Monday, April 11, 2022
Songlines Music Awards 2022 Nominations Announced
Nominees for this year’s Songlines Music Awards have been revealed. Catch up with all the contenders vying in each of the seven categories with our specially curated playlist
News
Monday, April 11, 2022
Video: Jasdeep Singh Degun's 'Sajanava'
Sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun releases a new single and video from his forthcoming debut album, Anomaly
Monday, April 4, 2022
Arooj Aftab wins a Grammy
New York-based artist becomes first Pakistani singer to win a Grammy
Friday, April 1, 2022
Fatou casts musical charms for magical manuscripts
Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara releases EP in association with Timbuktu archive project
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Songlines April 2022 issue is out now!
Interviews with Ibibio Sound Machine, Knight & Spiers, Elvis Costello and Imarhan; a look at the new generation of Viking noise-bringers; a Beginner's Guide to Le Vent du Nord, plus two free CD compilations with every copy
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Spell Songs show for broadcast
Folk by the Oak festival team announce exclusive online performance by the nature-loving folk collective
Monday, March 7, 2022
Songlines Presents... The Music of West Africa digital sampler
Take an exclusive look inside our special collector's edition on West African music
Monday, February 28, 2022
Exclusive bonus Balkan CD with April issue
Bridge-builders for Balkan music – MOST – have curated an exclusive CD brimming with the region's finest sounds, and it's free with our April edition
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
WOMAD marks 40th year with world class line-up
WOMAD returns to Wiltshire's Charlton Park this summer, with Angélique Kidjo, Fatoumata Diawara, The Flaming Lips, Nitin Sawhney and The Sugarhill Gang among the major draws
Monday, February 21, 2022
Super Roopa
One of the UK’s finest sitarists, Roopa Panesar, joins forces with pianist Al MacSween for a special pair of raga weekends
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Songlines March 2022 issue is out now!
Exclusive interviews with Rokia Koné, AR Rahman and Scottish trio Talisk; soundtracks of the Franco-Algerian conflict; a broadside from Eliza Carthy; a Beginner's Guide to son jarocho, plus much more
Monday, February 7, 2022
Obituary: Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022)
The 'nightingale of Bollywood' has died, aged 92
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Video: Tanya Tagaq's 'Colonizer'
Inuk experimentalist unveils new visuals for deeply caustic cut from her latest album, Tongues
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Obituary: Elza Soares (1930-2022)
One of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time, the glamorous genre-straddling samba star Elza Soares, has died aged 91
Monday, January 31, 2022
Obituary: Norma Waterson (1939-2022)
The British folk music matriarch has died, aged 82
