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Nitin Sawhney
The influential British Indian musician and composer Nitin Sawhney experiments with various influences including Indian forms, flamenco, hip-hop, drum’n’bass, jazz, classical, rock and electronica
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“We wanted to shake things up, break some walls with traditional music” | Mélisande [électrotrad]
Meet the Québécois group’s core duo artfully blending French-Canadian trad and club-friendly electronics
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Songbook: ‘Long Lankin’ with Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver
On their latest album, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver have recorded one of the darkest child ballads of all time. Tim Cumming looks for the motive
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The kora music of Seckou Keita has been transcribed into sheet music
Transcriptions of the Senegalese griot's music will be premiered on January 15 at the Howard Assembly Room at Opera North in Leeds
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Ni Maxine’s Guide to Liverpool
Emergent Liverpudlian singer-songwriter Ni Maxine gives a musical guide to her city
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: Newcomer
Our favourite debut albums this year include Wayku, L’Antidote, Merlyn Driver, Muslim Shaggan, Shiran & Bakal
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018 winners announced
Folk stars congregate in Belfast for the annual awards ceremony
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Introducing... Bongeziwe Mabandla
Diane Coetzer catches up with the South African singer-songwriter who is making waves on a European tour prior to the release of his third album
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Leader of the Pack
New book series celebrates the life and career of recording engineer Bill Leader
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Quiet Riot: Martin Carthy’s Hushed Debut Gets Welcome Reissue
Topic Records reboot the English folk-singer and guitarist’s essential eponymous account-opener as part of their 85th birthday celebrations
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Spotlight: INALA
Charlotte Algar talks to composer and producer Ella Spira about INALA, an ambitious cross-cultural dance and music collaboration
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Towersey Bows Out With A Bang
UK’s longest-running indie festival to end with special 60th celebration featuring Billy Bragg, Seth Lakeman and The Staves
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Latina Power
Erin Cobby watches four of London’s finest Latina singers come together for a show that’s all about celebration, solidarity and creating a Latin-London scene free of ego
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Africa Oyé Announces ticketed return for 2026 festival
Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture, will return to Liverpool’s Sefton Park on 20–21 June 2026
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Welcome to Brazylia: how Polish music took root in southern Brazil
Magda Tejchma reports from Brazil where she finds Polish immigrants and their descendants playing the polkas, waltzes and obereks of their ancestors, deep in the Brazilian hinterlands. Photos by Piotr Baczewski
