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The Rough Guide to World Music

The Music of Ireland: A Rough Guide

Ireland’s traditional music has some innate and elusive quality whose appeal has spread far beyond its shores

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Andy Irvine: A Beginner's Guide

The Irish music icon tells Emma Rycroft about Planxty’s swift success, his love of Balkan music and the array of sounds he’s explored from his first days in Dublin

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Ashley Hutchings’ Million Dollar Bash

Folk-rock hero and Fairport founder is celebrating his 80th birthday with a different kind of Convention

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Emma Dabiri's My World interview: “A lot of my politics was informed by listening to, from a young age, revolutionary Irish music”

The Irish writer and broadcaster gets lost in music, telling Emma Rycroft of meeting Bob Marley, Nigerian folklore and her recent discovery of jazz

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Introducing... John Francis Flynn

There's a new rising star on Dublin's folk scene. We speak to the multi-instrumentalist and singer, John Francis Flynn, about his genre-assimilating solo debut

Artists

Anouar Brahem

A exceptional oud player and collaborator, Anouar Brahem is one of the leading lights in Tunisian music

News

Double Vision

Eurovision is one of a number of events targeted by boycotts and accused of double standards as a result of its decision to allow Israel’s participation

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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…

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“Capturing the experiences of wildness, loss, queerness, love, and mystery” | Introducing... Dani Larkin

The Irish folk artist talks to Jane Coyle about how living on the Armagh-Monaghan border has shaped both her life and her songwriting

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Feel the Tremor

Erin Cobby heads to a festival in the Azores for a weekend of global sounds and finds herself part of a community championing inclusivity, creativity and open-air commmunions