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Friday, January 19, 2024

Game For Laughs: YĪN YĪN Unleash 'Tokyo Disko' Single + Vid

Dutch doyens of exotic funk fusion preview the release of their latest album with offbeat quiz-time video romp

Friday, January 19, 2024

Important news regarding the Songlines CD

We are making a change to our covermount CD that will affect those who buy Songlines from a retailer. Please read on to find out our plans, and why we are making this change

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Letting The Light In

Kings Place’s new artist-in-residence talks about the programme she’s curated for Scotland Unwrapped, involving poetry, birdsong, folklore and choral euphoria

Monday, January 8, 2024

Quiet Riot: Martin Carthy’s Hushed Debut Gets Welcome Reissue

Topic Records reboot the English folk-singer and guitarist’s essential eponymous account-opener as part of their 85th birthday celebrations

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

South Asian Sounds

Sarathy Korwar, Nishat Khan and Pratibha Singh Baghel are among the highlights for the Southbank Centre’s forthcoming four-day event showcasing music from the Indian subcontinent

Monday, December 18, 2023

Memories of Emahoy

Mississippi Records mark what would have been the late Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s 100th birthday with the release of an extraordinary posthumous vocal album

Friday, December 15, 2023

Songs for Peace

Lankum, Lisa O’Neill and The Mary Wallopers play a benefit gig in Dublin as artists around the world respond to the violence in Palestine and Israel

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Introducing the January/February 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Bob Marley

Bob Marley, Mon Laferte, Raphael Rogiński, sea shanty surprises and our Best Albums of 2023. Plus, Ezra Collective in Lagos, Bounaly, Yann & Emilie Tiersen, Ben Edge and we reveal our latest World Pioneer

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Songlines Music Awards 2023 Ceremony on Sunday

Tune in on Sunday night to watch the Songlines Music Awards 2023 ceremony from 7pm. The ceremony will feature exclusive performances and we will reveal our final two winners

Monday, December 4, 2023

LINA_ Waxes Lyrical

Intrepid, award-wining Portuguese fadista meditates on the poetry of her revered countryman, Luís Vaz de Camões, on a forthcoming album bridging boldness and tradition

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Songbirds Over The Southbank

Folk singer, song collector and hardcore avian enthusiast Sam Lee takes flight in a new documentary about his beloved, but beleaguered, nightingale

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Songlines Christmas offers

Save 25% on subscriptions and get free access to our complete digital archive

Monday, November 20, 2023

Vishtèn Get Connected On Collaborative New EP

Acadian roots maneuverers are reborn with their latest single ‘Expansion’, heralding an upcoming cooperative release

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Thailand’s Carabao Brings Down Curtain

Carabao, Thailand’s most popular rock band, will disband in March 2024, with a final concert appearance on April 1, 2024, according to Carabao’s frontman, National Artist ‘Aed Carabao’ (Yuenyong Opakul).