Wednesday, July 10, 2024
WOMEX 24 Unveils More artists for October event in Manchester
Organisers have unveiled the complete line-up for three of their stages at this year’s WOMEX in Manchester
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Monday, July 8, 2024
K-Music Comes To London
The 11th edition of the celebrated Korean Music Festival brings some of the country’s most vital artists to the capital this autumn
Friday, July 5, 2024
New date announced for Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou’s Songlines Encounters show
Gnawa artist Asmâa Hamzaoui will take to the stage for a rescheduled date of the Songlines Encounters Festival 2024
Monday, July 1, 2024
Fanie Fayar Bags UPBEAT’s Best New Talent Award
Up-and-coming French-Congolese artist takes home prestigious European prize
Friday, June 28, 2024
West Of Roan Illumine Personal Parables With Animated Premiere
Myth-steeped US folk duo herald forthcoming full-length with symbolic representations of fable, allegory and spiritual-cipher semiotics
Friday, June 21, 2024
Cumbia Legends Manzanita y Su Conjunto Embark on Their First UK Tour
The legendary group who paved the way for Peruvian cumbia in the 1960s have set off on their month long tour of the UK this week
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Lost Album' To Be Released
A collection of recordings, dating back to 1990, by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are to be released in September as 'Chain of Light'
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Obituary: Baba Commandant
The bandleader and primary vocalist of Burkina Faso's Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band has passed away aged 51
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
El Khat Tender Conjugal Counsel
Listen to the Yemeni roots crew’s latest single, a hypnotic flip on an old traditional wedding tune, taken from the band’s forthcoming album
Thursday, June 13, 2024
July 2024 issue of Songlines - featuring Salif Keita - is out now!
An Africa Special starring Salif Keita, The Zawose Queens, The Joy and Franck Biyong, plus a Banjo Summit with Rhiannon Giddens and Belá Fleck
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
New K.O.G. Off The Block (A Love Supreme)
Mighty Afro-fusionist Kweku of Ghana shares ‘Odo Sronko’ featuring highlife icon Pat Thomas, the latest single taken from his forthcoming album, Don’t Take My Soul
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Latina Power
Erin Cobby watches four of London’s finest Latina singers come together for a show that’s all about celebration, solidarity and creating a Latin-London scene free of ego
Monday, June 3, 2024
Manu Chao Returns With Call For Courage
French-Spanish superstar shares ‘Viva Tu’, the vivacious first track from his forthcoming full-length
Friday, May 31, 2024
Orquesta Romantica Milonguera announce a new London show
Discover the subtle art of communicating through tango this June 6 with Orquesta Romantica Milonguera
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Towersey Bows Out With A Bang
UK’s longest-running indie festival to end with special 60th celebration featuring Billy Bragg, Seth Lakeman and The Staves
