Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Stunning new video from Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Watch Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita perform the mesmerising ‘Clarach’ from their new album, SOAR.
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Friday, April 13, 2018
Video exclusive: O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra & Indian sarod player Soumik Datta
Watch an exclusive video from the O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra with sarod virtuoso Soumik Datta.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Playlist: Indian Electronica
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music featuring both emerging talent and established names of the Indian electronica scene.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Playlist: Musicians in Exile
A Songlines playlist for Apple Music exploring the music of musicians who left their home countries for one reason or another.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Toumani Diabaté: A Beginner’s Guide
The kora has become almost synonymous with the music of Mali. Nigel Williamson examines the career of its chief exponent Toumani Diabaté
Friday, April 6, 2018
Playlist: Tango's Golden Boy
A Songlines playlist for Apple music, with Carlos Garbel a well known figure in the history of Tango.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Playlist: Global A Capella
A playlist created by Songlines for Apple music that showcases a wide range of artists singing a capella
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Eliza Carthy: Wayward and Free
Nathaniel Handy speaks to English singer-songwriter Eliza Carthy, who is the happiest she’s ever been with her new band, new voice and newfound freedom
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Mariza’s World
Mariza won the Best Artist category in the Songlines Music Awards 2016. Following the release of her first album in five years, Mariza makes sure fado is not a limitation. Mundo, she tells Gonçalo Frota, is her way of saying these are happy times
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
A to Z of World Music
World music is a maze. And what you need is a good map. So here is our A to Z of world music, taking you from Africa Express to Zimbabwe, from Balkan brass to qawwali and from cumbia to WOMAD
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
50 Great Moments in World Music
We've noted 50 great moments from 7000BC to the present day – concerts and confrontations, collaborations and conspiracies – all of which have shaped the sounds we're listening to today
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Chouk Bwa: Deep Roots, Borderless Energy
Doug DeLoach immerses himself in the ecstatic and positive music of Haitian band Chouk Bwa, who are about to embark on their debut UK tour
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Jazz is World Music
Why is there so much snobbery and closed-mindedness about jazz from the ‘world music police’?
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Songlines Best Albums of 2017
Songlines’ editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton select their favourite albums of 2017
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Baaba Maal: Return of the Podor Son
A spokesman for his people and proud champion of West African culture, Katharina Lobeck Kane salutes the Senegalese sensation Baaba Maal.
