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Colin H on Bill Leader One of my ideas when I began writing The Wheels Of The World: 300 Years Of Irish Uilleann Pipers was to include a chapter or appendix on the Irish music aspect of the career of legendary English engineer/producer Bill Leader....

Over 90 folk musicians from villages around Jodhpur in Rajasthan have learnt about how they could use social media to directly promote and market their art to the world and thereby break the grip of middlemen who exploit them at their will. They were...

Rock music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rock music Stylistic origins Rock and roll, electric blues, jazz, folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, soul Cultural origins 1950s and 1960s, United Kingdom and United States Typical instruments Vocals...

The programme for Celtic Connections 2017 has been announced today (Thursday 27 October) by Artistic Director, Donald Shaw. From Thursday 19 January to Sunday 5 February 2,100 musicians from across the globe will take part in 300 events at venues throughout...

Runorun: Mari Kalkun and Maija Kauhanen Tallinn Music Week 2016 (Estonia) (Tallinn, March 28 – April 3, 2016. Report and all photos by Henning Bolte) Tallinn Music Week (TMW) is an international multidisciplinary cross-genre festival in its eighth...