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Label of Love: Rockadillo Records
Chris Wheatley delves into a label promoting the sounds of the Finnish underground
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The 4 Corners and Centre of Nyboma’s Universe
The legend of Congolese rumba picks a selection of albums and songs that shaped him and continue to be his inspiration, decades into his highly influential career
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Memories of Emahoy
Mississippi Records mark what would have been the late Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s 100th birthday with the release of an extraordinary posthumous vocal album
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WOMAD announces first names for 2024
Amadou & Mariam, Sampa The Great, Baaba Maal and Yungchen Lhamo amongst first names announced for this year's WOMAD festival
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Songlines Encounters 2022: Gallery of Stars
This year's Songlines Encounters Festival, captured in pictures via the photographic lens of Miguel Santos
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Festival Pass: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Head to the Big Easy for a wondrous double-weekend festival bursting with unique musical and cultural thrills
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Marta Pereira da Costa interview: “It’s difficult to be the first one, it’s difficult to open doors…”
April Clare Welsh speaks to the Portuguese guitarist Marta Pereira da Costa who is breaking barriers for female fado musicians
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December 2025 issue of Songlines is out now, featuring Carminho
Carminho, Mariam, Wu Man, Martin Simpson & Matthew Byrne, polyphonic singing in Corsica, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Noura Mint Seymali and so much more
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“Drums are spiritual – however they are used” | Alai K interview
Prescribing some dance floor therapy with the Kenyan-born, Berlin-based ‘musical witchdoctor’
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PICS: The Songlines Music Awards ceremony 2019 went with a bang!
A first look at some of the exciting goings-on that hit the stage at the awards ceremony on November 30.
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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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Swiss Music Playlist: From Alps to Festival Fields (Sponsored Content)
Three world music festival directors dive deep into sounds from Switzerland’s global and folk artists and tell Songlines who, given the chance, they would programme and why
