Songlines Current Issue

Songlines magazine covers the world's most exciting music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from all around the globe, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, from Miriam Makeba to Mariza, from Gilberto Gil to Gogol Bordello.

Songlines is packed full of the latest CD reviews, artist interviews, guides to particular world music traditions, concert-listings, travel stories and every issue comes with an exclusive compilation CD.

Edited by Simon Broughton, co-editor of The Rough Guide to World Music, Songlines sees music as a window on the world and features the sharpest criticism and the best writers.

The March 2012 issue of Songlines (#82) is OUT NOW and comes with an exclusive 15-track compilation CD featuring tracks from the ten Top of the World albums, including Martyn Bennett, Spiro and Kayhan Kalhor, as well as an exclusive playlist by broadcaster Mike Harding. The issue also includes a bonus 2nd CD, a Brazilian music sampler.

The main editorial features include:

• Music and its power for Social Change
• Carolina Chocolate Drops - return to the UK with a new album
• Rodrigo & Gabriela - love them or loathe them - the big debate
• Martyn Bennett - remembering the Scottish musician
• Simon Broughton on Andy Kershaw
• Backpage from Israel
• Festival Profile: La Grande Rencontre, Canada
• Beginner’s Guide to the Albion Band - the seminal English folk band
• Sounding Out Tallinn, Estonia
• Full concert and festival listings

Plus the latest news and CD, DVD, book & world cinema reviews.