Sound
Loreena McKennitt, folk singer and activist
The Canadian Celtic diaspora (Loreena McKennitt) and the New World online (read more)
world music
Features
Nomadic music and the convergence of style – Tengger Cavalry
Sometimes, the tropes of contemporary Western culture can combine with the music of other eras and nations to turn up unexpected results. (read more)
Sound
Live at Ronnie Scott’s: Nitin Sawhney
Heavyweight vinyl, heavyweight venue, heavyweight talent (read more)
Sound
Portraits: Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Stephen O’Malley
Sunn O))) guitarist and sonic adventurer Stephen O’Malley on his latest find: Dhrupad Music (read more)
Sound
Loitered Lens: Womadelaide 2017
After 25 years, Womadelaide still surprises. Photos from 2017’s edition (read more)
Sound
Slippers and Chardonnay Time? (Womadelaide Epilogue)
25 years of festivals proves that, despite grumbles from the old ‘uns, Womadelaide knows best. (read more)
Sound
Sunday Sparkles Sweetly in the Rain (Womadelaide 2017)
Every festival draws a downpour – even in Southern Australia. Womadelaide’s dreich day. (read more)
Sound
Sore Feet and Shambolic Frontmen at Womadelaide
The scale and extent of Womadelaide can be punishing. Happily, the entertainment is worth the pain. (read more)
Sound
Womadelaide Walkies: Saturday Footmash
Can an old fella still handle festivals? Fruitbats and foot care at Womadelaide (read more)
Sound
Womadelaide Walkabout (Part Three)
Clashes, odd formatting and muscle twinges get put aside for Oumou Sangare at Womadelaide (read more)
Society
Loitered Lens: Beyond the Beat at the Royal Albert Hall
Previews of Julio Etchart’s photography from the Beyond the Beat exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall (read more)
Society
Seven Stages of Sunny Fun: WOMADelaide
Meet you under the Morton Bay figtrees. Womadelaide preview (read more)
Sound
Paisley Prints and Polyrhythms: Goat (Live at The Coronet)
Witchdoctors, Crusaders, Curses. Goat bring the hudu to the Coronet (read more)
Sound
Loitered Lens: Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 (Part Two)
Photographs of folk in the fens at Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 (read more)
Sound
Loitered Lens: Cambridge Folk Festival 2016
Colours and curios from the UK’s premier folk event – Cambridge Folk Festival, photos. (read more)
Features
Dining out on Legba’s Feast (Vodun, The Lexington)
More than soulful, Vodun are spiritual. The heavy psych trio shift paradigms at the Lexington (read more)
Sound
Something of a mixed bag: Food Chain [London Afrobeat Collective]
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. (read more)
Events
Ethno World at Tandem Folk Festival
Ethno World returns to the UK to host one of their globally renowned music camps (read more)
Sound
Tinariwen : Emmaar
Emmaar is a journey narrative, a walk with the Tuareg nomads through their desert home. (read more)
Sound
Womad 2013
Has the cross pollination of sound led to a syncretic culture? True to form, WOMAD 2013 poses as many questions as it answers. (read more)
Sound
Manu Chao – Coronet,UK 23/10/10
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 Chao has (read more)