The 11-piece Bellowhead have been winning folk awards for the past five years - but their stomping folk-jazz-chanson-cabaret-rock is about to burst into the mainstream... more
Cirque du Soleil's Varekai may be a story of sorts - loosely connected to the myth of Icarus - but the emphasis is on acrobatic moves and slick choreography... more
Among the many curious delights of the British Library's extraordinary audio archive of world and traditional music is a haunting field recording of an Australian aborigine crying for a dead companion... more
Fifteen of the more than 400 songs that Jacques Brel wrote are sung with remarkable passion in both French and English during Judith Paris's solo play.... more
Stephen Kijak's tribute film contains rare interviews with the modest poet and songwriter Scott Walker, the influential hero of people like Bowie, Radiohead and Brian Eno.... more