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Songlines iPhone and iPod application adds new features including Jon Snow playlist
Posted on January 4th, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
The new Songlines iPhone and iPod application through iTunes, bringing even wider content to readers, has been updated to include the Best Albums of 2009 as chosen by Songlines editor Simon Broughton, the Top of the World releases for issue #65 and Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow’s playlist.
With such comprehensive reviews of the latest CDs to be released from around the world, it is often hard to choose between the vast array of new music. One of the best ways to decide is to actually hear that music for yourself. The new application allows you to read the reviews to the current issue’s Top of the World releases – the ten best new releases from around the world – in full and then click to hear a sample followed by the chance to go to iTunes and buy the album or track straight away.
There are also My World features with playlists by the likes of Andy Kershaw and Philip Pullman that you can sample and Beginner’s Guides to top world music artists with samples of their music.
To get the latest updates from Songlines and to read about and hear the latest sounds in the world of music, log on at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=333614262&mt=8
January/February 2010 issue of Songlines (#65) is on sale in the UK from December 11
Posted on December 8th, 2009 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
The January/February 2010 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from December 11 and includes our regular Top of the World CD with ten tracks from the finest new releases from around the planet. There’s also a selection of five tracks selected by Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow. The issue also includes a bonus 2nd CD of World Music from Catalonia.
The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Senegalese star Baaba Maal; Africa’s legendary big band Orchestra Baobab; Angola’s greatest son, Bonga; the experimental collaborators David Byrne & Brian Eno; DJ Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura; Qawwali singer Faiz Ali Faiz teams up with French guitarist Titi Robin and the South African rising star Thandiswa Mazwai.
The main editorial features include:
• Osibisa – Bandleader Teddy Osei leads us down memory lane and introduces the Afro-pop pioneers’ ‘fourth generation
• Best of 2009 – Simon Broughton presents his selection of the ten finest world music releases this year.
• Songlines Music Awards 2010 – voting is now open plus your chance to win a B&W Zeppelin Mini
• Rough Guide to World Music – We talk to the team behind the resource, as its final print edition is released.
• Salsa in Colombia – Social reform and sequins: why salsa in the
city of Cali is big business.
• Songlines Guide to Sephardic Music – Untangling the complex lines of history and
culture which inform this unique tradition.
• Sounding Out Belém, Brazil – all the best places to see and hear music in the Brazilian city.
• Beginner’s Guide to Totó La Momposina.
• Postcard from Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Jerez Flamenco Festival.
• Backpage from Copenhagen, Denmark.
• My World – Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow.
• Grooves – Dogan Mehmet, Omar Puente and Thomas Lauderdale share their favourites.
• News, including Dispatches USA.
• Reviews of the latest CD, DVD and World Cinema releases.
Newscaster Jon Snow playlist and the 10 best new releases in the January/February 2010 issue of Songlines (#65)
Posted on December 8th, 2009 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
The January/February 2010 issue of Songlines – on sale December 11 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow.
The covermount CD includes tracks from Senegalese star Baaba Maal; Africa’s legendary big band Orchestra Baobab; Angola’s greatest son, Bonga; the experimental collaborators David Byrne & Brian Eno; DJ Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura; Qawwali singer Faiz Ali Faiz teams up with French guitarist Titi Robin and the South African rising star Thandiswa Mazwai.
Pick up your copy here on the website, at selected WHSmith’s and at all good record retailers. Feast your ears on these all-new tracks:
* Totó La Momposina ‘Manita Uribe’ on Astar Artes
* Thandiswa Mazwai ‘Thongo Lam (lyeza)’ on Gallo
* Forro in the Dark ‘Caipirinha’ on Nublu Records/Nat Geo Music
* Gypsy Groovz Orchestra Goes Tuttimundi ‘Festival Tople Vode (Part 5)’ on Network Medien
* Sharon Shannon ‘Howya Horse’ on Independent Records
* Bonga ‘Mulemba Xangola’ featuring Lura on Lusafrica
* Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura ‘Lagrimas de Soledad (No Existen Palabras)’ feat. Danay on Brownswood Recordings
* Faiz Ali Faiz & Titi Robin ‘Mast Qalandar’ on Accords Croisés
* Anouar Brahem ‘Dance With Waves’ on ECM Records
* Céu ‘Grains de Beaute’ on Six Degrees Records
Plus Jon Snow’s playlist:
* Mahsa Vahdat & Sarah Jane Morris ‘Sad Sol – You, My Destiny’ on KKV
* Baaba Maal ‘Kowoni Maayo (Mi Yeewnii)’ on Palm Pictures
* David Byrne & Brian Eno ‘Life is Long’ on Todo Mundo/Opal
* Orchestra Baobab ‘Coumba’ on World Circuit
* The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ‘Misirlou’ on www.ukuleleorchestra.com
