Thursday, February 22, 2024
The Story Behind Songlines
The first-ever Songlines hit the shelves in early 1999, its genesis stemmed from a complaint about what constitutes ‘world music’. Here, current editor Russ Slater Johnson speaks to founding editor Simon Broughton about the magazine’s beginnings
Songlines at WOMAD in 2000 (Photo by Alex Newby/Jon Lusk)
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