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Park Jiha and Roy Claire Potter Bring Saenghwangs and Spoken Word to Cafe OTO

Korean multi-instrumentalist and British performance poet showcase work from their newly released collaboration

Playlist: Quintessential kora

A Songlines playlist for Apple Music exploring the many and varied uses of this iconic instrument of West Africa

Concertina | Musical Instrument Guide (with Radie Peat)

Lankum’s Radie Peat may play a laundry list of instruments, but she tells Garth Cartwright why the concertina is her main love

Martin Hayes announces UK tour in October to perform ‘Peggy’s Dream’

Martin Hayes will be playing shows across the British Isles with his band The Common Ground Ensemble to perform his latest album

Green Man Festival 2019 review

Martin Longley discovers the roots and shoots of the pagan-inspired gathering in the Black Mountains of Wales

December 2022 issue is out now!

Interviews with vodou myth-buster Erol Josué, Sámi duo Solju, Welsh heritage hunters VRï and the next generation of Arnhem Land songmen; Lithuania's Karaim minority music; plus Beginner’s Guide to The Unthanks and free Top of the World CD with each issue

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9Bach's latest video features the feral child who lived with a pack of dogs

When the Welsh band heard about the Russian boy who became the leader of a pack of dogs, they wrote a song about him – and when he heard it, he offered to take part in their video. Watch 9Bach's 'Ifan' now.

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La Linea 24: First Artists Announced

London’s premier Latin music fest returns next April with four stellar shows scheduled for its opening weekend

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Programme Released for the New Music Biennial 2019

Taking place in London and Hull across two weekends in July 2019, the New Music Biennial features 19 new commissions from a stellar line-up of artists. We pick out some of the highlights.

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Cerys Hafana: “The sea is going up in flames, the angels are raining down from the heavens”

Cerys Hafana talks to Russ Slater about the uniqueness of her triple harp and its bridging of the historical, the profound and the personal

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Seckou Keita: “My mum and aunties were griot singers… there was no escaping it!”

After the pandemic forced Seckou Keita to think about concepts of home, he responded with his most adventurous album to date

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My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall

Stars of folk, roots and Americana have assembled for a special compilation paying tribute to the torchbearing Nashville hit-maker

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Sharon Shannon: A Beginner's Guide

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