Thursday, January 29, 2026
Fela Kuti to be honoured at the Grammys
After more than 10 years of trying, Ian Brennan’s evangelism has finally paid off as Fela Kuti is set to get his dues at the Grammys
Features
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Label of Love: Wind Music
Chris Wheatley explores the imprint’s eclectic catalogue of Buddhist rituals, native rock and nature recordings
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Take Note: Sabine McCalla
Emily Stabell speaks to a singer whose long-awaited debut takes inspiration from New Orleans, Haiti, Brazil and US folk traditions
Thursday, January 29, 2026
The 4 Corners and Centre of Sessa’s Universe
Brazil’s celestial troubadour invites us into the hypnotic records that birthed his psychedelic serenity and moulded his musical cosmos
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Live Review: Suntou Susso's 'Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot' launch
Simon Broughton meets kora player Suntou Susso at the London launch of a new album which updates ancient griot traditions for today’s challenges
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Yasmine Hamdan: “I feared that the music would be disconnected with reality”
Bianca Carrera meets Yasmine Hamdan to discuss an album born from Lebanon’s crises and a journey of reconnection
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Mighty Sparrow: A Beginner's Guide
Nigel Campbell champions some choice cuts from the rabble-rousing canon of a ‘Calypso King’
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Imarhan: Storm Chasers
Imarhan are pushing their desert blues into new territories while grappling with an increasingly unrecognisable home impacted by tourism and migration. “Things are changing”, hears Daniel Brown
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Fadophonics
Karina Janø speaks to Slow J and Dino d’Santiago, two Afro-Portuguese artists at the forefront of a new generation breaking down musical and cultural barriers
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Yousuf Naseem: The Last Ballad of Dardistan
Ishtayaq Rasool travels to Kashmir to meet Yousuf Naseem, a Shina singer preserving oral traditions amid turmoil and displacement. Photos by Ishtayaq Rasool
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Folk Archives: Klezmer Flute
Russ Slater Johnson explores the Klezmer Flute with flautist Adrianne Greenbaum
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Icelandic Popular Music in the 1970s
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen charts the birth of a distinctive Icelandic music identity shaped by cultural movements
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Bebel Gilberto on 'Tanto Tempo' at 25
As Tanto Tempo celebrates its 25th anniversary, Bebel Gilberto remembers the producer who shaped a downtempo bossa nova classic
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Introducing: COLECTIVA
Erin Cobby finds out how jazz liberation paved the way for a new ensemble to express communal feminine rage
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Songlines Music Awards 2025: Best Album
The best albums this year, as chosen by our writers, featuring ganavya, Songhoy Blues, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Mulatu Astatke, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson
