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Following a west coast tour, the inaugural edition of Falastin Film Festival makes its way to Edinburgh. Elsewhere, DJ Haram plays The Flying Duck and landmark exhibition Women in Revolt! opens at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

The son of Ian Dury has carved a distinctive, dark, thrilling musical career that has seen him increasingly emerge from his father’s huge shadow.…

The hard-working West Midlands folk devotee finds inspiration from beyond Birmingham on a lively, inventive fourth LP

From Japanese Ainu harmonies to Norwegian fiddle and Black British folk song, here’s our rundown of the best releases of the year

ITS back! The Leigh Folk Festival returns this year for its 30th anniversary with the "most ambitious" line up so far of music, dance,…

"Child Roland to the dark tower came, His word was still, "Fie, fo, and fum; I smell the blood of a British man." ---King Lear : Act 3, S...

The headline act of Girvan’s upcoming traditional folk music festival sat down with the Advertiser recently to tell us all about what fans can…

Small but perfectly formed films arrive in Glasgow this week at the Glasgow Short Film Festival. Elsewhere, Pictish Trail and Savage Mansion play in Assai Records.

The 10 best folk albums of 2020 Jude Rogers 10. Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn – Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn Behold the Banjo Guzheng Pickin’ Girls, as goes the title of one the many joyous collaborations here, bringing together diverse traditional music from China’s marginalised communities and the clawhammer banjo style that began in west Africa before being claimed by the American south. In many tracks – such as the gorgeous Water Is Wide/Wusuli Boat Song, a weaving-toge...