Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Songlines Music Awards 2021 Ceremony
Watch this year's virtual ceremony, hosted by Cerys Matthews and featuring live performances from Ayom, Jake Blount, Liraz, Siti Muharam and others
News
Monday, November 15, 2021
MOST Balkan music project seeks new applicants
MOST, the Bridge for Balkan Music project, issues second call for networking scheme to assist regional musicians, managers, festival and clubs
Friday, November 12, 2021
Purbayan Chatterjee's star-studded raga rendezvous
Sitar maestro hooks up with Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan, Mame Khan and Michael League on exclusive video for Rajasthani-meets-bluegrass voyage, 'Lalitha (The Joyful Mother)'
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Video Exclusive: Laurel Premo's 'Ma's Maw'
Michigan-based multi-instrumentalist Laurel Premo’s new video marries the grace of a traditional Norwegian halling dance to the bluesy reverberations of her mournful guitar
Friday, October 29, 2021
Fifth Fela Kuti Vinyl Box Due December
Fill up on Fela with Partisan Records' latest vinyl reissues from the Kuti back catalogue
Monday, October 25, 2021
Cannes, You Dig It?
World music documentaries on Malian folk traditions and Congolese rumba do the business at this month's Cannes’ Festival International du Film Panafricain
Friday, October 22, 2021
Songlines November 2021 issue is out now!
Our climate crisis special edition with an in-depth guide to eco-engaged artists worldwide; the Sufi roots of Arab electronics; interviews with Susana Baca and Michael Spitzer; a Beginner's Guide to producer Ian Brennan, plus more inside
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Musicport Marks Potential Farewell With Star-Packed Weekend Summit
The forthcoming weekend swansong packs plenty of world music heavy-hitters, including Monsieur Doumani, Mary Coughlan, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita and Les Négresses Vertes
Monday, October 18, 2021
Video Exclusive: Sofia Rei's 'Un Mismo Cielo'
Argentinian Latinx artist releases her latest music video for the single 'Un Mismo Cielo', a passionate, beat-driven, pipe-tooting paean to separated sweethearts, taken from her fifth album, UMBRAL
Monday, October 11, 2021
Obituary: Paddy Moloney (1938-2021)
Founder and leader of traditional Irish group The Chieftains, who performed with rock stars and for world leaders, and whose musical reach extended from the Great Wall of China to the International Space Station, has died aged 83
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Exclusive bonus CD of music from Québec
Explore some of the finest music Québec has to offer with an exclusive Songlines bonus CD, brought to you by Mundial Montréal and free with our November 2021 issue (#172)
Monday, October 4, 2021
Receive a FREE copy of Sir David Attenborough's field recordings album
Subscribe to Songlines to receive a free copy of 'David Attenborough: My Field Recordings from Across the Planet'
Monday, September 20, 2021
Obituary: Alèmayèhu Eshèté (1941-2021)
Remembering the life, times and music of the 'Abyssinian Elvis,' one of the key players on the Swinging Addis scene
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Songlines October 2021 issue is out now!
Buena Vista Social Club: celebrating 25 years of a world music phenomenon; interviews with Spiers & Boden, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante and Joachim Cooder; a Beginner's Guide to Alim Qasimov, plus more inside
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Dos Santos: Mirror Ballers
Chicagoan alt-Latinx quintet Dos Santos drop an animated collage fantasia for 'A Tu Lado', a track from their forthcoming long-player, City of Mirrors
