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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Martin Carthy celebrates 84th birthday with first solo album in 19 years

Folk legend Martin Carthy returns with a surprise new album featuring interpretations of songs he first made famous 60 years previously

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Sona Jobarteh readies for career retrospective at the Roundhouse

Family and Philharmonia will join Sona Jobarteh for a career retrospective at London’s legendary Roundhouse on April 16

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Obituary: Aurelio Martínez (1969-2025)

Champion of the music of the Garifuna people Aurelio Martínez has been killed in a plane crash

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

The Young'Uns share three career highlights ahead of 20th anniversary tour

A capella Teesside folk trio The Young’Uns – whose music is marked by its strong social conscience and gorgeous harmonies – celebrate their 20th anniversary this year.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Obituary: Ekuka Morris Sirikiti (1961–2024)

Famed storyteller and lukeme player from Uganda having a late-career resurgence

Friday, March 7, 2025

Another Good Friday (International Women's Day Special)

To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8 we've picked out a selection of new releases from female artists, including Emahoy, Natalia Lafourcade, Ireland's VARO and more

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Introducing the April 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring Ichiko Aoba

Ichiko Aoba, Abel Selaocoe, Seu Jorge, Andy Irvine, Cambodian rap, the most anticipated albums of 2025, Gurdjieff Ensemble, Alabaster DePlume and much more

Monday, March 3, 2025

Ken Zuckerman (1952-2025)

Globally respected American sarod player, Ken Zuckerman, has passed away.

Friday, February 7, 2025

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

Friday, January 31, 2025

Introducing the February/March 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring Sam Lee

Sam Lee: rewilding the land, song by song | Songhoy Blues: unplugged in Mali

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Obituary: Teddy Osei (1937-2025)

Osibisa founding member and singer Teddy Osei has passed away

Monday, December 16, 2024

Obituary: Zakir Hussain (1951–2024)

Tabla maestro and global fusion trailblazer, the much-loved musician Zakir Hussain has died

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Introducing the January 2025 issue of Songlines, featuring our Review of 2024

Songlines Review of 2024 with the best albums and highlights of the year, plus Manu Chao, Arooj Aftab, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Xenia França, L Subramaniam, Topic Records and more

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Songlines has won Folk Alliance International’s Lifetime Achievement Award

We are extremely happy to announce that we will be the recipients of an Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 International Folk Music Awards, which are produced by Folk Alliance International (FAI).