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Kyiv’s finest folk chaos-mongers aid homeland with emotional concert fundraiser
Kyiv’s finest folk chaos-mongers aid homeland with emotional concert fundraiser
On June 30, the charity Arts Against Slavery will launch a CD of music written by young asylum-seekers based in Sicily.
“I never want anything I do to feel like it’s a lecture.” Nigel Williamson guides us through the prolific and pioneering career of one of America’s finest
Since forming in 2021, New Regency Orchestra have ignited Latin big band fever in London. With a debut album now out, Izzy Felton speaks to the group’s founder Lex Blondin
Tom Pryor reports from New York’s annual globalFEST, featuring Meklit, Tufan Derince Trio and Ak Dan Gwang Chil
Cosmic jazz collective release first single, a 13-minute journey through spiritual jazz, Afrobeat and choral music, from upcoming new album
A new initiative sees nine top music festivals team together for an annual online project hosting a series of showcases from artists around the world
Simon Broughton gives the low-down of all nine concerts from the recent Songlines Encounters Festival at Kings Place in London, May 30-June 2
Annoying RTÉ, dissing the rich and staying true to Dundalk: Charles Hendy tells Emma Rycroft about The Mary Wallopers’ rise to the top. “Throughout my enjoyment of music, I’ve liked stuff that was probably done wrong,” he confides
Frustrated by the state of popular African music, Franck Biyong decided to create his own ‘Afrolectric’ sound inspired by Le Grand Kallé, Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango and the greats of yesteryear
Chris Moss talks to Tango Siempre’s Julian Rowlands about his chromatic ‘cuckoo clock’ and how he came to the bandoneón
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
Alan Gasser of Trio Kavkasia remembers his late mentor and friend, the Georgian singer, composer, and folk music researcher Anzor Erkomaishvili
Michael Levy speaks to Simon Broughton about his ‘lyre of Apollo’ explorations, which follow in the exalted footsteps of the ancient Greek masters
The Irish button accordionist from County Clare is known for her genre-crossing collaborations, taking traditional Irish music to places it’s never been before. Michael Quinn looks back over her impressive career
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