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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Obituary: Hasan Saltık (1964-2021)

The founder of Turkey’s Kalan Müzik imprint remembered

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Misery indexers: Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray

Haitian collective Lakou Mizik and Grammy-winning electronic music producer Joseph Ray premiere a video for ‘Lamizè Pa Dous’, an evocative cut from their forthcoming collaborative album, Leave the Bones

Monday, June 14, 2021

Rider on the storm: Attab Haddad

Ahead of his forthcoming London concert, the oud wizard drops an atmospheric in-performance video

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Lafourcade's taste of love

Watch as Natalia Lafourcade's new version of 'Tu Si Sabes Quererme' morphs into an animated cosmic fantasia

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Altogether now: Diawara's audio 'Ambè' nectar

Fatoumata Diawara has called upon an A-list of female African musicians to collaborate on her new track, ‘Ambè’, a timely plea for harmony and togetherness

Monday, May 24, 2021

Olcay Bayir finds her peace amid the pandemic

Help Musicians enable the Kurdish vocalist to find (and fund) her voice with a new EP release and video

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Andy Kershaw inaugurates new podcast series

The broadcaster, DJ and journalist resumes his old radio show, Andy Kershaw Plays Some Bloody Great Records, in a new format

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Obituary: Anzor Erkomaishvili (1940-2021)

Alan Gasser of Trio Kavkasia remembers his late mentor and friend, the Georgian singer, composer, and folk music researcher Anzor Erkomaishvili

Monday, May 17, 2021

Obituary: Nick Page (1960-2021)

Robin Denselow pays tribute to musician, producer and composer Nick 'Count Dubulah' Page

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Songlines June 2021 issue is out now!

Sam Lee champions avian realms and other wildlife; Songlines Music Awards 2021 winners revealed; interviews with Ross Daly, Stelios Petrakis and Berliku; a Beginner's Guide to Warsaw Village Band, and more inside

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Announcing the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2021!

My lords, ladies and gents, please be upstanding for the winners in this year's Songlines Music Awards…

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Spell Songs conjure natural charms for live-streamed fundraiser

Authors Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris joined the Spell Songs ensemble for a magical, memorable charity performance

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Obituary: Rajan Mishra (1951-2021)

Acclaimed vocalist Rajan Mishra dies, age 70, due to COVID-related complications

Friday, April 23, 2021

Soumik Datta trails Silent Spaces project

Hijacking the hush pervading our iconic British cultural institutions, sarod specialist and composer Soumik Datta has assembled a 40-strong cast of dancers and musicians to reclaim iconic British cultural institutions embattled by COVID-19