Friday, October 28, 2022
November 2022 issue is out now!
Interviews with Jake Blount, Elaha Soroor, Souad Massi, Sara Correia and Chris Watson; the sounds of the century; Beginner's Guide to Soweto Gospel Choir, plus free Top of the World CD and bonus Balkan music CD with each issue
The November 2022 issue (#182) of Songlines is now on sale. This issue’s cover star is American multi-instrumentalist and scholar Jake Blount, who contemplates big questions with his new Afro-futurist, dystopian concept album. Other features include exiled Afghan singer Elaha Soroor, who tells us about her role in a play that mirrors her own flight as a refugee; we take a trip through the sounds of the last century, investigating the political contexts of musical trends over the years, from the tango of the 1910s to the women and LGBTQ+ artists making their voices heard this decade; an interview with French-Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi; fado singer Sara Correia takes us on a journey through her roots, from school hall to music hall; a Beginner’s Guide to the Soweto Gospel Choir; a My World interview with sound-recordist Chris Watson; plus all the latest news, concert reviews and listings, album and world cinema reviews.
As well as streaming excerpts from the ten Top of the World albums, digital edition subscribers can download all tracks, which this issue include Abel Selaocoe, Liraz and Jackie Oates, plus an extra five bonus tracks featuring music from the issue, including Al-Qasar, Soweto Gospel Choir and Hyelim Kim. Each issue also comes with a bonus CD of music from the Balkans from MOST.
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