Features

Monday, November 7, 2022

Quickfire: Purbayan Chatterjee

Cross-pollinator of Indian classical and contemporary world music tells us about the albums and artists which have influenced his work

Friday, October 28, 2022

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

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Meeting Abel Selaocoe: “I find the threads that bind African music and classical music together”

Abel Selaocoe has made a name for himself as an innovator who straddles the worlds of Western classical and South African heritage. Jo Frost catches up with the cellist to talk about his debut solo album

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

My Instrument: Fulu Miziki and their ‘garbage music’

Daniel Brown catches up with the band fashioning unique instruments from the rubbish heaps of Kinshasa’s Ngwaka neighbourhood

Friday, October 21, 2022

10 Essential Classical Crossover albums

Simon Broughton selects ten albums that explore the fertile space between classical and traditional music

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

My Instrument: Noor Bakhsh and his benju

Chris Menist speaks to the Pakistani master of the keyboard-fitted zither, which holds a central role in the music of Balochistan

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Quickfire: Nora Brown

Talking all-time favourite albums and inspirational artists with the banjo prodigy from Brooklyn championing the sounds of old-time Appalachia

Friday, October 14, 2022

Exploring the Ruhaniyat festival: “recharge the batteries of your soul”

Simon Broughton heads to Mumbai, India for a remarkable spectacle of Sufi and mystic music

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Korean singer Jaram Lee on reinterpreting Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea

Jaram Lee dives deep into the story of The Old Man and the Sea for a unique pansori retelling. Christopher Conder reports

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Simon Broughton gets to grips with Colombia's marimba music: “absolutely exhilarating and liberating for the soul”

The marimba music of Colombia’s Pacific coast is enjoying a something of a revival. Simon Broughton grabs a couple of mallets and takes a swing at a workshop

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Spotlight: Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto

The Senegalese kora player and French accordionist talk about their instant rapport and ensuing friendship which led to a striking album collaboration

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Avalanche Kaito interview: “I really like to imagine spaceships arriving over Ouagadougou”

Lucy Hallam risks audio overload with this wild West African griot meets Belgian noise-punk constellation

Monday, October 3, 2022

Quickfire: James BKS

Hyping favourite hip-hop releases and musical heroes with the French-Cameroonian producer and son of Manu Dibango

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Quickfire: Ruby Colley

Talking all-time favourite albums and memorable musical encounters with the violinist, composer and sound artist inspired by folk, improv and minimalism