A celebration of tango maestro Astor Piazzolla; Indonesia's Senyawa talk radical abstraction and homemade instrumentation; mbira missionary Stella Chiweshe's Shona spirituality; a Beginner's Guide to Irish troupe Kíla and more in the latest issue
Nigel Williamson on the life of the colossus of South African music who died on Februrary 23
The award-winning team behind the Folk on Foot podcast are back with the third edition of their hugely popular Front Room Festival.
Explore the land of wax and gold, a country full of fascinating music, in this complete guide by Francis Falceto
The 150th issue of Songlines – August/September 2019 – is now on sale!
Known as the 'father of South African jazz,' horn player Hugh Masekela was one of South Africa's finest musicians who used his music to protest against the apartheid regime
Nigel Williamson speaks to the Zimbabwean family band’s guitar maestro-in-chief, Daniel Gonora, about his first international release
One of the world’s foremost sound recordists talks about capturing the genius loci and his enduring love of reggae
The first artists confirmed for this year's Songlines Music Awards Ceremony have been revealed...
Tim Plester and Rob Curry’s documentary on legendary UK archivist and filmmaker, Doc Rowe, is soon to be released. Today marks the launch of their crowdfunder campaign for the digitisation of Doc’s work.
A vibrant arts and hip-hop scene is happening in the Minas Gerais city. Songlines spoke to those who have been instrumental in its boom
Emma Rycroft fires the questions at Sean Cooney from English folk group The Young'uns
Lebanese-French trumpeter and serial celebrity collaborator shares the debut single from his forthcoming full-length
Martin Longley reports on Angélique Kidjo's ongoing relationship with orchestral music, this time with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in concert in Brussels
Folk by the Oak festival team announce exclusive online performance by the nature-loving folk collective
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