Introducing the September issue of Songlines, featuring Molly Tuttle and Brìghde Chaimbeul

The September 2025 issue of Songlines is out now, and we speak to US singer and musician Molly Tuttle about a bold new album which sees her get personal and have some of the most fun she’s had on record. We have an in-depth chat with Scottish smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul about her latest release, hear about Balimaya Project and a new album recorded in Colombia with some of the country’s best Afro-Colombian musicians, we discover why Angolan DJ and producer Vanyfox is making waves and get a thorough introduction to the career of flamenco great Lola Flores.

We travel to Tallinn for the Estonian Song and Dance Celebration which brings tens of thousands of singers to the capital for four days of folk music, discover General Levy’s Essential 10 Carnival Anthems and we hear how Glastonbury, behind the big names, is platforming Indigenous and marginalised voices. Plus, Satch Hoyt, wordsofAzia, Dennis Morris, Won Il on K-Music, Kadialy Kouyate, Eliza Carthy, Black Rio, Syliphone, Torres Strait Music, Stemmer i Voks, Kokoroko and all the usual news, listings, reviews and competitions.

Print and digital subscribers will also receive our accompanying Top of the World compilation featuring our pick of the month’s best new music – Africa Express, Spafford Campbell, Benedicte Maurseth, Hawa & Kassé Mady Diabaté, The Good Ones, SANAM and more – as well as five bonus tracks to accompany our folk feature articles from Molly Tuttle, Konono No.1, Kokoroko, Vanyfox and wordsofAzia.

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