Songlines - February/March 2025
The February/March 2025 issue (#205) of Songlines is out now, and we ask: what can musicians and fans do during a climate crisis? We speak to musicians, researchers and proactive organisations as part of a practical guide. Plus, we are in conversation with Sam Lee, asking about his climate activism and sharing stories of collecting folk songs. We have an in-depth report from Colombia’s Petronio Alvarez Festival, the largest Afro-Latin event in the world. We speak to Songhoy Blues about a new album taking them back to their roots, we talk to the most exciting new voice in Turkey, Melike Şahin, and we get to know an anarcho-folk institution with a Beginner’s Guide to the Levellers. We pay tribute to tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, report from Kampala, Uganda where the Nyege Nyege Festival never fails to delight. Plus, Julie Fowlis shares some of her most loved Gaelic albums, Australia’s Emily Wurramara, a My World interview with author and historian Sir Niall Ferguson, Lisa O’Neill’s symphonic new show, Essential 10 Bulgarian Albums, the Portuguese artists to keep an eye on, as well as all the usual news, listings, reviews, competitions, and more.
Print and digital subscribers will also receive our accompanying Top of the World compilation featuring our pick of the month’s best new music – Sam Amidon, Rogê, Kathryn Tickell, Songhoy Blues, Nesrine and more – as well as five bonus tracks to accompany our feature articles from Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Sam Lee, Robbie Basho, Josienne Clarke and Levellers.
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