Best New Albums
Top of the World – May 2018
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2018 issue
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2018 issue
Nominations for this year’s Songlines Music Awards announced; interviews with Lido Pimienta, Maya Youssef and Iberi; a Beginner's Guide to Norwegian Hardanger fiddler Annbjørg Lien, plus free Top of the World compilation CD with every copy
BBC Radio 3 presenter Georgia Mann takes Simon Broughton on a sonic trip through her world music highlights and the sounds that have moved her
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi on notions of home; Songlines Music Awards 2021 nominees revealed; interviews with Peggy Seeger and Piers Faccini; a Beginner's Guide to Argentinian accordionist Chango Spasiuk, and more inside
Global-folkloric musics abound at this Estonian multi-genre splurge of showcases
Macdara Yeates pays tribute to one of Belfast’s most beloved singers, songwriters and cultural agitators, known for his generosity as much as his radical politics
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...
Manu Chao makes a triumphant London comeback with a manic acoustic performance at Brixton 02 Academy
All of these albums received a maximum of five stars when reviewed in the 2020 issues of Songlines. Featuring Sam Amidon, DJ Dolores, Roberto Fonseca, Ibrahim Ferrer, Leela Gilday, Lido Pimienta and many more
The Irish supergroup have long been the benchmark for traditional music. Michael Quinn examines their impressive catalogue and achievements to date
The annual week-long jazz festival in France featured DakhaBrakha, Femi Kuti, Noura Mint Seymali, Antonio Lizana and Robert Cray
Kanda Bongo Man, Etran de L’Aïr and Dur-Dur Band Int bring danceable African sounds to the Welsh mountains…
Anoushka Shankar, Carolina Chocolate Drops, new Spanish folkies, Merlin Sheldrake, Flook, Cuban Sundays in London, Polish folk music in Brazil and more in the May issue
Our Top of the World – the best new albums reviewed in the May 2024 issue of Songlines
Abraham Brody releases an intriguing new video for 'Plauke Pylele', a song based on an ancient Lithuanian melody.
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