How Ritmu Roots Festival is ensuring a folklore music icon is not forgotten

When the folklore music legend Frans Baldacchino, known as Il-Budaj, died in 2006, academics, musicians, and politicians lined up to praise him as a cult hero and an artist. But decades later, the public memory of Il-Budaj has begun to wane, virtually confined to a bust in Mosta and a statue in Żejtun. “Almost nothing...