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…
For the performing arts in America, two key annual events last month, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Conference APAPNYC.org and globalFEST’s Festival combined…
Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a good year in terms of world music releases. Whether you call it world music, global music, ethno, Trad, or…