Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The 12 best fusion albums of 2019
All of these albums received the maximum award of five stars when reviewed in Songlines magazine in 2019, featuring The Gloaming, Rhiannon Giddens, Manu Chao and many more
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Monday, January 20, 2020
The 12 best American albums of 2019
All of these albums received the maximum award of five stars when reviewed in Songlines magazine in 2019, featuring Daymé Arocena, Leyla McCalla, Dona Onete and many more
Thursday, January 16, 2020
The 19 best European albums of 2019
All of these albums received the maximum award of five stars when reviewed in Songlines magazine in 2019, featuring Julie Fowlis, Lau, Lisa O’Neill, Alfabeto Runico, Brìghde Chaimbeul, and many more
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The 12 best African albums of 2019
All 12 of these albums received the maximum award of five stars when reviewed in Songlines magazine in 2019, featuring Africa Express, Bénin International Musical, KOKOKO!, Blick Bassy and many more
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Youssou N’Dour | My World: “Africa has no cultural frontiers, it mixes genres effortlessly. That’s the future for me”
Having recently turned 60, the Senegalese star is taking stock and looking to the future, as reflected in his My World playlist. He talks to Daniel Brown about his choices
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The Flower Men of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has been making headlines, largely for its war on Yemen and the high-profile murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But now the kingdom is on a PR offensive, launching a tourism initiative. Simon de Bruxelles visits one of its new festivals
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Music in Moskovistan: Central Asians in Moscow
For centuries, Central Asia was criss-crossed from the west and east by merchants on the Silk Road. Today Central Asia itself is on the move with millions of migrant workers in the Russian Federation. Razia Sultanova reports on how music helps them settle in
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Watch: Songlines Music Awards 2019 – The Highlights
The event saw live music from Cyprus, Wales, Senegal, Turkey, Mali and Portugal
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Amália Rodrigues: A Beginner's Guide
Pleasure, pain and poetry – the ‘Queen of Fado’ gave Portugal its soundtrack during a turbulent 20th century. Chris Moss looks back over Amália’s career
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Daymé Arocena: “I am letting people see inside me with the music”
The young Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has had a rapid rise to fame. She tells Jane Cornwell about her journey so far and her tribute to Santería’s female orishas
Monday, December 9, 2019
The 10 Essential Cuban Female Singers
Charlotte Algar highlights 10 essential singers from this musical island nation, including Daymé Arocena, La Lupe, Celia Crúz and many more
Friday, December 6, 2019
Macha & Chico Trujillo: “In Chile, they have generated something very beautiful with the cumbia”
The Chilean musician known as Macha fronts a variety of ever- evolving bands, such as Chico Trujillo and Bloque Depresivo. Russ Slater chats to him about how it all began with cumbia
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Introducing... Altın Gün: “We just want to keep spreading the positive Turkish vibes”
Robert Rigney speaks to the sextet appealing to new audiences with their blend of vintage Turkish psychedelia and traditional folk music
Friday, November 29, 2019
Introducing... Bantou Mentale: “We need edge – the world is falling apart, the Congo is falling apart, everything is falling apart”
Get ready for a new global sound via Kinshasa and Paris. Jo Frost speaks to the band
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
BCUC: “We are from a culture of spiritual endurance and our music transcends sound”
Diane Coetzer talks to the South African band BCUC who are exporting their traditional Soweto music across the globe and mesmerising audiences, one transcendental show at a time
