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Le Guess Who? announce giant line-up

The Utrecht festival announces 87 artists including Ayalew Mesfin & Debo Band, Mélissa Laveaux and Ustad Saami

Songlines Presents... The Music of West Africa digital sampler

Take an exclusive look inside our special collector's edition on West African music

Harmonium player Ahmad Fanoos found sanctuary in the US after being forced to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Russ Slater reports on how the move reunited members of a musical family and proved the catalyst for a special series of shows

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Celebrating 100 Years of Emahoy in Washington DC

A concert on November 7 is being held to mark the 100th birthday of the late pianist and composer Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

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Eurosonic Noorderslag 2024

CMAT, Lina_ and YĪN YĪN are but a few of the big names that showed up for ESNS 2024

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Evolving Beats: Interview with Spëcht

Spëcht, formally known as Hands in Motion, tell Justin Turford about their rebranding and bringing together music from all four corners of the globe

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The August/September 2024 issue of Songlines is out now!

It’s our 200th issue and it’s packed: Leyla McCalla, Peter Gabriel, Kronos Quartet, Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, Malta, Joe Boyd, The Cavemen, Rapa Nui, Billy Bragg…

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Dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica

Attendees of the Island Music Conference discuss the legacy of Jamaica’s golden era during Reggae Month

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Watch: Pan-Luso trio Coladera launch new album with video

Tricontinental Lusophone group Coladera have launched their second album today, March 29, with a beautiful new video.

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Introducing the July 2023 issue of Songlines, featuring Fatoumata Diawara

Fatoumata Diawara, Pongo, Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens, Shirley Collins, plus an update from Afghan musicians in exile and the first dispatch from our new columnist Eliza Carthy…

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Listen: Layale Chaker - 'Inner Rhyme'

Have an exclusive first listen to Layale Chaker's latest single from her forthcoming album

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Introducing the November 2023 issue of Songlines, featuring Angélique Kidjo

Angélique Kidjo, Irakere, The Mary Wallopers, Anoushka Shankar, Dengue Fever, Chief Adjuah, Bebel Gilberto gives a Beginner’s Guide to João Gilberto, plus dispatches from Hawaii, Australia and Iran