With continuing third and even fifth waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a pall on the live music industry around the world. But a…
Flamenco is an art form that was developed in Andalusia (southern Spain). It is generally found in three disciplines: cante (song), toque (guitar playing) and…
Established in 1990, Norway’s annual Førde Festival of Traditional and World Music has always had an anchor theme, such as aboriginal music, regional showcases, or…
Writer and musician John Phillpott travelled to Ireland before the pandemic struck and discovered a city where the music never stops… The gulls following the…
The award-winning Rainforest World Music Festival in Sarawak, Malaysia is hosting an unprecedented virtual musical showcase this weekend. Here are some highlights from three performing…
This month – June – sees the 20th anniversary of the death of John Lee Hooker, one of the most influential blues artists of all…
Writer and musician John Phillpott recalls the trip of a lifetime when he became entranced by the hypnotic sounds of Cuba: As a lifelong fan…
For two thirds of his working life, Henry Gibson Dan plied his trade in the seas of tropical north Australia as a deep-water pearl shell…
The teenage John Phillpott went down to the local cinema rather than the crossroads… and there he encountered the man who was arguably the founding…
My home town of Rugby’s enduring legacy will always be the fact that it gave birth to a certain game involving an egg-shaped ball. It…