It is Monday morning, checkout time at Grand Hotel Viljandi, and a German festival goer with his wristband still on...
There is a certain tenor a WOMAD stalwart comes to expect: a practiced routine, a beaten track past well-known landmarks,...
This week’s trip starts in Paraiba, NE Brazil, with Luana Flores and her futuristic take on the traditions of the...
Benga runs on interlocking guitars and a rhythm that does not let up, the sound that owned Kenyan pop for...
Ten years is a long time to leave a dancefloor waiting. Buraka Som Sistema have spent most of that decade...
Karate Boogaloo have been playing together since they were schoolboys, in the same Melbourne high school maths class, which is...
In a music industry increasingly dominated by algorithms, Beyond the Algorithm offers a different way of discovering music: a compilation curated...
Nightshop for June 2026, starting with 2 songs of the day via Guinée & Italy/Berlin. Our albums of the month...
Nashwa is an Arab electronic duo by Moroccan singer Ghizlane Melih and Brussels-based drummer, composer & beatmaker Alix Pilot. The...
The Estonian diatonic accordion (lõõtspill) has four rows of keys and can play only in major. Tarmo Noormaa studied it...
Pot-pourri is a fragrant mixture of voices, beats and basslines, often enhanced with ethnic flavours, used for dancing. This musical...
Olivier Araste does not travel light. Moving an eight-piece maloya ensemble from Réunion to the French mainland is its own...