For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

John Morgan talks about the early years, the influence of Carolina, working with Jason Aldean and his debut album ...

Turki Al-Sheikh has risen from obscurity to the heart of two historic institutions, but who is he really? We spent six months ...