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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Sounds and Colours launch anniversary fundraising campaign

The Sounds and Colours team are marking their tenth anniversary with a special fundraising campaign

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Songlines #158 (June 2020) is out now!

Abigail Washburn & Wu Fei, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 winners, the impact of COVID-19 on the music industry, Daniel Melingo and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Announcing the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2020!

Drumroll please! And the winners are...

Thursday, May 7, 2020

We're All in the Same Dance video

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino have released a new lockdown video, 'We're All in the Same Dance', featuring newly composed music and around 150 dancers

Friday, May 1, 2020

Tony Allen, the man who put the 'beat' in Afrobeat, dies aged 79

The legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen died in Paris April 30 2020

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Artists in isolation: enjoy performances by musicians from around the world, via YouTube and Facebook

Musicians around the world have taken to social media to perform their music – and it is wonderfully life-affirming

Friday, April 24, 2020

Endangered birds music project and crowdfunding appeal launched by Shika Shika label

Shika Shika launch a crowdfunding appeal and the first single from the forthcoming Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean

Monday, April 20, 2020

Singing with Nightingales – Live at Home

A special online broadcast featuring nightingale song, poetry and storytelling has been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Oslo World maps the festival world

Oslo World has created an online map highlighting music from festivals around the world

Friday, April 10, 2020

Songlines #157 (May 2020) is out now!

Moonlight Benjamin, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, London Bulgarian Choir, Juan Martín and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines

Thursday, April 9, 2020

The Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees are...

Championing incredible musical talent from around the world

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Folk on Foot's Front Room Festival

Organisers of the Folk on Foot podcast are planning a special Easter Bank Holiday Monday virtual festival in order to help musicians impacted by the coronavirus lockdown

Monday, March 30, 2020

Sunny Jain Launches Remix Contest

The jazz-jousting, bhangra boosting usurper of the great western cowboy myth, Sunny Jain, is inviting fans to create their own versions of cuts from his widely-acclaimed album, Wild Wild East