Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Barry Kerr’s ‘Curlew's Cry’ crowned Folk Album of the Year 2025
Northern Irish singer-songwriter’s latest album deemed pick of the bunch, as he takes home first-ever Folk Album of the Year award
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Olivia Chaney, Natalie Wildgoose and Jon Wilks to headline Late Spring Folk Festival 2026
The Late Spring Folk Festival has announced its 2026 lineup, with Olivia Chaney – fresh from Wuthering Heights fame – set to headline the one-day event on Saturday, May 23 at Dummer Down Farm in Hampshire
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Songlines Readers' Album of the Year 2025
Announcing Hajda Banda's Niepraudzivaya as the winner of the Songlines Readers' Album of the Year 2025
Thursday, March 5, 2026
April 2026 issue is out now!
Tinariwen, Altın Gun, LA NIÑA, Hornbill Festival, Daughters of Donbas, Olodum, Simon Armitage, Cymande, Souad Massi, Eric Bibb and Ones to Watch 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
WOMAD announces first names for 2026
WOMAD have announced the first artists for the inaugural year at their new Wiltshire home, Neston Park. Oumou Sangaré, Barrington Levy, Greentea Peng and José González lead a line-up that is typically diverse and all-encompassing
Monday, February 9, 2026
Ebo Taylor (1936–2026)
Ghanaian guitarist and bandleader who fused traditional highlife with funk and Afrobeat in the 1970s, then found global recognition decades later and continued to be a tour de force
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Last Dance At Studio Lam
Bangkok’s pioneering club is to close its doors after more than 12 years
Thursday, January 29, 2026
February/March 2026 Issue Is Out Now!
Steve Martin & Alison Brown’s bluegrass friendship, Yasmine Hamdan returns, Imarhan’s desert soul, Slow J on fado, calypso great Mighty Sparrow, Bebel Gilberto and AI in Music
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Martin Carthy cancels 2026 tour after Alzheimer's diagnosis
Folk forefather Martin Carthy has cancelled a proposed tour and festival dates in 2026 due to a diagnosis of late-onset Alzheimer's disease
Monday, January 26, 2026
Poll & Behold
Sophie Parkes uncovers England’s seasonal beliefs relating to “the unexplained and unexpected”, as she reports on the initial findings of the first-ever National Folklore Survey
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
UPBEAT and EMMA join forces to launch Artist Mentoring Programme
A new Artist Mentoring Programme will connect emerging world music artists with experienced industry professionals for intensive, personalised career development spanning up to ten months
Friday, December 19, 2025
Carolina Chocolate Drops' Grammy-winning Genuine Negro Jig reissued
Nonesuch Records celebrates the Genuine Negro Jig with a special 15th anniversary edition featuring bonus tracks and, for the first time since 2010, a vinyl press of the award-winning album
Friday, December 19, 2025
Songlines' Global Christmas Playlist
Our rundown of some of the finest and most far-flung new festive anthems this Christmas
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Together for Palestine's reimagining of a traditional lullaby aims for Christmas No. 1
'Lullaby', a dramatic reimagining of a traditional Palestinian lullaby featuring Nai Barghouti, Peter Gabriel and others, is aiming for the UK's coveted Christmas No. 1 slot
Thursday, December 11, 2025
January 2026 Issue Is Out Now!
End-of-year special featuring Songlines Music Awards 2025 (the best global music of the year) plus exclusive Kneecap interview, Alice Gerrard, Peggy Seeger, Gloria Estefan and in-depth klezmer essay
