Two Marleys, two Malian legends, two magnificent artists meeting up in Lagos, malevolent folk music from the Thames and more in our latest instalment of new songs to get your Friday going.
Two enticing new events on the UK folk calendar get set for their inaugural editions
Trailblazing world music troupe announce details of their long-awaited label debut for Six Degrees Records, a final testament to late founding member’s pioneering vision
Iconoclastic US folk duo announce their latest studio album alongside new single, ‘Empty Trainload of Sky’
Global vocal gathering set to make waves on Cardiff Bay this October
Artists from across Africa pay tribute to the kora maestro who has tragically passed away
It’s our 200th issue and it’s packed: Leyla McCalla, Peter Gabriel, Kronos Quartet, Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, Malta, Joe Boyd, The Cavemen, Rapa Nui, Billy Bragg…
Renowned archival label announce reparative multi-record retrieval campaign dedicated to trailblazing Nigerian twins
Liverpool will come alive with all things Latin America at this year's La Feria festival in September
Heading to WOMAD this year? The Malmesbury-set festival is back again on July 25-28 and there are plenty of artists in the line-up that we've featured in Songlines previously, as well as many that we really should.
Organisers have unveiled the complete line-up for three of their stages at this year’s WOMEX in Manchester
The 11th edition of the celebrated Korean Music Festival brings some of the country’s most vital artists to the capital this autumn
Gnawa artist Asmâa Hamzaoui will take to the stage for a rescheduled date of the Songlines Encounters Festival 2024
Up-and-coming French-Congolese artist takes home prestigious European prize
Myth-steeped US folk duo herald forthcoming full-length with symbolic representations of fable, allegory and spiritual-cipher semiotics
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