Monday, July 26, 2021
WITCH Trials
Enter our ensorcelling competition to win WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc DVDs and T-shirts
News
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Songlines August/September 2021 issue is out now!
Angélique Kidjo on the music that motivates her; interviews with Polish string band VOLOSI, Colombian duo Bomba Estéreo and Haiti's Lakou Mizik; a Beginner's Guide to Senegalese kora maestro Seckou Keita, plus more inside
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
WOMAD radio weekender
Despite the disappointing cancellation of this year's event, WOMAD reaches out to world music fans via the airwaves
Friday, July 16, 2021
Tools of the trade
Get the expert track on the instruments that set the globe grooving and the world listening with Songlines’ free digital magazine boasting selections of Tools of the Trade articles on the tama, cimbalom, djembé, gamelan, saz and duduk
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Obituary: Djivan Gasparyan (1928-2021)
Legendary Armenian duduk doyen and composer Djivan Gasparyan has died, aged 92
Monday, July 5, 2021
Songlines July 2021 issue is out now!
Natalia Lafourcade digs up her Latin roots; explorations into sacred Māori instrumentation; an interview with Frank London; a Beginner's Guide to folk icon Martin Carthy, and more inside
Friday, July 2, 2021
Class Acts: World Music Method
A new online learning programme is reaching out to musicians, both those seeking to enrich their repertoire and artists aspiring to new directions
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Homeland: Seckou Keita and Baaba Maal unite for special collaboration
The illustrious Senegalese pair combine on a new track and an accompanying video to make the connection with their country of origin, its traditions and genius loci
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
WOMAD cancelled
The country's most important gathering of world music artists is the latest festival to cancel in the wake of the government's decision to extend COVID restrictions
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino video exclusive: 'Balla Nina'
The Italian pizzica group premiere a video for their existence-affirming dance hymn, 'Balla Nina'
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Obituary: Hasan Saltık (1964-2021)
The founder of Turkey’s Kalan Müzik imprint remembered
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Misery indexers: Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray
Haitian collective Lakou Mizik and Grammy-winning electronic music producer Joseph Ray premiere a video for ‘Lamizè Pa Dous’, an evocative cut from their forthcoming collaborative album, Leave the Bones
Monday, June 14, 2021
Rider on the storm: Attab Haddad
Ahead of his forthcoming London concert, the oud wizard drops an atmospheric in-performance video
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Lafourcade's taste of love
Watch as Natalia Lafourcade's new version of 'Tu Si Sabes Quererme' morphs into an animated cosmic fantasia
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Altogether now: Diawara's audio 'Ambè' nectar
Fatoumata Diawara has called upon an A-list of female African musicians to collaborate on her new track, ‘Ambè’, a timely plea for harmony and togetherness
