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Folk Round-Up (Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Dick Gaughan, Lucy Kitchen and more)
Tim Cumming listens to new folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Tim Cumming listens to new folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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
A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Khu.éex', Saltwater Hank and Sam Reider & The Human Hands
Songlines attended Folk Alliance International, the ‘world’s largest folk music gathering’, in Montréal to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award and get lost in a hotel-spanning labyrinth of musical moments
Garth Cartwright aims to get you swaying in the aisles with these ten top classic gospel collections, featuring Mahalia Jackson, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Edwin Hawkins Singers and more...
Ahead of their scheduled performance on May 20 at this year's Songlines Encounters Festival, we revisit Simon Broughton's interview from last year with the singing troupe’s charismatic leader, Dessislava Stefanova
The Scottish folk outfit discuss bonds of friendship, their debut album and European traditional music in the post-pandemic world
Fiona Talkington looks back over the impressive career of one of Norway’s most celebrated fiddlers and gets a glimpse of where she’s going next
Australia is holding a referendum that may lead to its Indigenous people gaining political recognition. Seth Jordan reports from two of Australia’s most important Indigenous events on the opposing campaigns
Andrew Taylor-Dawson hears how pan-African journeys and future-facing philosophy inform the Moroccan’s latest sonic mutation
Jo Frost reports from a Glasgow concert where language itself was the headline act
Bluegrass, old-time and Americana artists pay tribute to the Carolina Chocolate Drops and their enduring legacy ahead of the group’s reunion this year
Singer and conservationist Sam Lee blends environmental activism with enchanting folk music in live show for 'songdreaming' tour
Josh Brew seeks a revival of one of Ghana’s most iconic genres, to raise awareness of the country’s environmental issues
With his band set to release their debut album on Real World Records, the Poet Laureate talks post-punk aesthetics and practises in verse with Tim Cumming
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