Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Summer, by Patrick Clarke (opens in new tab)

Patrick Clarke reports from France's superb New Trad Fest, where the psychedelic potential of traditional music is on full display, and rounds up 10 essential new folk releases, from euphoric Occitan minimalism to Sicilian worksongs combined with ferocious noise All photos by Titouan Massé Before we begin, two previous Radical Traditional featurees, Elspeth Anne and Nick Granata will be performing at London's Theatreship on the afternoon of 12 July, which I highly recommend. Tickets are here....