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Important news regarding the Songlines CD
We are making a change to our covermount CD that will affect those who buy Songlines from a retailer. Please read on to find out our plans, and why we are making this change
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Mdou Moctar: Niger's desert rock resistance
Mdou Moctar has had a great year, with a new album and worldwide tour positioning him as a new breed of African guitar hero… but he’s not alone. Bombino and Etran de l’Aïr are two other electric guitar-heavy bands who are establishing Niger as the capital of ‘desert rock’
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Khiyo: Bengali Tribute
Khiyo talk to Jo Frost about the impact of Bangladesh’s rich musical traditions and that country’s poetry on their long-awaited second album, Bondona
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Holy Cowley: the return of the Cowley Road Carnival
With Cowley Road Carnival returning for the first time in five years, Fred Waine takes a trip to Oxford’s melting pot
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Introducing the December 2024 issue of Songlines, featuring Mdou Moctar
The World’s 50 Greatest Guitarists, Mdou Moctar, Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Christy Moore, Seckou Keita, Warsaw Street Music, and so much more in our latest issue
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Trepp & Friends short-step to success at annual Tallinn showcase
Reportage from the Fenno-Ugria Night at this year's edition of Tallinn Music Week
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Songlines Music Awards 2022: THE LIVE SHOW
Our world music extravaganza returns with a slew of sumptuous live performances at the Scala in London on November 2
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WOMEX 2020 Digital Showcases: Day Four, October 24
Simon Broughton checks into the last day of digital performances and enjoys the concerts of Hungarian bands with a real audience that took place in Budapest.
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Blick Bassy: “This generation must defy imported culture and design their own role models and paths”
Daniel Brown speaks to Cameroonian musician and writer Blick Bassy about breaking the silence on France’s colonialist treatment towards his country’s independence heroes
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Songs for Peace
Lankum, Lisa O’Neill and The Mary Wallopers play a benefit gig in Dublin as artists around the world respond to the violence in Palestine and Israel
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Other Voices: Home at the Guinness Storehouse
For the fifth consecutive year, this November the Guinness Storehouse hosted a range of musicians – from The Mary Wallopers to Niamh Regan to Tolü Makay – for an evening rich in music, joy and warmth
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Víctor Jara: A Beginner's Guide
Nearly 50 years a¤er his death, Víctor Jara’s songs continue to inspire idealism across Latin America. Chris Moss recalls Chile’s pre-eminent protest singer
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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
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Ludovico Einaudi interview: “I always look for purity when I play music and this is what is there in the Malian approach”
The Italian-born composer and pianist talks to Jane Cornwell about his myriad musical collaborators and the music from around the world that fascinates him
