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The July 2010 Songlines podcast is now available through iTunes
Posted on June 10th, 2010 in Recent Posts by Songlines.
This podcast includes highlights from the July 2010 issue of Songlines (#69) opening with an excerpt from Ladysmith Black Mambazo (cover artists this issue). Editor in chief, Simon Broughton, plays an extract from the new album by Ego Lemos O Hele Le on Dramatico/Skinnyfish.
Features include: Nigel Williamson with his Guide to South African Music, Rose Skelton on her African migration compilation and Simon Broughton on Sephardic group Shira U’tfila. Nathaniel Handy brings you the latest news with the Official UK World Music Album Chart, as well as music from Makoomba and Céu. The podcast ends with an extract from the late Ljiljana Buttler.
The next Songlines podcast, featuring highlights from the August/September issue (#70), will be available from July 23 2010.
Folk legend Richard Thompson curates Meltdown festival in Southbank London
Posted on June 9th, 2010 in News by Songlines.
Fancy an antidote to the football World Cup? At London’s Southbank Centre from June 11-21, the Meltdown festival sees Richard Thompson – the folk-rock founder of Fairport Convention who received a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 – curate a season of music reflecting his own musical and cultural interests.
He follows in the footsteps of previous Meltdown curators such as David Bowie and Morrissey, and his line-up includes stars such as Elvis Costello, Paolo Nutini and Seasick Steve.
There is also an evening in celebration of folk icon Kate McGarrigle, a collaborative event between Thompson and Loudon Wainwright III and Thompson’s own 1000 Years of Popular Music and Cabaret of Souls shows, among a whole host of other events.
There is even a rare live show of BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue comedy panel show. Sadly, the Malaysian group Raihan, scheduled for June 13, have had to cancel their performance.
http://meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk/
Modern African music guide hits BBC Radio 1 in time for World Cup
Posted on June 2nd, 2010 in News by Songlines.
In the latest tie-in to the South Africa World Cup, the weekly BBC Radio 1 Stories documentary on June 7 at 9pm will be a guide to modern African music.
Presented by DJ Edu from sister station Radio 1Xtra, it will explore the African rock, hip-hop, Afro-beat and various other sounds that are reverberating across the continent and further afield across the globe.
Contributiors include Mos Def, Tony Allen, K’naan, Nigerian popstar D’banj and Sudanese Rapper Emmanuel Jal.
BBC Radio 1 Stories: Africa Makes Some Noise
