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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Essential 10 Iranian Albums

Founded in 2001, 127 are a cornerstone of Iran’s alternative scene. Erin Cobby asks the group’s drummer Yahya Alkhansa to map out the country’s underground music scene in ten albums

Friday, March 21, 2025

La Cueca, Antes de Dios (To the Moon & Back #2)

Film-maker Vincent Moon returns for a second instalment of To the Moon & Back, a series of largely unpublished films from his vast archives. This film takes us to Chile for a deep dive into cueca, the national dance of Chile

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Songlines receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Songlines attended Folk Alliance International, the ‘world’s largest folk music gathering’, in Montréal to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award and get lost in a hotel-spanning labyrinth of musical moments

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Catriona Price: Routes to Roots

Scottish fiddler Catriona Price discusses grand plans to bring international musicians together through her ever-ambitious project

Thursday, March 6, 2025

The 4 Corners and Centre of Amayo’s Universe

Amayo, former frontman of Antibalas, has released a solo album honouring traditional Edo customs and his martial arts training. He picks the albums (and film) which led to this moment

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