The record industry is in a state of flux, with many labels struggling to keep up with the rapidly changing marketplace. Yet there are artists and labels still riding the wave and who are unanimous about their ultimate motivation – making great music
Brand new videos from EMEL, Ana Lua Caiano, Asa, Hermanos Gutierrez and a startling ode to a Colombian sex worker from La Batucada Guaricha.
Reportage from the Fenno-Ugria Night at this year's edition of Tallinn Music Week
Angélique Kidjo, Irakere, The Mary Wallopers, Anoushka Shankar, Dengue Fever, Chief Adjuah, Bebel Gilberto gives a Beginner’s Guide to João Gilberto, plus dispatches from Hawaii, Australia and Iran
Cameroonian singer Blick Bassy's latest single is from his album 1958, out on March 9
The bandleader and primary vocalist of Burkina Faso's Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band has passed away aged 51
Few African countries have contributed so many important artists to the World Music market: Salif Keita, Toumani Diabaté, Habib Koité, Kandia Kouyaté, Oumou Sangaré and the late Ali Farka Touré being but a few
London’s premier Latin music festival is back with an exciting array of rare and unique performances
Ian Brennan speaks to Gaelynn Lea, a musician and disability advocate from America’s heartland, about her 21st-century folk music
Bulgarian jazz festival showcases emerging talent from all across Europe
Outstanding new releases from Omar Sosa, San Salvador, Christine Salem, Warsaw Village Band and more... Tracks from all of these albums are included on the free cover-CD with the April 2021 issue of Songlines
All of these artists who released their first solo album during the lifetime of Songlines (ie since 1999), including Fatoumata Diawara, Mariza, Sam Lee and many more
London-based collective curate their latest tribute to the iconic Soho folk and blues club with a stellar line-up of legends and rising stars
The Korean musical identity can be traced to the fifth century, and has been well documented since the fifteenth century, as Rob Provine and Keith Howard reveal
The 2020 Grammy Awards winners were announced on Sunday night with several Songlines-showcased artists collecting deserved gongs.
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