On 22 June 1948 the Empire Windrush tied up at Tilbury in Essex, carrying close to five hundred Caribbean migrants...
For one long Bank Holiday Friday, a stretch of east London turned unmistakably verde-ouro. Boa Nova Festival, the capital’s first...
The Estonian diatonic accordion (lõõtspill) has four rows of keys and can play only in major. Tarmo Noormaa studied it...
Olivier Araste does not travel light. Moving an eight-piece maloya ensemble from Réunion to the French mainland is its own...
Brazilian music has lived in London for years through Jazz Cafe residencies, samba schools in Notting Hill, baile funk nights...
Africa Oyé returns to Sefton Park on 20 and 21 June, and Liverpool gets it back after a fallow year...
There is a historic town in southern Estonia, population 17000, that every July transforms into a global cultural hub. For...
Katariina Tirmaste was teaching at a traditional music camp in Estonia five years ago when one of her students, Kärt...
A Bakhshi or an Ashiq, in the old Iranian tradition, walks from village to village with a saz across his...
The ka drum holds the centre of gwo ka practice in Guadeloupe: one player leads, the circle answers, and the...
In 2016, MANANA became Cuba’s first international electronic music festival, pairing contemporary club producers with Afro-Cuban folkloric musicians in Santiago...
Every Bandcamp Friday matters. Some matter more than others… This Friday, more than thirty-five independent record labels are turning theirs...