover, Gabrielle Messeder delves into problematic representation in world music...
