From Hallingdal To Homs: Spove’s Folk Flight
Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal, Adrian Myhr – Spove (Fiol, 2025) Norwegian-Syrian quartet Spove has released its debut album, Spove. The exquisite…
European Folk Day 2025, Europe’s Traditions On The Map
The third annual European Folk Day will take place on Tuesday, 23 September 2025, with related events welcomed in the days immediately before and after.…
Bryan McDowell Calls Back With “Hear My Name”
Bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bryan McDowell returns with “Hear My Name,” a reflective single about the ambiguity of reconnection. The lineup includes Cory Walker on…
Brčko Beats: Serbian Folk Finds a Home in the Borderlands
Etno Grupa Bosiljak – Made in Brčko: Serbian Songs from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Antonovka Records, 2025) This release by Etno Grupa Bosiljak presents deeply rooted…
Rewinding Honor: Syrian Cassette Archives Earn WOMEX 2025 Professional Excellence Award
From the 1970s through the early 2000s, cassettes served as Syria’s principal medium for music and spoken word. The Syrian Cassette Archives, founded in 2018…
Harps Around The World And Across Time
(headline image: Camac 34 string Telenn harp) Harp history reaches back to the earliest urban cultures and continues to evolve in the present day. Visual…
Playing With a Full Dekker
Oddly-named Canadian artist Notre Noise covers the old Desmond Dekker reggae classic “Fu Man Chu” in fine style, adding his own sinister sonic touches and…
Polyphony Without Ornament: Tempvs Fvgit’s Raw, Unfiltered Voices
Tempvs Fvgit – Da caminu (Self-released, 2025) With Da caminu, Corsican vocal ensemble Tempvs Fvgit continue their reimagining of traditional polyphony, bringing it into dialogue…
Kiran Ahluwalia Brings Protest And Pancakes To Brooklyn
Kiran Ahluwalia is set to perform at Roulette on Friday, October 24, 2025. The two-time Juno Award winner will present music from her album Comfort…
A Special Something
The Beatles, as we all know, had and continue to have a huge imprint the world over. Such is evident in Vini De Groove’s instrumental…
Interview with Borneo’s Sapé Player Alena Murang
(headline image: Alena-Murang – Photo by Yu Chung Chen) Nothing conjures the essence of Sarawak quite as eloquently as the sound of the sapé. The…