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...
During the power cuts that hit Kinshasa in the 2000s, kerosene sellers walked the streets with fuel for people’s storm...
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...
Six years into Zenobia, Isam Elias needed another way to keep working. The practical reality of touring an electronic duo...
Halfway through Wednesday’s set, Marlon Williams sent the Yarra Benders offstage and sat down at the piano alone. What followed...
Congolese-British collective KDN (Kongo Dia Ntotila) have been quiet for a while. That ends on Saturday 23rd May when they...
Marseille was voting, the far right was closing in, and Babel Music XP moved through a city with all of that...
Every April, Tallinn becomes a place where the question “what is music for?” gets asked in a hotel conference room...
By the time La Linea Festival closes in London on Wednesday 6th May, someone will have danced through La Yegros’...
Andes Collective & Secret Gem lands at Fox & Firkin in Lewisham on Friday with Secret Gem Session Vol. 2,...