Suffolk’s Waveney Valley may be best known for its rolling landscapes, historic market towns and coastal quiet, but a bold...
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The sixth iteration of Cross The Tracks was a soaring spectacle that united genre-blending stalwarts with rising stars of soul,...
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The cover of Femi Kuti’s excellent new album Journey Through Life is a collage assembled from photos of Femi, his...
Marseille was restless that evening. A storm had rolled in over the Mediterranean; the kind of late-winter weather that barrels...
It’s just gone midnight in Brixton, and Ana Lua Caiano is standing behind the merchandise desk at Hootananny, having just...
Each spring, for five brisk days, Tallinn Music Week turns the Estonian capital into a magnet of international cultural exchange...
Now in its fourth year, Brick Lane Jazz Festival has quickly become a key fixture in the London jazz calendar....
Returning for its sixth edition on Sunday 25th May, Cross The Tracks is ready to usher in the summer festival...
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Salif Keita said ‘no’ for many years to recording an album as spare and stripped-back as So Kono, released on...
It began as a scattered murmur. A sousaphone line spiralled down from the top of the museum’s staircase. Then a...
The Sicily Music Conference (SMC) is back next week, and it’s not here to dazzle with red carpets or empty slogans....
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Yarın Yoksa (“If There Is No Tomorrow”) is Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek’s fourth studio album, a heartwarming and groovy...
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Kuunatic is the Japanese trio of Fumi Kikuchi on keys, Shoko Yoshida on bass, and Yuko Araki on drums. All...
Tomorrow is the day… and the night: Budapest Ritmo kicks off its 2025 edition and celebrates its 10th anniversary. And...
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Viaje Sideral (AYA Records) by El León Pardo is a musical spaceship rumbling through a psychedelic universe where cumbia rhythms...
Now marking a decade of sonic adventure, Budapest Ritmo returns from 10–12 April 2025 with its most expansive and forward-looking...
Join Sound Between for the People’s Grooves Vol. II at one of East London’s most vital grassroots venues, the Jago, for...
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Established collaborators, Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko and British-Italian songwriter Piers Faccini deliver a delicate duo album for close listening,...
Laura Itandehui’s musical path has never been just about the music itself; it’s a pursuit of self-discovery, a way to...
Few festivals in the UK—or indeed around the world—can claim the kind of cultural longevity and consistent reinvention that La...