Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Blick Bassy trails new album with urgent aqua vitae eco-warning
Soulful singer-songwriter paints in watercolours for an eco-conscious follow-up to his award-winning 1958
News
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Watch DakhaBrakha’s ‘Standing With Ukraine’
Kyiv’s finest folk chaos-mongers aid homeland with emotional concert fundraiser
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Obituary: Simon Emmerson (1956-2023)
The Afro Celt Sound System founder, initiator of The Imagined Village, record producer, composer, guitarist and birdsong enthusiast has passed away
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Radical Spinsters
Speaking to the renegade feminist label that knows no bounds
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
The Forgotten Choir
A new production finds moving modern-day parallels by looking at the unlikely journey of a South African choir to the UK in the 19th century
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
April 2023 issue is out now!
Ali Farka Touré, Baaba Maal, Hack-Poets Guild, Polobi, the aboriginal music of Taiwan, a Beginner’s Guide to the recently departed Gal Costa, free Top of the World CD, plus much, much more
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
WOMAD 2023 Artists Announced
Everyone’s favourite world music field trip is back for another round this summer, as the first artists are announced for WOMAD 2023
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Songlines Encounters Festival 2023: Full Programme Announced
Songlines Encounters Festival returns to Kings Place between May 18-24
Thursday, February 9, 2023
New video from Brazil’s Criolo sows seeds for Black Brazilian prosperity
Discover how, via the tale of a fabled Money Tree, Brazilian rapper Criolo is urging his country’s youth to pave their own way towards a better future
Thursday, January 26, 2023
March 2023 issue is out now!
Lucas Santtana, Guts, Kimi Djabaté, Discos Pacífico, Shehan Karunatilaka, sevdah, Majid Bekkas, Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, Sam Lee at CO27 and much, much more; plus free Top of the World CD with the issue
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Video: Baaba Maal’s ‘Agreement’
Senegalese superstar returns with his first album in seven years and today releases a brand new video for one of the record’s standout tracks
Monday, January 23, 2023
Obituary: Stella Chiweshe (1946-2023)
The pioneering female mbira player and champion of Shona tradition has died, aged 76
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Hope returns in Brazilian culture wars
Culture makes a comeback under Lula presidency as singer Margareth Menezes appointed minister
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
January/February 2023 issue is out now!
Totó la Momposina, Terry Riley, Wesli, Emily Portman, Hannah James, the Songlines albums of the year, Montparnasse Musique and much, much more; plus free Top of the World CD with each issue
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Songlines Music Awards 2022: The Live Show (Highlights Video)
Check out the highlights from this year's Songlines Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Cerys Matthews and featuring live performances from Balimaya Project, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Ballaké Sissoko and Fanfare Ciocărlia
