Friday, May 22, 2020
Guinean musician Mory Kanté has died aged 70
The Guinean kora player who had a worldwide hit with 'Yéké Yéké' has passed away aged 70
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
Sounds and Colours launch anniversary fundraising campaign
The Sounds and Colours team are marking their tenth anniversary with a special fundraising campaign
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Songlines #158 (June 2020) is out now!
Abigail Washburn & Wu Fei, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 winners, the impact of COVID-19 on the music industry, Daniel Melingo and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Announcing the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2020!
Drumroll please! And the winners are...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
We're All in the Same Dance video
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino have released a new lockdown video, 'We're All in the Same Dance', featuring newly composed music and around 150 dancers
Friday, May 1, 2020
Tony Allen, the man who put the 'beat' in Afrobeat, dies aged 79
The legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen died in Paris April 30 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Artists in isolation: enjoy performances by musicians from around the world, via YouTube and Facebook
Musicians around the world have taken to social media to perform their music – and it is wonderfully life-affirming
Friday, April 24, 2020
Endangered birds music project and crowdfunding appeal launched by Shika Shika label
Shika Shika launch a crowdfunding appeal and the first single from the forthcoming Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean
Monday, April 20, 2020
Singing with Nightingales – Live at Home
A special online broadcast featuring nightingale song, poetry and storytelling has been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Oslo World maps the festival world
Oslo World has created an online map highlighting music from festivals around the world
Friday, April 10, 2020
Songlines #157 (May 2020) is out now!
Moonlight Benjamin, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, London Bulgarian Choir, Juan Martín and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines
Thursday, April 9, 2020
The Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees are...
Championing incredible musical talent from around the world
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Folk on Foot's Front Room Festival
Organisers of the Folk on Foot podcast are planning a special Easter Bank Holiday Monday virtual festival in order to help musicians impacted by the coronavirus lockdown
Monday, March 30, 2020
Sunny Jain Launches Remix Contest
The jazz-jousting, bhangra boosting usurper of the great western cowboy myth, Sunny Jain, is inviting fans to create their own versions of cuts from his widely-acclaimed album, Wild Wild East
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Fleck & Washburn Livestream From Lockdown
Banjo clan broadcast from home and share a video
