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Monday, August 19, 2024

Broadside Hacks Folk Club Celebrate Legendary Les Cousins Venue

London-based collective curate their latest tribute to the iconic Soho folk and blues club with a stellar line-up of legends and rising stars

Friday, August 16, 2024

Another Good Friday feat Seun Kuti, Stick in the Wheel, Amadou & Mariam and more

Two Marleys, two Malian legends, two magnificent artists meeting up in Lagos, malevolent folk music from the Thames and more in our latest instalment of new songs to get your Friday going.

Monday, August 12, 2024

Bungay Folk Fest And Folk On The Coast Debut This September

Two enticing new events on the UK folk calendar get set for their inaugural editions

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Afro Celt Sound System Pay Tribute To Simon Emmerson With New Album

Trailblazing world music troupe announce details of their long-awaited label debut for Six Degrees Records, a final testament to late founding member’s pioneering vision

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Gillian Welch And Dave Rawlings Return To Roots With Woodland

Iconoclastic US folk duo announce their latest studio album alongside new single, ‘Empty Trainload of Sky’

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Llais Full Line-Up Announced

Global vocal gathering set to make waves on Cardiff Bay this October

Monday, July 22, 2024

Oumou Sangaré, Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita and others pay tribute to Toumani Diabaté

Artists from across Africa pay tribute to the kora maestro who has tragically passed away

Thursday, July 18, 2024

The August/September 2024 issue of Songlines is out now!

It’s our 200th issue and it’s packed: Leyla McCalla, Peter Gabriel, Kronos Quartet, Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, Malta, Joe Boyd, The Cavemen, Rapa Nui, Billy Bragg…

Monday, July 15, 2024

Numero Group Launch Lijadu Sisters Reissue Series

Renowned archival label announce reparative multi-record retrieval campaign dedicated to trailblazing Nigerian twins

Monday, July 15, 2024

La Feria 2024: a celebration of Latin music, dance and culture in Liverpool

Liverpool will come alive with all things Latin America at this year's La Feria festival in September

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Artists to Look Out for at WOMAD 2024

Heading to WOMAD this year? The Malmesbury-set festival is back again on July 25-28 and there are plenty of artists in the line-up that we've featured in Songlines previously, as well as many that we really should.