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 June 2012 issue of Songlines (#84) is OUT NOW and comes with an exclusive 15-track compilation CD featuring tracks from the ten Top of the World albums, including The Chieftains, Soumik Datta, Roberto Fonseca and Batida, as well as an exclusive playlist by actor Simon Russell Beale. The issue also includes a bonus 2nd CD featuring artists performing at the Back2Black Festival at Old Billingsgate (June 29 - July 1) including Gilberto Gil, Amadou & Mariam, Marcelo D2, Hugh Masekela and Roots Manuva.
The main editorial features include:
- Songlines Music Awards 2012 - the winners
- Beginner's Guide to Amadou & Mariam
- UK & Overseas Festivals Guide
- Spiro - the avant-garde English folk quartet
- R.U.T.A. - the Polish folk-punk outfit about to hit the UK
- El Sistema - the untold story behind Venezuela’s music programme
- Globe Rocker - Angélique Kidjo
- Grooves from Sarah Jarosz, Simon Emmerson & Diabel Cissokho
- Backpage from Burma
- Postcard from South Korea
- Sounding Out: Paris
- Full concert and festival listings
Plus the latest news and CD, DVD, book & world cinema reviews.
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