Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Listen to ‘Ayoka’, the first single from Dobet Gnahoré’s upcoming new album
Dobet Gnahoré unveils her 2024 album, Zouzou, with an upbeat Afropop gem
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Friday, June 23, 2023
Watch Fatoumata Diawara play ‘Later… with Jools Holland’
Watch Fatoumata Diawara perform new song 'Nsera' on 'Later... with Jools Holland'
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Angélique Kidjo to perform 40th anniversary concert at Royal Albert Hall as part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo will return to the Royal Albert Hall on November 17 for a celebration of her 40-year career.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Obituary: Yanna Momina (1947-2023)
Afar singer Yanna Momina has passed away, just one month before she was set to perform outside of Djibouti for the first time ever
Monday, June 19, 2023
HERD hits Kirklees
Composer Orlando Gough tends his choral flock for an ovine-audio spectacular in the West Yorkshire countryside
Monday, June 19, 2023
Mr Bongo to release 50th-anniversary edition of Gal Costa’s Índia
Gal Costa's classic album, Índia, has turned 50 this year, so Mr Bongo are reissuing a special 50th-anniversary edition
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Introducing the July 2023 issue of Songlines, featuring Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara, Pongo, Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens, Shirley Collins, plus an update from Afghan musicians in exile and the first dispatch from our new columnist Eliza Carthy…
Monday, June 12, 2023
Smithsonian Folkways Records celebrates 75 years
Iconic imprint marks diamond jubilee with special live events and series of commemorative reissues
Thursday, June 8, 2023
World Heart Beat on the pulse for Wigmore Hall fundraiser
Leading music education charity, World Heart Beat, to host a spectacular money-raising gala in London next month
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Angelique Kidjo to celebrate 40-year career at Royal Albert Hall
Angélique Kidjo returns to the Royal Albert Hall in November to celebrate her 40-year long career
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Obituary: Ferus Mustafov (1950-2023)
Legendary Macedonian clarinet and saxophone player, the 'King' of Balkan wedding bands
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Obituary: Chris Strachwitz (1931-2023)
Farewell to Chris Strachwitz, the founder of Arhoolie Records and a legendary chronicler and supporter of American roots music
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Balimaya Project announce new album and special London live show
Afro-jazz luminaries set the date for release of When the Dust Settles and Barbican headline slot
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Ana Tijoux previews first new album in nine years
South American rap superstar on the comeback trail with long-awaited new album and series of summer European dates
Monday, May 15, 2023
Leyla McCalla: The Liberty Sessions
Haitian-American singer and multi-instrumentalist launches new freedom-themed singles series with potent polyphonic protest-song cover
