Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Watch: Songlines Music Awards 2019 – The Highlights
The event saw live music from Cyprus, Wales, Senegal, Turkey, Mali and Portugal
Features
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
Monday, November 25, 2019
Orquesta Akokán: “If you went to a music industry person with this idea, some marketing asshole in New York… forget it”
A new Cuban big band are making waves. All the more surprising for the fact that Orquesta Akokán are a collaboration of first-class Cuban and American musicians. Kim Burton tells their story so far
Friday, November 22, 2019
Introducing... Lakha Khan
It’s rare to see 70-year-olds in our Introducing series, says Simon Broughton, but it is time to take a fresh look at the veteran master
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Stephan Micus: A Beginner's Guide
The polymath German instrumentalist has an impressive back catalogue. Simon Broughton examines his wealth of recordings to date
Friday, November 15, 2019
Introducing... Santrofi
The new band from Ghana are injecting a fresh energy into the country’s traditional highlife style. Jo Frost speaks to them
Friday, November 15, 2019
My world: Gruff Rhys
The Welsh musician of Super Furry Animals fame speaks to Garth Cartwright about his fascination for songs sung in languages other than English
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Introducing... Bongeziwe Mabandla
Diane Coetzer catches up with the South African singer-songwriter who is making waves on a European tour prior to the release of his third album
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Toby Jones: “Music is, of all the art forms, the one that is most commonly employed to put humans in touch with the numinous”
Jim Hickson speaks to acclaimed British actor Toby Jones about his lifelong love for music, and how it always manages to finds a way into his work
