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Songlines 20th Anniversary Concert Series
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Songlines Music Awards 2021 Ceremony
Watch this year's virtual ceremony, hosted by Cerys Matthews and featuring live performances from Ayom, Jake Blount, Liraz, Siti Muharam and others
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: Africa
Our favourite Africa albums of the year, featuring Amadou & Mariam, Cheikh Lô, Salif Keita, Trio Da Kali, and MC Yallah & Debmaster
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Songlines' Ones to Watch 2026
The coming year brings swathes of new releases across genres – transgenerational Kenyan folk collabs, Glaswegian troubadour musings, Margate-Guinean post-rock – and more. From anticipated debuts to long-awaited reissues, we pick out some of the albums that we’re most excited about
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Using Songlines in the music classroom
Music Teacher magazine looks at how Songlines – and world music – can be important tools in music education. Read for a 20% discount on subscriptions to Music Teacher!
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Songlines Music Awards 2022 Nominations Announced
Nominees for this year’s Songlines Music Awards have been revealed. Catch up with all the contenders vying in each of the seven categories with our specially curated playlist
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Songlines World Pioneer & Newcomer Winners Announced
Congratulations to Youssou N’Dour and Balimaya Project, who have just been announced as this year’s World Pioneer and Newcomer winners at our 2022 Songlines Music Awards live show, hosted at London’s Scala
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: Latin & Caribbean
Five of the best Latin & Caribbean albums released in 2025, featuring Caetano Veloso & Maria Bethânia, Frente Cumbiero, Natalia Lafourcade, Bejuco and Azymuth
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Songlines Music Awards 2020 Ceremony
This year's ceremony is going virtual and will be broadcast online for free on December 13 at 7pm (GMT) featuring performances from all of this year's winners and presented by Cerys Matthews
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Songlines Summer Festival Guide 2025
The sun has finally arrived and the festival line-ups are coming in thick and fast, so here’s our guide to some of the best festivals showcasing global artists in the UK and around the world this summer
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Songlines Best Albums of 2017
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
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Songlines receives Lifetime Achievement Award
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
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Songlines Music Awards 2025: Reissue
The best global reissues of the year, from Toumani Diabaté, The Lijadu Sisters, Joan Baez, Frazey Ford and Paul Brady
