Monday, July 22, 2024
Oumou Sangaré, Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita and others pay tribute to Toumani Diabaté
Artists from across Africa pay tribute to the kora maestro who has tragically passed away
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Thursday, July 18, 2024
The August/September 2024 issue of Songlines is out now!
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…
Monday, July 15, 2024
Numero Group Launch Lijadu Sisters Reissue Series
Renowned archival label announce reparative multi-record retrieval campaign dedicated to trailblazing Nigerian twins
Monday, July 15, 2024
La Feria 2024: a celebration of Latin music, dance and culture in Liverpool
Liverpool will come alive with all things Latin America at this year's La Feria festival in September
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Artists to Look Out for at WOMAD 2024
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.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
WOMEX 24 Unveils More artists for October event in Manchester
Organisers have unveiled the complete line-up for three of their stages at this year’s WOMEX in Manchester
Monday, July 8, 2024
K-Music Comes To London
The 11th edition of the celebrated Korean Music Festival brings some of the country’s most vital artists to the capital this autumn
Friday, July 5, 2024
New date announced for Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou’s Songlines Encounters show
Gnawa artist Asmâa Hamzaoui will take to the stage for a rescheduled date of the Songlines Encounters Festival 2024
Monday, July 1, 2024
Fanie Fayar Bags UPBEAT’s Best New Talent Award
Up-and-coming French-Congolese artist takes home prestigious European prize
Friday, June 28, 2024
West Of Roan Illumine Personal Parables With Animated Premiere
Myth-steeped US folk duo herald forthcoming full-length with symbolic representations of fable, allegory and spiritual-cipher semiotics
Friday, June 21, 2024
Cumbia Legends Manzanita y Su Conjunto Embark on Their First UK Tour
The legendary group who paved the way for Peruvian cumbia in the 1960s have set off on their month long tour of the UK this week
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Lost Album' To Be Released
A collection of recordings, dating back to 1990, by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are to be released in September as 'Chain of Light'
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Obituary: Baba Commandant
The bandleader and primary vocalist of Burkina Faso's Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band has passed away aged 51
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
El Khat Tender Conjugal Counsel
Listen to the Yemeni roots crew’s latest single, a hypnotic flip on an old traditional wedding tune, taken from the band’s forthcoming album
Thursday, June 13, 2024
July 2024 issue of Songlines - featuring Salif Keita - is out now!
An Africa Special starring Salif Keita, The Zawose Queens, The Joy and Franck Biyong, plus a Banjo Summit with Rhiannon Giddens and Belá Fleck
