Event Preview: Brick Lane Jazz Festival 2026 (London; Thursday 23rd April to Sunday 26th April 2026)Brick Lane Jazz Festival returns for its fifth edition across 12 stages in Brick Lane and Shoreditch, keeping the walkable...FeaturedPreviews·24/01/2026·3 min read
Interview: Roberta Gulisano – Planting a Lemon Tree in New Soil (December 2025)Roberta Gulisano‘s songs begin in Sicilian dialect and in the daily life of a small town in the province of...FeaturedInterviews·19/01/2026·15 min read
Interview: Alum Alu – Riga, Roaming, and the Songs Between (January 2026)Alum Alu formed in Riga, Latvia in 2020, when borders slammed shut and movement gave way to whatever could be...FeaturedInterviews·13/01/2026·18 min read
Interview: OOPUS – Where Traditional Dance Meets the Rave (December 2025)Estonian bagpipes looped through effects processors, layered over acid basslines generated by Roland TB-303 clones. That is the sound at...FeaturedInterviews·11/12/2025·15 min read
8Album Review: Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow [Nonesuch Records; April 2025]What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow carries a time-shifting pull, placing traditional bluegrass back in the hands of...Album ReviewsFeatured·07/12/2025·1 min read
Event Preview: Ciranda Elétrica @ Brixtonia Lounge (London; Saturday, 22nd November 2025)Ciranda Elétrica lands at Brixtonia Lounge on Saturday 22 November, turning 35 Brixton Station Road into a North Brazilian and...Previews·15/11/2025·1 min read
Interview: Nusantara Beat – From the Canal Belt to the Archipelago (November 2025)Nusantara Beat didn’t form around a manifesto. It began with a shared sense of curiosity: six musicians in Amsterdam reaching...FeaturedInterviews·14/11/2025·11 min read
Interview: João Selva – “Happiness Is a Thing to Share” (November 2025)Being used to seeing João Selva with the usual traces of touring life, we noticed straight away that WOMEX in...FeaturedInterviews·13/11/2025·12 min read
Event Preview : Oumou Sangaré @ Queen Elizabeth Hall (London ; Sunday, 23rd November 2025)In a sure tonic for the winter blues Oumou Sangaré graces the stage of The Queen Elizabeth Hall this November...FeaturedPreviews·07/11/2025·1 min read
Event Preview: Movimientos 20th Birthday @ Hackney Bridge (London; Saturday, 8th November 2025)Twenty years on, it feels right to call Movimientos family. What began in 2005 as a small gathering of friends...FeaturedPreviews·05/11/2025·2 min read
Event Preview: Riga Music Week (Riga, Latvia; Tuesday, 4th November to Friday, 7th November 2025)November in Riga arrives with that cold, blue light that hangs low over the Daugava. You walk through the centre,...FeaturedPreviews·29/10/2025·5 min read
Musical Road to WOMEX 2025 – Kimmo PohjonenWOMEX opens tonight, and our Musical Road to WOMEX 2025 reaches its final stop: the city hosting it all. After...FeaturedFestival FilesMusical Road to Womex·22/10/2025·7 min read
Musical Road to WOMEX 2025 – Hildá Länsman & Tuomas NorvioWith WOMEX opening just one day away, our Musical Road to WOMEX reaches Finland: its far north, where voice, silence,...FeaturedFestival FilesMusical Road to Womex·21/10/2025·10 min read
Musical Road to WOMEX 2025 – SutartronicaWith WOMEX opening in just two days in Tampere, our Musical Road to WOMEX 2025 closes in both time and...FeaturedFestival FilesMusical Road to Womex·20/10/2025·8 min read
Musical Road to Womex 2025 – KazdouraWith WOMEX 2025 only days away, our Musical Road to WOMEX reaches one of its very last stops… And we’re...FeaturedFestival FilesMusical Road to Womex·18/10/2025·6 min read
Event Preview: Kazdoura @ Oslo Hackney (London; Sunday, 19th October 2025)Seven months after releasing their debut Ghoyoum, Toronto’s Kazdoura arrive at Oslo Hackney on Sunday 19 October with momentum built...FeaturedPreviews·18/10/2025·1 min read
Event Preview: Ushti Baba – Flora, Fauna, Fight & Feast Album Launch (London & Bristol; Friday 17th & Saturday 18th October 2025)Bristol’s riotous seven-piece Ushti Baba return this weekend with the launch of their new album Flora, Fauna, Fight & Feast,...FeaturedPreviews·16/10/2025·1 min read
Musical Road to Womex 2025 – YarákäWith WOMEX just a week away, the sixth chapter of our Musical Road to WOMEX heads to Taranto with Yarákä,...FeaturedFestival FilesMusical Road to Womex·16/10/2025·7 min read
Event Preview: Vaak Festival 2025 – Persian Voices Reimagined @ Rich Mix (London; Friday, 31st October to Saturday, 2nd November 2025)From 31 October to 2 November, East London’s Rich Mix hosts Vaak Festival, a three-day platform for contemporary art and...FeaturedPreviews·15/10/2025·3 min read
Musical Road to Womex 2025 – La Santa CeciliaWith just two weeks to go until WOMEX opens in Tampere, our Musical Road series heads to Los Angeles to...FeaturedFestival FilesMusical Road to Womex·10/10/2025·6 min read