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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!
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!
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
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
Picture highlights from the 2018 Songlines Music Awards Ceremony
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
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
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
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
Afel Bocoum talks about his hopes and concerns for Mali; Brazilian rapper Criolo speaks out about Bolsonaro and effects of COVID-19; a Beginner's Guide to Mahsa Vahdat and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines
Zoë Modiga champions cultural identity in an uncertain world; getting serious with South Korea's latest live sensations ADG7; the new country generation bringing diversity back to bluegrass; the mystery behind the Melodisc label; a Beginner's Guide to Cheikh Lô and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines
Buena Vista Social Club: celebrating 25 years of a world music phenomenon; interviews with Spiers & Boden, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante and Joachim Cooder; a Beginner's Guide to Alim Qasimov, plus more inside
Our climate crisis special edition with an in-depth guide to eco-engaged artists worldwide; the Sufi roots of Arab electronics; interviews with Susana Baca and Michael Spitzer; a Beginner's Guide to producer Ian Brennan, plus more inside
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
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