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Top of the World – May 2018

The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2018 issue

Top of the World - May 2019

The month's best new albums, including The Gloaming, Le Vent du Nord and Kronos Quartet and Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat.

Songlines May 2021 issue is out now!

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi on notions of home; Songlines Music Awards 2021 nominees revealed; interviews with Peggy Seeger and Piers Faccini; a Beginner's Guide to Argentinian accordionist Chango Spasiuk, and more inside

Live reviews

Tallinn Music Week, Estonia, May 11-13

Global-folkloric musics abound at this Estonian multi-genre splurge of showcases

Best New Albums

Top of the World – May 2020

The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2020 issue

Artists

Julie Fowlis

Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Julie Fowlis is Gaelic music's brightest star

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Special Source #1: Salif Keita, Femi Kuti, Youssou N'Dour, Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson

A round-up of new releases that are on the horizon from some of the biggest names in Africa and the US

Features

Vieux Farka Touré interview: “It’s difficult to be the child of someone who has gone to the top of the mountain”

Emerging from the shadow cast by his famous father, guitarist Vieux Farka Touré has spent a career forging his own path. But now he’s finally returning to his roots. Photography by Kiss Diouara

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Introducing the May 2023 issue of Songlines

Arooj Aftab, Dur-Dur Band Int., Tashi Lhunpo Monks, Jorge Drexler, Catriona Price, Islandman, and so much more, including the Songlines Music Awards nominations – find out who got the votes

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Introducing the May 2024 issue of Songlines

A Middle East focus with Emel Mathlouthi, Mohammad Syfkhan and an in-depth report on emerging music scenes in the region. Plus, Sahra Halgan, Sabri Brothers, Dele Sosimi, Lonnie Holley and the Songlines Music Awards 2024

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Songlines #157 (May 2020) is out now!

Moonlight Benjamin, the Songlines Music Awards 2020 nominees, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, London Bulgarian Choir, Juan Martín and plenty more in the latest issue of Songlines

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Songlines May 2022 issue is out now!

Nominations for this year’s Songlines Music Awards announced; interviews with Lido Pimienta, Maya Youssef and Iberi; a Beginner's Guide to Norwegian Hardanger fiddler Annbjørg Lien, plus free Top of the World compilation CD with every copy