Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Rough Guide to World Music
The 'world music bible', now available exclusively on the Songlines website;
The 'world music bible', now available exclusively on the Songlines website;
Simon Broughton introduces the music of Hungary, a country of ten million people with a strong musical profile;
Jamaica is a serious contender for the title ‘loudest island in the world’. On any night, and especially at weekends, it shakes to the musical vibrations of thousands of sound systems;
Check out the latest video, 'Wah Fu Dance!' from Calypso Rose's Songlines Music Awards 2017 winning album, Far from Home.;
We've compiled a shortlist of our WOMAD 2018 must-see acts, from Afro-pop to reggae and plenty more in between!;
The Turbans have finally recorded their debut album. Jim Hickson quizzes them about their back story and influences.;
The African songstress' recent single 'Nterini' is both a musical and visual treat. Have a look at her strikingly beautiful new video and see for yourself!;
The Grammy award-winning Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo reimagines the Talking Heads’ classic ‘Once in a Lifetime’.;
Olivia Harrison, the wife of the late Beatle George Harrison, talks about how George's collaborations with Indian musicians helped shape her own musical tastes;
With their third album on the horizon, check out this exciting new video from klezmer seven-piece, Don Kipper.;
Simon Broughton speaks to the Finnish quartet who will bring their striking harmonies to the UK as part of the 2018 Songlines Encounters Festival;
The pan-African trio of musicians, 3MA, are clearly relishing their reunion and latest collaboration, as they tell Pierre Cuny in advance of their appearance at the 2018 Songlines Encounters Festival;
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music of the Brazilian movement, tropicália.;
Check out this new track from Maghrebi musical sensation AMMAR 808 from his new album, Maghreb United.;
Abraham Brody releases an intriguing new video for 'Plauke Pylele', a song based on an ancient Lithuanian melody.;
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