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Black Ox Orkestar live video + online interview announcement
Avant-Yiddish pathfinders herald online Q&A with in-concert version of their haunting ‘Viderkol (Echo)’
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Levellers: A Beginner's Guide
For over 30 years, the anarcho-folk collective have succeeded by doing things their own way. Chris Wheatley finds out about their grassroots rise to fandom and their enduring popularity
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Top 10 Albums of 2020
Here are 10 of our favourite albums from the past 12 months, including releases from Sam Lee, Cocanha, Afel Bocoum, Siti Muharam, Damir Imamović and more...
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Watch: Songlines Music Awards 2018 – The Live Performances
Wonderful performances and iconic moments from the 2018 Songlines Music Awards, featuring Angélique Kidjo, Fatoumata Diawara, Vieux Farka Touré, Mokoomba, and more
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Folk Round-Up (Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison)
A selection of essential folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales including new albums from Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison.
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Aboriginal musicians upset over misrepresentation in book
Australian author Clinton Walker faces backlash for inaccurate information of artists covered in new book
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Eliza Carthy: What constitutes folk music in 2025?
As a new year begins, Eliza Carthy uses the ‘official’ folk chart as a barometer of what currently constitutes folk music
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Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers: Live in Liège
Presenting an exclusive three-track video of a live performance from the futurist-vodou team-up, shot this summer at the Supervue Festival
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Al-Qasar interview: “We live in a world of very complex identities, with multinational families and lots of migration”
French-American musician and producer Thomas Attar Bellier talks about his sizzling new psych-rock unit who are fusing North African trance and Middle Eastern melodies with elements of alternative rock
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Eliza Carthy's News of the Whirl (April 2024)
Eliza contemplates what is gained, lost and remains the same as the UK looks to ratify its culture through UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck shines in Dublin
Béla Fleck & his band of stalwart musicians impress in Ireland's capital
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Ian Brennan's Hidden Tales
A selection of excerpts from this new book, collecting stories behind some of the most singular albums that we have had the privilege of hearing
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Zakir Hussain & Les Amazones d’Afrique: Live In Brussels
Martin Longley reports from a long weekender in Brussels with tabla legend Zakir Hussain, pan-African supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique and frenetic Ugandan DJ Kamire.
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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
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Songlines Music Awards 2022: The Live Show (Highlights Video)
Check out the highlights from this year's Songlines Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Cerys Matthews and featuring live performances from Balimaya Project, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Ballaké Sissoko and Fanfare Ciocărlia
