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WOMAD 2023 Playlist
Experience our specially-curated playlist featuring all the artists on the bill at Charlton Park for this year's edition of the iconic world music festival
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50 Global Guitar Greats
50 guitarists who have made an impact outside of the usual rock’n’roll axis of axes
Live reviews
Review: WOMAD 2019 - Day 3
Music from Indonesia, South Sudan, Mali, Ukraine and Occitania lights up the festival
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WOMAD 2023 Artists Announced
Everyone’s favourite world music field trip is back for another round this summer, as the first artists are announced for WOMAD 2023
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Playlist: Cape Verde Island Beauty
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music, principally exploring the music of Cesaria Evora
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Elaha Soroor interview: “Modesty is part of the identity of Afghan women and if you don’t have that identity you don’t exist”
Afghan singer Elaha Soroor talks to Simon Broughton about her role in a play that mirrors her own flight as a refugee and the fate of her family back home since the Taliban’s return to power
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Ballaké Sissoko: A Beginner's Guide
The Malian kora player has become an international star, noted for his myriad musical collaborations. Nigel Williamson examines his extensive back catalogue
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Exploring the enduring influence of the Carolina Chocolate Drops
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
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Baaba Maal: Return of the Podor Son
A spokesman for his people and proud champion of West African culture, Katharina Lobeck Kane salutes the Senegalese sensation Baaba Maal.
News
Songlines November 2021 issue is out now!
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
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Introducing the July 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring Martin Carthy
Folk Special featuring Martin Carthy, VARO, The Gentle Good, Quinie and a calendar of folk festivities, plus Rokia Traoré, Malawi’s buzz bands, Taj Mahal, Maxine Peake
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Awesome Tapes From Africa at 20
As Awesome Tapes From Africa marks its 20th anniversary, founder Brian Shimkovitz recalls some amazing discoveries from the label’s back catalogue
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Songlines Presents... The Music of Latin America
Discover the fabulous music of Latin America with the latest limited edition, print-only specialist publication from Songlines magazine
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Olodum: A Beginner's Guide
Andy Cumming charts how a carnival group from Bahia took Afro-Brazilian culture to the likes of Paul Simon, Pet Shop Boys and Michael Jackson
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: “He remains an enigma, to this day…what was that magic?”
Jameela Siddiqi plots the unprecedented international success of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistan’s ‘King of Kings of Qawwali’ and, for many, one of the greatest singers of all time
