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Frankie Archer: Giving Up The Ghosts
Violence and bigotry towards women are at the root of Frankie Archer’s folk songs. “Some of the shit that women in these 300-year-old songs went through is the same shit women are going through now,” she tells Fred Waine
Best New Albums
Best New Albums – December 2020 (Liraz, Sam Amidon, Rachel Newton, Songhoy Blues)
Great new releases from Liraz, Sam Amidon, Rachel Newton, Songhoy Blues and more... Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the December issue
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Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl shine a light on the Scottish witch trials
Jo Frost speaks to Scottish folk artists Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl whose Heal & Harrow project aims to raise awareness of the women who were persecuted as a result of the Scottish witch trials
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National Youth Folk Ensemble: Melodious Beginnings
Izzy Felton visits an inclusive training ground for the next generation of England’s folk musicians
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Algerian-French singer and rocker Rachid Taha dies aged 59
Algerian singer and rocker Rachid Taha died of a heart attack on Tuesday night, says family.
Best New Albums
The Best New Albums from Around the World (November 2024)
Featuring outstanding new releases from Seun Kuti, Ibrahim Maalouf, Yasmin Williams and more
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Zülfü Livaneli: “Art reaches the masses flowing like an underground river”
One of Turkey’s most influential cultural figures speaks about his fight for peace through music
A Beginner's Guide
The Unthanks: Beginner's Guide
Tim Cumming assembles an anatomy of melancholia as he speaks to Tyne and Wear’s finest folk-singing sisters about their career and catalogue
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Soapbox: Thoughts of a World Music Rover
Gerald Seligman muses on the unique global sounds that once caught his ear and champions the undying spark of creativity
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Music Industry vs. Climate Crisis: A New Songbook For A Dying Planet
Writers, musicians, producers and festival programmers are trying to find new ways to communicate the enormity of the climate crisis. Chris Moss talks to them about folk song, farming, ice, industry, wonder and awe
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The Lost Words: Spell Songs
Nathaniel Handy is captivated by the musical spells conjured up by a collective of artists in response to The Lost Words book
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Spell Songs show for broadcast
Folk by the Oak festival team announce exclusive online performance by the nature-loving folk collective
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Introducing... Santrofi
The new band from Ghana are injecting a fresh energy into the country’s traditional highlife style. Jo Frost speaks to them
