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Obituary: Thongsai Thapthanon

Phin master and pioneer of Isan popular music, Thongsai Thapthanon, has passed away.

The Folk on Foot Festival returns for a third edition

The award-winning team behind the Folk on Foot podcast are back with the third edition of their hugely popular Front Room Festival.

Angélique Kidjo goes orchestral!

Martin Longley reports on Angélique Kidjo's ongoing relationship with orchestral music, this time with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in concert in Brussels

Dispatch from: Asunción, Paraguay

Through fantastical water instruments, Sonidos de la Tierra have been helping bring both music and environmental activism to Paraguay’s communities. Huw Hennessy finds out more…

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

Live reviews

Ethno Port, Poznań, Poland, June 23-25

Poland’s Ethno Port festival draws together dancing-fool frenzy and meditational contemplation, inviting acts from Congo, Crete, Reunion Island and much of South America

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Malian Government Signals Support For Arrested Singer

Embattled singer, Rokia Traoré, faces extradition hearing this Wednesday

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Obituary: Norma Waterson (1939-2022)

The British folk music matriarch has died, aged 82

Features

50 Great Moments in World Music

We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today

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Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, April 4-7

Tallinn Music Week, where Estonian jaw harps meet Moroccan basscore pile-ups and Québécois stomping…

Live reviews

Oslo World 2023

Martin Longley witnessed Mari Boine, Bixiga 70, Gaye Su Akyol and Les Mamans de Congo at the 30th anniversary of this exceptional city-spanning festival…