Trá Pháidín aren’t trying to modernise a form rooted in tradition; rather, they are seeking to bricolage something novel.

Dutch noise prog revisionists Grote Geelstaart are an all-hands-on-deck affair.

The impact of the conflict on Palestinian men is a largely undiscussed topic. Four civilians talk about their lives and relationships

When musician Markus Svensson turned 13, he was given a copy of Om Detta Må Ni Berätt, a book about the Holocaust that was used in Swedish schools to warn against the signs of a country’s slide into f...

Rhiannon Giddens looks back with BEST FIT on a life spent crossing musical boundaries.

BEST FIT visits Ypsigrock to find out how a small town in Sicily continues to rewrite the summer festival playbook after nearly 30 years.

The artfully frayed and lovely third solo record from frances chang tempers the experimental with the musical.

Ane Brun's first album of new material in six years, I Thought We Were the Same, arrives this November and is led by first single "Hold Me".

Myth, philosophy, and raw, primal power combine on Agnes Obel's The Meaning of Flowers, as she tells Best Fit.

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It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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The writers dive into some of the best albums of the year so far as we do a little midyear check-in.

Ali Sethi and Gregory Rogove talk to Best Fit about Room Jhoom and exploring longing through centuries of South Asian culture.

Ali Sethi and Gregory Rogove talk to Best Fit about Room Jhoom and exploring longing through centuries of South Asian culture.

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The Anchoress tells Best Fit how her new album As We Once Were deals in the past and how new meanings are revealed when we learn to look back differently.

Hannah Peel and Beibei Wang talk Best Fit through the key themes and inspirations behind The Endless Dance.

In conversation with Ólafur Arnalds, the pioneer of minimal music Steve Reich talks through the music that left a mark on his life and work.

Ten years into her career, Sámi activist and pop star Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen tells Rick Burin why joy and militancy must arrive as one package.

Ahead of her orchestral tour this month, Arooj Aftab talks Best Fit through the songs that have shaped her.

With her Some Place Simple album newly reissued, Martina Topley Bird talks Best Fit through the five songs she’s most proud of in her career.

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"The system does not amplify local culture. It dilutes it. Every time. For every country," says advocacy group Music Equality.

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