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New Songlines Columnist – Cerys Matthews
Posted on August 30th, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
We’re thrilled to welcome BBC 6Music DJ, author and singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews as our new columnist. Her inaugural column is about a recent US road trip and appears in the new issue (#79, on sale Friday September 2) .
Cerys recently featured as a guest playlister in our 75th issue (April/May 2011). Showing an eclectic taste in music, her playlist included the Garifuna Women’s Project, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Kailash Kher, Huun-Huur-Tu and Amadou and Mariam.
Songlines is shortlisted in The Maggies magazine cover awards
Posted on September 17th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
The cool, golden January/February 2009 cover of Songlines graced by Malian blues duo Amadou & Mariam has been shortlisted in the Specialist & Hobbies category of the Maggies awards 2009.
The Maggies are a national poll to celebrate and award the UK’s best magazine covers of the past year. Voting closes at midnight on October 12 across all six categories – Celebrity & Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Sports & Men’s, Business & General Interest and Specialist & Hobbies.
The likes of Q, Esquire, GQ, Harpers Bazaar, She, Geographical and Time magazines are in the running, and Songlines is up against BBC History magazine, children’s magazines Bob the Builder and Creative Steps, and film magazine Empire.
For Songlines’ January/February 2009 cover, art director Ben Serbutt used an iconic shot by Youri Lenquette of Amadou & Mariam. Using the crisp, golden colours in the shot, a simple palette helped create a clean, legible and bold cover. Also, for the first time, the masthead was blended to white, distinguishing it from other titles.
Vote now!
Songlines 10th anniversary concert series kicks off at the Jazz Café in London
Posted on February 20th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
Songlines is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an exclusive series of concerts at London’s Jazz Café from March to May this year.
What better way to celebrate ten years of discovering a world of music than to see some of the finest talents from around the world performing live in Songlines’ hometown of London? A new monthly Sunday session at the Jazz Café – L’Afrik, C’est Chic! [March 15, April 26, May 24] – will include guest musicians alongside the Malian blues duo Amadou & Mariam, who are setting off to the US this summer to tour with Coldplay in their latest brush with the mainstream since their breakthrough Manu Chao-produced success Dimanche à Bamako in 2005.
On March 18, Mauritanian guitarist Daby Touré joins Little Axe guitarist Skip McDonald on a bluesy session. On April 15, Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu will grace the stage, followed four days later by young Sephardic singer Mor Karbasi. The Top of the World collaboration between Justin Adams and Gambian ritti (one-stringed fiddle) player Juldeh Camara on May 13 will be followed on May 23 by fellow West African Vieux Farka Touré’s new Malian sound.
The concert series reaches a full-blooded Afro-beat crescendo on May 25 & 26 when Fela Kuti’s son Seun will take the stage with Fela’s Egypt 80.
Book tickets for the Songlines 10th anniversary concert series online at www.jazzcafe.co.uk or call 0870 060 3777
