Features

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Dispatch from: Asunción, Paraguay

Through fantastical water instruments, Sonidos de la Tierra have been helping bring both music and environmental activism to Paraguay’s communities. Huw Hennessy finds out more…

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Fireside Stories: Capercaillie recount their unexpected tour of the Middle East

As Capercaillie celebrate their 40th anniversary, founding member Donald Shaw recalls the band’s earliest forays overseas and how perceptions of Scottish music have changed

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Field of Research: Ghanaian Palmwine Music

Josh Brew seeks a revival of one of Ghana’s most iconic genres, to raise awareness of the country’s environmental issues

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Review of 2024: a year of protests and boycotts

Erin Cobby takes a close look at the music industry’s muddled reaction to the war between Israel and Hamas

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Albums of the Year 2024: Songlines Recommends...

Looking back over the past 12 months at the albums that have made the biggest impression

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

¡Viva Los Domingos!

Sundays in London are about to get a lot more Cuban as a new monthly residency fires up a crack team of timba musicians for its inaugural event

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Northern Exposure

Two festivals in Norway’s cold north warm the soul with enviable line-ups and empowering approaches

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

The 4 Corners and Centre of Pratibha Singh Baghel’s Universe

The Indian ghazal and Bollywood singer picks out the albums that taught her how to sing and the collaborations that have left an indelible impact

Thursday, November 28, 2024

Folk Round-Up (Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison)

A selection of essential folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales including new albums from Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Fireside Stories: Cathy Fink and Ola Belle Reed

Cathy Fink recalls the warm and welcoming woman she encountered and the fun that followed when she decided to track down one of her musical idols, Appalachian singer and songwriter Ola Belle Reed

Thursday, October 31, 2024

50 Global Guitar Greats

50 guitarists who have made an impact outside of the usual rock’n’roll axis of axes

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Seckou Keita: “My mum and aunties were griot singers… there was no escaping it!”

After the pandemic forced Seckou Keita to think about concepts of home, he responded with his most adventurous album to date

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Mdou Moctar: Niger's desert rock resistance

Mdou Moctar has had a great year, with a new album and worldwide tour positioning him as a new breed of African guitar hero… but he’s not alone. Bombino and Etran de l’Aïr are two other electric guitar-heavy bands who are establishing Niger as the capital of ‘desert rock’