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All-Star Birthday Concert for Bert Jansch

A special 80th birthday concert, celebrating the work of Bert Jansch, will be held on November 4 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall

A Raga for All Seasons

Simon Broughton learns about the relationship between ragas and time

Obituary: Nobesuthu Mbadu (1945-2021)

Remembering the South African mbaqanga singer and Mahotella Queens vocalist

Swiss Music Playlist: From Alps to Festival Fields (Sponsored Content)

Three world music festival directors dive deep into sounds from Switzerland’s global and folk artists and tell Songlines who, given the chance, they would programme and why

The Sharon Shannon Trio at Cottingham Civic Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire, Feb 10, 2023

Irish accordionist teams up with acoustic strings duo to put the squeeze on gamut of folk styles

“You don’t need to sing well, you need to sing from your soul. So, I sing from my soul” | Bomba Estéreo on finding their authentic musical voice

Colombia’s Bomba Estéreo speak to Russ Slater about their aim to propagate positivity amid political upheaval via their distinctive tropical sound

The Rough Guide to World Music: Hungary

Simon Broughton introduces the music of Hungary, a country of ten million people with a strong musical profile

Johnny Kalsi

The British Indian drummer Johnny Kalsi has done more for the popularity of the Punjabi double-sided barrel drum known as the dhol than anyone else

Best New Albums – January/February 2021 (Mariza, Cocanha, Lolomis, Ayom)

Great new releases from Mariza, Cocanha, Lolomis, Ayom, Star Feminine Band and more... Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the January/February 2021 issue of Songlines

Live reviews

Black Flower and Shake Stew, Brussels Jazz Festival, January 13-14

Jazz goes global in the Belgian capital with two troupes combining horn-heavy arrangements and adventurous international rhythms

Features

“The jazz word in the folk world is something that people get frightened of” | Knight & Spiers interview

Robin Denselow learns how a chance pairing of melodeon player John Spiers and fiddler Peter Knight evolved into one of folk’s most inspired acts, exploring well-worn tunes in new and improvisatory ways

Features

Top 10 Albums of 2020

Here are 10 of our favourite albums from the past 12 months, including releases from Sam Lee, Cocanha, Afel Bocoum, Siti Muharam, Damir Imamović and more...

News

Introducing the May 2023 issue of Songlines

Arooj Aftab, Dur-Dur Band Int., Tashi Lhunpo Monks, Jorge Drexler, Catriona Price, Islandman, and so much more, including the Songlines Music Awards nominations – find out who got the votes

Features

Noam Vazana: Ladino Life

Israeli-born vocalist Noam Vazana composes songs in the Jewish Ladino language and speaks here to Simon Broughton about her fascination with this dying tongue