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The 4 Corners and Centre of Nyboma’s Universe

The legend of Congolese rumba picks a selection of albums and songs that shaped him and continue to be his inspiration, decades into his highly influential career

In The Meadows Festival 2024

Communion, grief and adventurous music-making are at the heart of a new Irish festival co-curated by Lankum, Emma Rycroft reports…

Introducing the December 2023 issue of Songlines, celebrating 100 years of Emahoy

Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, Folkway Records, The Breath, Ndox Electrique, Soema Montenegro, Ebo Taylor, Billy Strings, Dubioza Kolektiv, John Francis Flynn, Sofia Kourtesis, Huun-Huur-Tu and much more

Dispatch from São Paulo

Discover the city's welcome pockets of artistic resistance defiantly championing African-Brazilian and Indigenous culture

Obituary: Zakir Hussain (1951–2024)

Tabla maestro and global fusion trailblazer, the much-loved musician Zakir Hussain has died

Still Life: Celebrating 100 Years of Emahoy

Robin Denselow celebrates the remarkable Ethiopian nun and musician Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru who would have been 100 on December 12

Celtic Connections 2024: Scotland’s ‘City of Music’ tunes up for its much-loved winter festival

A stellar line-up of multi-genre talent gears up to gather in Glasgow for Celtic Connections 2024

Songlines announces World Pioneer and Newcomer 2021 awards winners

Omara Portuondo and Alostmen have been recognised for their stellar musical contributions at Songlines annual prize-giving summit

Songlines Encounters Festival 2019 – review

Simon Broughton gives the low-down of all nine concerts from the recent Songlines Encounters Festival at Kings Place in London, May 30-June 2

Lágrima Ríos: recovering the lost Paris sessions of an Afro-Latin tango icon

Serendipity brings to light a historic recording from Lágrima Ríos, one of few Afro-Latin singers to find fame in tango

Songlines Music Awards 2025: Compilation

Our favourite compilations of the year, featuring releases on Valcour Records, Shamus Records, Africa Seven, Analog Africa and Strut Records

The 10 Best New Albums | August 2021

Outstanding new releases from Jupiter & Okwess, Natalia Lafourcade, John Francis Flynn, Derya Yıldırım and many more. Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the August 2021 issue of Songlines