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Fanfare Ciocărlia
Romania's foremost Gypsy band, Fanfare Ciocărlia, have been playing their breakneck speedy Balkan grooves for over 20 years
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Features
Spotlight: Vumbi Dekula
The Congolese guitar hero speaks to Michał Wieczorek about the peripatetic life of a soukous emissary
News
Obituary: Maurice El Médioni (1928-2024)
A key artist in the development of Algerian chaabi and rai music, Maurice El Médioni, the boogie-woogie maestro, has passed away
Live reviews
Green Man Festival 2019 review
Martin Longley discovers the roots and shoots of the pagan-inspired gathering in the Black Mountains of Wales
Live reviews
WOMADelaide, Tainmuntilla, Mar 10-13
Sampa The Great, Bab L'Bluz, Cimafunk, KOKOROKO and Yung Chen Lhamo all played their part in one of the best WOMADelaide line-ups yet, with female solidarity the theme of the weekend
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Širom, Café Oto, London, Mar 10
Slovenia's Širom take their 'imaginary folk' to London's Cafe Oto for a beguiling and rhythmic evening.
Best New Albums
Top of the World - May 2019
The month's best new albums, including The Gloaming, Le Vent du Nord and Kronos Quartet and Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat.
Best New Albums
The 10 Best New Albums from Around the World (October 2021)
Hit the review links to the finest full-lengths coming your way in October, with outstanding new audio missives from Monsieur Doumani, Meelodi, Arushi Jain, Yinon Muallem, Namgar and more
Features
Wu Man: Silk String Stories
Widely considered the world’s leading pipa player, Wu Man tells Simon Broughton about new works excavating the history of her beloved instrument
News
Video Exclusive: Laurel Premo's 'Ma's Maw'
Michigan-based multi-instrumentalist Laurel Premo’s new video marries the grace of a traditional Norwegian halling dance to the bluesy reverberations of her mournful guitar
Best New Albums
Top of the World – May 2020
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2020 issue
News
Songlines #157 (May 2020) is out now!
Moonlight Benjamin, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, London Bulgarian Choir, Juan Martín and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines
Live reviews
Hack-Poets Guild, Social, Hull, Mar 19
Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and Nathaniel Mann revive an old broadside songbook in Hull, home of The Watersons
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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
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Introducing the May 2024 issue of Songlines
A Middle East focus with Emel Mathlouthi, Mohammad Syfkhan and an in-depth report on emerging music scenes in the region. Plus, Sahra Halgan, Sabri Brothers, Dele Sosimi, Lonnie Holley and the Songlines Music Awards 2024
