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The Best New Albums from Around the World (November 2024)

Featuring outstanding new releases from Seun Kuti, Ibrahim Maalouf, Yasmin Williams and more

Folk Round-Up (Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison)

A selection of essential folk releases from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales including new albums from Astrid Williamson, Eve Goodman, and Thorpe & Morrison.

Why we need to talk about the gender imbalance in folk and traditional music

Scottish singer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Newton speaks out about gender imbalance within the folk and traditional music scene in the UK...

Introducing the February/March 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring Sam Lee

Sam Lee: rewilding the land, song by song | Songhoy Blues: unplugged in Mali

Dos Santos: Mirror Ballers

Chicagoan alt-Latinx quintet Dos Santos drop an animated collage fantasia for 'A Tu Lado', a track from their forthcoming long-player, City of Mirrors

Julie Fowlis: A Beginner's Guide

A leading light in the Scottish Gaelic music scene, the singer is also a tireless collaborator, as Nathaniel Handy finds out as he looks back over her career

Spencer Grady plots out the next twelve months of folk happenings, bringing you essential festivals from across the British Isles as well as a selection of some of our most unusual cultural traditions

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Peterloo remembered: Sean Cooney’s haunting folk chronicle of resistance and remembrance

A new play about the Peterloo massacre took centre stage at Manchester Folk Festival

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Mari Boine interview: “I was on my way somewhere, but now I’m really, really me”

Fiona Talkington speaks to Sámi activist and singer Mari Boine who, now in her 60s, finally feels confident in her own work

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Sharon Shannon: A Beginner's Guide

The Irish button accordionist from County Clare is known for her genre-crossing collaborations, taking traditional Irish music to places it’s never been before. Michael Quinn looks back over her impressive career