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

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

Obituary: Teddy Osei (1937-2025)

Osibisa founding member and singer Teddy Osei has passed away

Introducing... Emily Wurramara

On her latest album the rising Anindilyakwa star channels trauma, ancestral knowledge and togetherness. “It’s a community-driven record”, she declares

The 4 Corners and Centre of Julie Fowlis’ Universe

The Scottish singer picks the albums that have stayed with her through pivotal moments of her life. “I keep coming back to ones that have a Gaelic heartbeat to them”, she confesses

A Conversation with Sam Lee: “I want every album to be filled with forests, and I want every forest to be filled with music”

Russ Slater Johnson speaks to the English singer and climate activist about campfire singalongs, collecting folk songs in unexpected places and how nature is at the heart of everything he does

What Can Musicians and Music Lovers Do During a Climate Crisis?

With the earth passing 1.5 degrees celsius of heating in 2024, and recent natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, we asked artists and researchers how to play and enjoy music while respecting and helping the planet

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Melike Şahin: “Surviving as a musician in Turkey is hard both in economic and political terms”

With the release of her second album, Turkish pop innovator Melike Şahin continues on her singular path to success. She speaks to Nikolas-Kaan Yilmaz about how she found mainstream acclaim on her own terms