Best New Albums
Top of the World – May 2018
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2018 issue
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2018 issue
The month's best new albums, including The Gloaming, Le Vent du Nord and Kronos Quartet and Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat.
The editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in the May 2020 issue
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
Global-folkloric musics abound at this Estonian multi-genre splurge of showcases
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
Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Julie Fowlis is Gaelic music's brightest star
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
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
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
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
Chris Moss talks to Tango Siempre’s Julian Rowlands about his chromatic ‘cuckoo clock’ and how he came to the bandoneón
COVID-19’s impact has been global and unprecedented. Russ Slater speaks to various musicians and people who work within the music community about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their approach to making and promoting music
BBC Radio 3 presenter Georgia Mann takes Simon Broughton on a sonic trip through her world music highlights and the sounds that have moved her
The annual week-long jazz festival in France featured DakhaBrakha, Femi Kuti, Noura Mint Seymali, Antonio Lizana and Robert Cray
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