The votes are in! We can now reveal the nominees for this year’s Songlines Music Awards. Catch up with all the contenders and enjoy our specially curated playlist full of nominated goodness
Musicians of Mesopotamia set to appear alongside showbiz stars for special charity happening
Emahoy, an Ethiopian nun renowned for her charity work and a singular piano style only discovered by the wider world when she was in her 70s, has died at the age of 99
Soulful singer-songwriter paints in watercolours for an eco-conscious follow-up to his award-winning 1958
Kyiv’s finest folk chaos-mongers aid homeland with emotional concert fundraiser
The Afro Celt Sound System founder, initiator of The Imagined Village, record producer, composer, guitarist and birdsong enthusiast has passed away
Speaking to the renegade feminist label that knows no bounds
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
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
Everyone’s favourite world music field trip is back for another round this summer, as the first artists are announced for WOMAD 2023
Songlines Encounters Festival returns to Kings Place between May 18-24
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
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
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
The pioneering female mbira player and champion of Shona tradition has died, aged 76
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