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Celebrated Colombian folk singer who introduced her country’s music to an international audienceWearing wildly colourful dresses and headscarves, and with her powerful, rousing voice often backed only by drums and…
June 1, 2026
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Azniv Korkejian, the recording artist known as Bedouine, turns her own nomadic history and family survival into comforting, classic folk.
June 1, 2026
· 1 min read
Pop and Rock Music
Can’t get to Lollapalooza or Outside Lands this year? Want to see Lizzo play flute with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra? Here are some options.
May 24, 2026
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Martyn, Beverley (1947-2026)
As a rising star of the 1960s, she dated Paul Simon, brooded with Nick Drake and drew Barbra Streisand’s envy. Then she sank into an abusive marriage.
May 22, 2026
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Folk Music
The singer was one of her country’s most’s popular musical exports, and travelled the world with an evangelistic vision for spreading cumbia musicTotó la Momposina, one of the most celebrated…
May 20, 2026
· 1 min read
Folk Music
Italy’s south has long been either romanticised or patronised. A Palermo collective has dived into historic archives to recover surreal rhymes and surprising songs that defy the island’s picture-postcard image‘What…
May 19, 2026
· 2 min read
Folk Music
The guitarist mined the scholar Harry Smith’s LP collection, recording her takes on songs rooted in regions the United States has been in conflict with since 1970.
May 18, 2026
· 1 min read
Music
(Thrill Jockey)The US guitarist excavates the outer reaches of the famed collector’s work, pointedly – and beautifully – reinterpreting songs from nations touched by major US conflictsBehind this gorgeous collection…
May 15, 2026
· 2 min read
Folk Music
UK artist Linett Kamala was astonished to see a maypole in a Jamaican hamlet – a colonial relic, but one bringing joy. So she reinvented the tradition by ditching English…
April 28, 2026
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Music
She brought Irish Gaelic to Top of the Pops, featured on soundtracks including Titanic and King Arthur and showed that folk could find pop success• Clannad singer and harpist Moya…
April 15, 2026
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Asha Bhosle
After her death aged 92, we look back on the vast and varied catalogue of one of India’s greatest vocalists, who brought actorly skill to her Bollywood playback performances• Indian…
April 13, 2026
· 1 min read