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Eurosonic Noorderslag 2024

CMAT, Lina_ and YĪN YĪN are but a few of the big names that showed up for ESNS 2024

Introducing... Buzz’ Ayaz

Robin Denselow speaks to Antonis Antoniou about his new band Buzz’ Ayaz and its mission to bring unity to Cyprus

Eliades Ochoa: A Beginner's Guide

Mary Farquharson marvels at the career of the much-loved former Buena Vista Social Club musician who is still highly influential today

Songlines and PRS Foundation announce new remix competition

The new competition will see UK-based artists remixing Indonesian music from David Attenborough's My Field Recordings From Across The Planet.

Roots Round-Up (Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis and more)

A selection of essential releases from the US and Canada including new albums from Nuxalk Radio, Beau Cheval, Laurie Lewis, Jontavious Willis and La Pastourelle

Jake Blount interview: “I wanted to find a way to represent our traditions while also looking forward”

American banjo and fiddle player Jake Blount explains to Alexandra Petropoulos how he’s using the sounds and lessons of history and the global climate crisis to envision a new future for Black spiritual music

Features

Margareth Menezes: from Carnival Queen to Brazil's Minister of Culture

Margareth Menezes, an icon of Afro-Brazilian music and Salvador’s carnival, talks to Oleno Netto about her European tour and her plans as Brazil’s new Minister of Culture

News

Introducing the June 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Margareth Menezes

Folk & Festivals special featuring the most exciting new names in folk music, our extensive UK Festival Guide and an interview with Brazil’s Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes

Best New Albums

The Best New Albums from Around the World (June 2024)

The Best New Albums from Around the World, featuring Aynur, Avalanche Kaito, Las Lloronas, Bab L'Bluz and more

News

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

Features

Daymé Arocena: “I am letting people see inside me with the music”

The young Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has had a rapid rise to fame. She tells Jane Cornwell about her journey so far and her tribute to Santería’s female orishas

Features

Introducing La Perla: “We sing about the raw violence that we’ve lived in this country”

Meet the Colombian trio who are using the rhythms and vernacular of their traditional culture to transmit a message of defiance

Essential 10

African-American Protest Albums – The Essential 10

Over the past century, black American artists have sung out against injustice. Garth Cartwright chooses ten albums that express discontent, from the age of Jim Crow to the current Trump administration

Essential 10

The 10 best Gospel albums

Garth Cartwright aims to get you swaying in the aisles with these ten top classic gospel collections, featuring Mahalia Jackson, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Edwin Hawkins Singers and more...