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Monday, September 20, 2021

Obituary: Alèmayèhu Eshèté (1941-2021)

Remembering the life, times and music of the 'Abyssinian Elvis,' one of the key players on the Swinging Addis scene

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Songlines October 2021 issue is out now!

Buena Vista Social Club: celebrating 25 years of a world music phenomenon; interviews with Spiers & Boden, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante and Joachim Cooder; a Beginner's Guide to Alim Qasimov, plus more inside

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Dos Santos: Mirror Ballers

Chicagoan alt-Latinx quintet Dos Santos drop an animated collage fantasia for 'A Tu Lado', a track from their forthcoming long-player, City of Mirrors

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Susana Baca: Liberty Belle

Ahead of her cover feature in the November issue of Songlines we present Susana Baca's 'Sorongo', a track taken from the Peruvian singer's forthcoming album, Palabras Urgentes

Monday, September 13, 2021

Loops Gurus: South African Team-Up Goes to Town

Singer-songwriter Jeremy Loops collaborates with the iconic vocal troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo on polyphonic mood-lifter, 'This Town'

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Monsieur Doumani: The Owl Service

Cypriot avant-folk trio Monsieur Doumani premiere a paranoia-inducing drama for their track, 'Koukkoufkiáos', a bubo-centred nocturnal boon

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach: Doom Patrol

Scottish musicians Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach drop an in-performance video for 'Ghruamach', the duo's evocative reading of a sorrowful Gaelic melody

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Obituary: Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021)

The renowned Greek composer, conductor and master of melopoisi who waged wars of words and music against a military junta has died aged 96

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Obituary: Lee 'Scratch' Perry (1936-2021)

The Jamaican record producer and singer famed for his innovative studio alchemy is remembered

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Obituary: Nobesuthu Mbadu (1945-2021)

Remembering the South African mbaqanga singer and Mahotella Queens vocalist

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Ingrid Henderson: Sending Out An S.O.S.

Watch 'Message in a Bottle', a delightful audio-visual work commissioned by NatureScot for the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020/21, featuring music by Ingrid Henderson and visuals courtesy of Cat Bruce