Scotland will play their first two World Cup 2026 fixtures in Boston, USA - and the city has plenty of Scottish links.

As well as straddling the worlds of classical, rock and traditional music, you can also find Scotland’s experiment musicians working in the ...

Percussionist Wei Ran displays traditional Chinese musical instruments during the "marathon" event on Aug 27. [Photo by Su Guanming/China Daily] A daylong "marathon" event highlighting traditional ...

Ailie Robertson's Three Winter Songs is a new choral commission created in collaboration with the Glasgow-based Cathures Chamber Choir under ...

The biggest folk festival in Scandinavia and the Baltics is revealing the first highlights of its 2026 programme. The initial artists announced are Shetland pianist Amy Laurenson (GB), the ...

December – a month measured out in Messiah s and Christmas carols, New Year’s Eve waltzes and other musical novelties.

Amy Laurenson from the Shetland Islands and Polish-Ukrainian ensemble HrayBery aare among the first performers to be confirmed for the 2026 Viljandi Folk Music Festival. Estonia's Duo Ruut³ will also ...

In 1968, downtown New York was a mecca for rock music fans. This piece from the Village Voice archives dives into the gigs on offer.

In 1956, Johan K. Louw, a missionary of the Dutch Reformed Mission School at Dowa in the then British African colony of Nyasaland (now Malawi), expressed one wish: to see his African flock praising ...

A BRAND new festival titled Heather on the Hill is being launched in Edinburgh. The “family-focused” event will take place at Royal Highland Centre on Saturday 22 August 2026. A string of names ...

Anna pays tribute to singer, songwriter, guitarist and former Travelling Folk presenter, Archie Fisher. Archie presented Travelling Folk from 1983 until 2010. He was a hugely influential figure in the ...

ISLAMABAD: November 15 – An elder vendor displaying clay made items to attract customers at his stall during the ten-day annual folk festival “Lok Mela 2025” at Lok Virsa. APP/SAK/FHA APP12-151125 ...