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WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Three, October 23
Alexandra Petropoulos tunes in for the Friday Digital Showcases of WOMEX 2020 and picks her highlights, from warm maloya to jazz kaval
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Songlines Music Awards Ceremony – get your tickets now!
Tickets are on-sale and selling fast – don't miss out on some of the best international music, all in one place, for one night only!
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Festival reviews - Tlalli & ¡Globalquerque!
Catalina Maria Johnson visits festivals in the US and Canada bringing global and ancestral music to a new audience
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Making music with the Kogi: “Singing is a way for them to connect with the animals… a way to live peacefully among them without fear”
French producer Lion’s Drums talks to Russ Slater about recording the Kogi people of northern Colombia whose singing practices form an integral component of their profound relationship with nature
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Singing with Nightingales – Live at Home
A special online broadcast featuring nightingale song, poetry and storytelling has been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
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Sir David Attenborough reveals his musical inspirations
The legendary broadcaster revisits the sounds of his early career on a recent BBC programme that reveals a little-known side to the beloved naturalist – that of a world music collector. He shares his favourite tracks with producer Julian May
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Hurray for the Riff Raff to commence summer tour with UK dates in August
New Orleans-based Hurray for the Riff Raff will begin UK tour with a sold-out show at Omeara in London
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Watch: Songlines Music Awards 2019 – The Highlights
The event saw live music from Cyprus, Wales, Senegal, Turkey, Mali and Portugal
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Maya Youssef, the Syrian qanun player on the search for her spiritual home
Maya Youssef’s second album is a stunning meditation on the essence of home. The Syrian qanun player speaks to Alexandra Petropoulos about how the music helped her find her own spiritual home
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Rainforest World Music Festival 2025
A Malaysian tropical paradise known as the ‘Land of the Hornbills’ is the ultimate destination for adventurous music lovers.
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And the winners are...
We announce the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2019 geographical categories!
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Winner of the David Attenborough Songlines Remix Competition announced
Burland announced as the winner of the Songlines Remix Competition following a public vote
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PICS: The Songlines Music Awards ceremony 2019 went with a bang!
A first look at some of the exciting goings-on that hit the stage at the awards ceremony on November 30.
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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
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“Our island knows the ocean is not the same as before” | The Return of Small Island Big Song
Jane Cornwell speaks with Tim Cole and BaoBao Chen, the producers of the Indo-Pacific collective Small Island Big Song, about their second project, which focuses on our troublesome relationship with nature. Illustrations: Jenn Da Costa
