Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Vote for the Songlines Music Awards 2024
Public voting for the Songlines Music Awards 2024 is open. Make your opinion count and help us choose the world's Best Artist and Best Group.
News
Monday, February 5, 2024
Cambridge Folk Festival 2024: First Names Revealed
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace and an exclusive Transatlantic Sessions showcase among the early highlights for this summer’s iteration of the celebrated music summit, which marks its 60th anniversary this year
Friday, February 2, 2024
Another Good Friday feat Ibibio Sound Machine, Leyla McCalla & Afro Celt Sound System
Brand new music from Ibibio Sound Machine, Leyla McCalla and Afro Celt Sound System, all of whom have announced albums for release in 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
WOMEX 24 is now accepting proposals!
Musicians, filmmakers and music professionals have been invited to submit proposals for WOMEX 24, the worldwide music conference which will be taking place in Manchester this year
Monday, January 29, 2024
Escape Artists: Alison Cotton Commemorates Altruistic ‘Little Angels’
With her forthcoming album and tour, the violist and vocalist pays tribute to Ida and Louise Cook, the music-obsessed sisters who helped Jewish refugees flee Europe from the Nazis
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Introducing the March 2024 issue of Songlines
Celebrating 25 years of Songlines with a special, bumper-sized issue
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Jake Xerxes Fussell Clicks Into Gear On New Gibson & Toutant Track
Self-confessed folk freak and Songlines favourite joins underground indie-Americana darlings for groove-riding escape fantasy
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
