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Playlist: Winter’s Frost and Fire

A Songlines playlist for Apple music featuring tracks to warm the heart and soul by Bellowhead, Steeleye Span, Fleet Foxes and more

Playlist: Winter’s Frost and Fire

A Songlines playlist for Apple music featuring tracks to warm the heart and soul by Bellowhead, Steeleye Span, Fleet Foxes and more

Fireside Stories: Capercaillie recount their unexpected tour of the Middle East

As Capercaillie celebrate their 40th anniversary, founding member Donald Shaw recalls the band’s earliest forays overseas and how perceptions of Scottish music have changed

Songlines Best Albums of 2019

Our editors pick their top 10 favourite albums of 2019

Folk on Foot's Front Room Festival

Organisers of the Folk on Foot podcast are planning a special Easter Bank Holiday Monday virtual festival in order to help musicians impacted by the coronavirus lockdown

Artists announced for the Songlines Music Awards 2019 Ceremony at EartH

The first artists confirmed for this year's Songlines Music Awards Ceremony have been revealed...

FMM Sines 2018 opening weekend

The opening weekend of the much-loved Portuguese festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with four evenings of free concerts in the seaside town of Porto Covo

SONGLINES BEST ALBUMS OF 2018

The editors' pick of the best albums of 2018

Fireside Stories: 20 Years of Lullabies from the Axis of Evil

In 2004, a Norwegian record label joined forces with female singers from the so-called ‘axis of evil’ in protest against a global climate of fear – over 20 years later, Lullabies from the Axis of Evil continues to be relevant

Features

Rainforest World Music Festival 2025

A Malaysian tropical paradise known as the ‘Land of the Hornbills’ is the ultimate destination for adventurous music lovers.

Features

National Youth Folk Ensemble: Melodious Beginnings

Izzy Felton visits an inclusive training ground for the next generation of England’s folk musicians

News

Jude Kelly announces resignation from Southbank Centre to lead Women of the World

Jude Kelly, CBE and artistic director at London’s Southbank Centre, has announced she will leave her current role in order to lead the global development of Women of the World Festival

Live reviews

The Mary Wallopers at the Electric Ballroom, Dec 16

Reportage from a rollocking night of magical folk mischief and fun-fuelled rock'n'roll at a sold-out Electric Ballroom, Camden

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...