31/08/2018
The Canadian Celtic diaspora (Loreena McKennitt) and the New World online...
05/03/2018
Sometimes, the tropes of contemporary Western culture can combine with the music of other eras and nations to turn up unexpected results....
01/12/2017
Heavyweight vinyl, heavyweight venue, heavyweight talent...
15/09/2017
Sunn O))) guitarist and sonic adventurer Stephen O'Malley on his latest find: Dhrupad Music...
02/05/2017
After 25 years, Womadelaide still surprises. Photos from 2017's edition...
27/04/2017
25 years of festivals proves that, despite grumbles from the old 'uns, Womadelaide knows best....
17/04/2017
Every festival draws a downpour - even in Southern Australia. Womadelaide's dreich day....
10/04/2017
The scale and extent of Womadelaide can be punishing. Happily, the entertainment is worth the pain....
06/04/2017
Can an old fella still handle festivals? Fruitbats and foot care at Womadelaide...
31/03/2017
Clashes, odd formatting and muscle twinges get put aside for Oumou Sangare at Womadelaide...
26/03/2017
Previews of Julio Etchart's photography from the Beyond the Beat exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall...
11/02/2017
Meet you under the Morton Bay figtrees. Womadelaide preview...
23/10/2016
Witchdoctors, Crusaders, Curses. Goat bring the hudu to the Coronet...
14/08/2016
Photographs of folk in the fens at Cambridge Folk Festival 2016...
09/08/2016
Colours and curios from the UK's premier folk event - Cambridge Folk Festival, photos....
09/05/2016
More than soulful, Vodun are spiritual. The heavy psych trio shift paradigms at the Lexington...
05/06/2015
I can hear this on an sunny afternoon whilst the crowd are still working out the kinks from the night before, but headlining material it ain’t....
27/05/2015
Ethno World returns to the UK to host one of their globally renowned music camps ...
28/01/2014
Emmaar is a journey narrative, a walk with the Tuareg nomads through their desert home....
09/08/2013
Has the cross pollination of sound led to a syncretic culture? True to form, WOMAD 2013 poses as many questions as it answers....
23/10/2010
While many can answer the question of who the diminutive French/Spanish Singer Manu Chao is, for the general population the extent to which he is globally huge is unknown. Let's be frank, Manu...
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