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Show of Hands, Cecil Sharp House, October 12 2012
Back in April this year Show of Hands played a sell-out gig at the Royal Albert Hall – not bad for a couple of folk musicians from Devon. On Friday night they packed out another hall, this time at...
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The biggest celebration in traditional Scottish music, the Scots Trad Music Awards, takes place at the Ben Nevis Centre in Fort William on Saturday December 8 with Julie Fowlis, Mary Ann Kennedy and...
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And the Winners Are…
The Scots Trad Music Awards were broadcast live on BBC Alba on Saturday from the Nevis Centre in Fort William. Amongst the winners were Gaelic singer Kathleen MacInnes [pictured] who won Album of the...
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Celtic Connections Round 1
Got a dose of the January blues? Well, my suggestion would be to make your way to Glasgow for a much-needed, life-affirming shot of fabulous music courtesy of Celtic Connections – the annual folk,...
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Celtic Connections Round 2
Following on from yesterday’s blog, here are some more Celtic Connections recommendations for the latter half of the festival. The Angolan-Portuguese DJ Pedro Coquenão, aka Batida (pictured left, photo...
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Bellowhead, Lau and Kathryn Tickell triumph at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013
After last year’s event in Salford, at the BBC’s flash new home in Media City, this year’s edition travelled yet further north to Glasgow and Celtic Connections festival. Co-presenters Julie Fowlis and...
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An English Folk Extravaganza in Bury, Oct 17-20
Photograph by Tim Young This Thursday sees the launch of the inaugural English Folk Expo, in partnership with the Homegrown festival at The Met in Bury The aim of both the expo and festival is to put...
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Celtic Connections 2014
Just as the excitement of Christmas and the New Year starts to wane and the reality of a long, dreary winter looms, along comes Celtic Connections festival – the perfect antidote to January blues....
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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 at the Royal Albert Hall
And the Winners Are… The 15th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards were celebrated in style at the Royal Albert Hall, a venue better known for classical music, but last night it morphed itself into a folk club,...
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Babel Med 2014, March 20-22, Docks des Suds, Marseille
Photography by Jean de Peña Simon Broughton and Jo Frost recount some of their highlights from last weekend’s Babel Med in Marseille, France. ‘Ecoute le Monde’ it says on the posters for Babel Med in...
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Mokoomba embark on UK tour
If you haven’t already been won over by this six-piece from Zimbabwe, then now is your chance, as they’re currently on a 12-date Making Tracks tour of the UK. On evidence of the fabulous show they put...
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Introducing… 9Bach
Lisa Jên, lead singer with the Welsh group 9Bach, talks to Jo Frost about the importance of language At the heart of Wales’ long overdue moment in the spotlight are 9Bach, a six-piece about to...
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Live Review | Songlines Encounters Festival, Kings Place, June 5
Photography by Hayden Wheeler A certain dancing fever took over London’s Kings Place, where Family Atlantica & Dobet Gnahoré opened this year’s Songlines Encounters Festival at London’s Kings...
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Festival | Førde Traditional and World Music Festival, July 3
Photos by Førdefestivalen 2014/Knut Utler A Summer Night in Jølster There’s much to be said for hearing live music in beautiful surroundings and the late-night setting for this year’s opening evening...
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Live | Cambridge Folk Festival 50th Anniversary
Photography by Philip Ryalls Jo Frost looks back at one of the highlights of the 50th Cambridge Folk Festival on August 2, where Martin & Eliza Carthy took to the stage There were, unsurprisingly,...
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The Songlines Essential 10: Scottish Albums
Words by Jo Frost On the eve of the Scottish independence vote, what better time to highlight some of our current favourite Scottish albums? Martyn Bennett – Grit (Real World Gold, 2014) Recently...
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Live | Inala featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo on tour
A unique collaboration between choreographer Mark Baldwin, dancers from The Royal Ballet and the South African choral legends South Africa’s iscathamiya (a capella) group Ladysmith Black Mambazo need...
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Showcase PEI, Prince Edward Island, October 2-5
Jo Frost reports on the Artist Exchange Partnership, at Showcase PEI on Prince Edward Island, Canada. One of Canada’s three Maritime Provinces (alongside Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), Prince Edward...
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Music Travel | Join us and welcome in the New Year in Cuba
Philip Sweeney is looking forward to his next Songlines Music Travel trip to the musical mecca that is Cuba Oh my God, only 60 shopping days to Cuban New Year! I’m sipping a glass of ultra rare...
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Introducing… Namvula
The singer-songwriter talks to Jo Frost about tapping into her Zambian heritage Still only in her early 30s, Namvula Rennie has had an impressively peripatetic life so far. Born in Zambia to a...
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