You might already be in full Korean mood thanks to the hype lingering around Squid Game, however London will be treated to something completely different in the upcoming weeks… After its virtual version went online in 2020, K-Music Festival, the event organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK and Serious dedicated to...
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Ever since the festival relocated to the West Mid Showground in 2007, its varied global line-up has continued to grow. Released from the clutches of its traditional folk narrative, it brought forward the orthodox values of its folkie origins, the Shrewsbury Folk Festival has fostered a place for world and...
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‘Truly’ is the latest single extracted from Manchester singer/songwriter Caoilfhionn Rose‘s new album released in April by Gondwana Records: https://caoilfhionnrose.bandcamp.com/album/truly “Truly moves through a tapestry of curious musical inflections; nods towards folk, jazz, ambient, electronica and even a subtle influence of psychedelia, it never stands still to take a breath,...
Having mourned the absence of authorization last year due to Covid-19, the organisers of the Shrewsbury Folk Festival have been working tirelessly to revise its format for 2021. Set on the outskirts of medieval Shrewsbury at the West Mid Showground, the SFF has branded its 2021 comeback “a celebration of...
Nasip Kismet are a Budapest-based quartet formed in 2019 The band, led by Turkish-born Arif Erdem Ocak, focuses its sound on Turkish contemporary and traditional folk music, which the musicians blend with jazz, psychedelia and Balkan influences. The sextet recently released their first EP, available here: https://ffm.to/nasip-kismet
Mexico City-based singer/songwriter Moncaya (Virginia A Navarro) recently paid a visit to Sesiones De la Cuadra to perform an intimate version of ‘Del Alma a los Pies’. You can find out more about the Spanish musician here: https://www.moncayamusic.com/
Belgian label Radio Martiko recently released Divine Reeds, a compilation dedicated to the music from northwestern Greece’s Epirus region and one of its most celebrated interpreters, Tassos Chalkias. Tassos Chalkias, a composer and clarinetist as well as member of the Chalkias family music troupe, left hundreds of recordings of...
Check out the new collaborative single and relative video by Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter James Yorkston and Swedish ensemble The Second Hand Orchestra. The spoken word track is part of a ‘re-arranged’ version of The Wide, Wide River, James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra’s latest album, and will...
Berlin-based label Habibi Funk recently enriched its remarkable collection of Middle-Eastern and North African releases with Fine Anyway, a gem dedicated to influential Lebanese guitarist and singer/songwriter Rogér Fakhr. You can find more info and the story behind the project following this link: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-016-fine-anyway-2