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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Obituary: Nobesuthu Mbadu (1945-2021)

Remembering the South African mbaqanga singer and Mahotella Queens vocalist

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Ingrid Henderson: Sending Out An S.O.S.

Watch 'Message in a Bottle', a delightful audio-visual work commissioned by NatureScot for the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020/21, featuring music by Ingrid Henderson and visuals courtesy of Cat Bruce

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Kuunatic's animated alien rice crop

Watch the wigged-out new video from Tokyo-based tribal-psych trio, Kuunatic

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Songlines Encounters Dates Moved To 2022

Dates for the delayed final concerts of Songlines Encounters Festival 2021 have now been confirmed

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

How to hope in an empty city: Joseph Tawadros

Join oud maestro Joseph Tawadros behind the scenes during the recording sessions for his forthcoming new full-length, Hope in an Empty City

Monday, July 26, 2021

WITCH Trials

Enter our ensorcelling competition to win WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc DVDs and T-shirts

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