Paul Weller: True Meanings review – A return to form and focus

Paul Simon: what to expect at farewell concert in Dublin

The legendary singer brings his vast back catalogue to vivid life in an emotional performance in Manchester

Offa Rex: A fateful evocation of British folk-rock

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Other Voices day two review: Glen Hansard, Mahalia, Low

Glen Hansard returns to the event he helped launch, while Mahalia shows why she is the new force to be reckoned with

‘When Séamus Ennis played, it stood your hair on end’

An extract from a new book on the history of Irish uilleann pipers paints a picture of the inimitable, self-assured Dubliner

Sam Amidon – an old folk head on young shoulders

Vermont native Sam Amidon explains how he went from office typist to folk revivalist - and how he loves to jam with Martin Hayes on the Lower East Side