Sam Lee champions avian realms and other wildlife; Songlines Music Awards 2021 winners revealed; interviews with Ross Daly, Stelios Petrakis and Berliku; a Beginner's Guide to Warsaw Village Band, and more inside
My lords, ladies and gents, please be upstanding for the winners in this year's Songlines Music Awards…
Outstanding new releases from Penya, Afrika Mamas, Toumani Diabaté, Brian Finnegan, Héctor Valentín and more. Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the June 2021 issue of Songlines
Ciro De Rosa speaks to Stefano Valla of the group Bellanöva about how the shawm-like piffero tradition lives on in northern Italy's Four Provinces
A prolific collaborator who has travelled extensively since leaving his Cuban homeland, Omar Sosa talks to Jane Cornwell about his fact-finding tour of East Africa and his new album, which sees him collaborate with some of the region’s leading folkloric musicians
Authors Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris joined the Spell Songs ensemble for a magical, memorable charity performance
As we wait with bated breath for live music to return in full, Jim Hickson selects ten albums that serve as a reminder of what we’ve all been missing during this last year devoid of in-person live performances
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Sam Lee – Championing the imperilled nightingale
Songlines Music Awards 2021 – The winners!
Ross Daly and Stelios Petrakis – Impassioned emissaries of the lyra's legacy
Lion's Drums – French producer's Colombian collaboration
Maubere Timor – Freedom songs from the heroes of Timor-Leste
Warsaw Village Band – Beginner's Guide to the Polish folk ensemble
Amit Chaudhuri – My World interview with the Indian author and musician
+ Top of the World CD, with six bonus tracks
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