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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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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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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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Songlines' Global Christmas Playlist
Our rundown of some of the finest and most far-flung new festive anthems this Christmas
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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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Label of Love: Rockadillo Records
Chris Wheatley delves into a label promoting the sounds of the Finnish underground
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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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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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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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Cara de Espelho: Time to Protest
Alarmed by the far-right surge, Cara de Espelho have gathered members of some of Portugal’s best-loved bands to create something new, and urgently needed. Gonçalo Frota meets the group and attends one of their first shows
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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.
