Patrick Clarke's guide to the best in strange, left-field and underground traditional music returns, with reviews of 10 essential new releases that take in everything from Irish fairy forts to ...

Folk music in the UK has a new awards platform. Music charity Sound Roots and podcast Folk on Foot have launched The Folk Album Of The Year Award. With the aim of celebrating albums released in the UK ...

Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares receives funding from the Academy of Finland. Oqwilowgwa Kim Recalma-Clutesi is affiliated with Ninogaad Knowledge Keepers Foundation. Dana Lepofsky does not work for, ...

The Gloaming, amid folksy fiddle notes reminiscent of Irish childhood, inserts its own modern take on an age-old art form. The band, consisting of fiddlers Martin Hayes and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, ...