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Playlist: Winter’s Frost and Fire
A Songlines playlist for Apple music featuring tracks to warm the heart and soul by Bellowhead, Steeleye Span, Fleet Foxes and more
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Playlist: Winter’s Frost and Fire
A Songlines playlist for Apple music featuring tracks to warm the heart and soul by Bellowhead, Steeleye Span, Fleet Foxes and more
News
Artists announced for the Songlines Music Awards 2019 Ceremony at EartH
The first artists confirmed for this year's Songlines Music Awards Ceremony have been revealed...
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Simon Broughton gets to grips with Colombia's marimba music: “absolutely exhilarating and liberating for the soul”
The marimba music of Colombia’s Pacific coast is enjoying a something of a revival. Simon Broughton grabs a couple of mallets and takes a swing at a workshop
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Fireside Stories: Capercaillie recount their unexpected tour of the Middle East
As Capercaillie celebrate their 40th anniversary, founding member Donald Shaw recalls the band’s earliest forays overseas and how perceptions of Scottish music have changed
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Obituary: Simon Emmerson (1956-2023)
The Afro Celt Sound System founder, initiator of The Imagined Village, record producer, composer, guitarist and birdsong enthusiast has passed away
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Folk on Foot's Front Room Festival
Organisers of the Folk on Foot podcast are planning a special Easter Bank Holiday Monday virtual festival in order to help musicians impacted by the coronavirus lockdown
Live reviews
Songlines Encounters Festival 2019 – review
Simon Broughton gives the low-down of all nine concerts from the recent Songlines Encounters Festival at Kings Place in London, May 30-June 2
Live reviews
FMM Sines 2018 opening weekend
The opening weekend of the much-loved Portuguese festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with four evenings of free concerts in the seaside town of Porto Covo
Features
Fireside Stories: 20 Years of Lullabies from the Axis of Evil
In 2004, a Norwegian record label joined forces with female singers from the so-called ‘axis of evil’ in protest against a global climate of fear – over 20 years later, Lullabies from the Axis of Evil continues to be relevant
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Afro Celt Sound System Pay Tribute To Simon Emmerson With New Album
Trailblazing world music troupe announce details of their long-awaited label debut for Six Degrees Records, a final testament to late founding member’s pioneering vision
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The Story Behind Songlines
The first-ever Songlines hit the shelves in early 1999, its genesis stemmed from a complaint about what constitutes ‘world music’. Here, current editor Russ Slater Johnson speaks to founding editor Simon Broughton about the magazine’s beginnings
