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Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019, Songlines magazine covers the world's most exciting music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from all around the globe. Songlines is packed full of the latest CD reviews, artist interviews, guides to particular world music traditions, concert-listings, travel stories and every issue comes with an exclusive compilation CD.
Video highlights from the live show of the Songlines Music Awards 2022 at London’s Scala on November 2, supported by Agilia. Includes excerpts from all four live performances by Balimaya Project, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Ballaké Sissoko and Fanfare Ciocărlia. Hosted by Cerys Matthews, we also reveal Youssou N'Dour as this year's World Pioneer winner with an exclusive video from Peter Gabriel. Guest presenters include Simon Broughton and Nubya Garcia. For more details on the awards visit www.SonglinesMusicAwards.com
Now in their 14th year, the Songlines Music Awards celebrate the remarkable range of musical talent from around the world covered in Songlines magazine throughout 2021 (issues #165 to #174 inclusive).
All the nominees in the geographical categories (Africa & Middle East, Americas, Europe, Asia & Pacific and Fusion) were chosen by our crack team of contributors based around the world and the Best Artist and Best Group nominees were voted by Songlines readers. The winners of these categories will be announced in the June issue (#178, out May 13) and the Newcomer and World Pioneer award winners will be announced at the Songlines Music Awards ceremony later this year.
For more details on this year’s nominees visit: https://www.songlines.co.uk/awards/2022
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Featured music courtesy of ARC Music - Namgar 'On a Platform the Size of a Yurt' from the album Nayan Navaa. More details here
Songlines is delighted to be the media partner of Andy Kershaw’s podcast series: ‘Andy Kershaw Plays Some Bloody Great Records’. You can hear the latest episode here (#11) which features a wide range of Andy’s favourite music and includes an exclusive kitchen session from Borderland Bluegrass. For future episodes, to subscribe to the podcast and to donate, head over to www.andykershaw.co.uk
Watch the Songlines Music Awards 2021 ceremony presented by Cerys Matthews with details of the nominees and winners in all nine categories, including the Newcomer and World Pioneer awards. Featuring music from Bosnia to Mongolia, Israel to Zanzibar, with live performances by Ayom, Jake Blount, Bab L’ Bluz, Damir Imamović, Khusugtun, Liraz and Siti Muharam. For more information on the awards click here
The Songlines Music Awards 2021 ceremony is going virtual and will be streamed straight into your homes at 7pm (GMT) on Sunday December 12. Presented again by Cerys Matthews, we’ll be presenting the nominees and winners in all nine categories, and unveiling the victors in our Newcomer and World Pioneer sections. Plus, we’ll have performances from all of this year’s winning artists, including Ayom, Jake Blount, Bab L’ Bluz, Damir Imamović, Khusugtun, Liraz and Siti Muharam. For more details visit SonglinesMusicAwards.com
Songlines is delighted to be the media partner of Andy Kershaw’s new podcast series: ‘Andy Kershaw Plays Some Bloody Great Records’. You can hear the very first episode here which features a wide range of Andy’s favourite music and includes an exclusive kitchen session from singer-songwriter guitarist Steve Tilston. For future episodes and to subscribe to the podcast, head over to www.andykershaw.co.uk
Watch the Songlines Music Awards 2020 ceremony presented by Cerys Matthews with performances by all of this year’s winners including Bassekou Kouyaté, Blick Bassy, Cimarrón, Jambinai, Kefaya + Elaha Soroor, Lankum and Leyla McCalla. Plus we reveal the winners of the World Pioneer and Newcomer awards.
For more information on the awards visit: https://www.songlinesmusicawards.com
The Songlines Music Awards 2020 ceremony is going virtual and is free for everyone to enjoy! Join us on Sunday December 13 at 7pm (GMT) when Cerys Matthews will guide you through the nominees and winners in all nine categories, including the two winners still to be revealed: Newcomer and World Pioneer. We’ll have performances from all of this year’s winning artists featuring music from Mali to Korea, Colombia to Cameroon, Ireland to Haiti, with Bassekou Kouyaté, Blick Bassy, Cimarrón, Jambinai, Kefaya + Elaha Soroor, Lankum and Leyla McCalla as well as some very special guests. For more information visit https://www.songlinesmusicawards.com
Video highlights from the 2019 Songlines Music Awards ceremony at London’s EartH in Hackney on November 30, presented in partnership with Soundcrash Music. Includes excerpts from all five live performances by Monsieur Doumani, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Gaye Su Akyol, Fatoumata Diawara and Mariza. Hosted by Cerys Matthews there's also presentations of all nine categories including Newcomer winner Anandi Bhattacharya and World Pioneer winner Nitin Sawhney with guest presenters Andy Serkis, The Portuguese Ambassador in London, Anoushka Shankar, Lopa Kothari, Jane Cornwell and Nikki Bedi PLUS presentation of the winner in the David Attenborough Songlines Remix Competition. For more information and extended artist videos visit www.songlines.co.uk/awards/2019
The Songlines Remix Competition was launched on May 10 2019 by Songlines magazine in partnership with PRS Foundation. The competition was open to UK music creators to submit a remix of a gamelan track 'Gender Wayang' recorded by Sir David Attenborough in Bali in 1956. The recording is one of 56 featured on the highly acclaimed double album David Attenborough: My Field Recordings from Across the Planet which were all recorded between 1954-63 while Attenborough filmed the Zoo Quest series for the BBC. The competition received over 300 entries which have been whittled down to a shortlist of six finalists by a distinguished panel comprising Sir David Attenborough, Cerys Matthews, Gilles Peterson, Ghostpoet, Hannah Peel and Matthew Herbert as well as gamelan expert Andy Channing. Now it’s the public who decides on the winner, with voting open until September 15. The winner will be announced on November 1 in the December issue of Songlines and will be presented with their award and perform their remix at this year’s Songlines Music Awards ceremony on Saturday November 30 2019 at EartH in Dalston.
In this podcast Cerys Matthews introduces and plays the full remixes of all six finalists with details on the awards ceremony. To vote, and enter a competition to win a signed album by Sir David, visit www.songlines.co.uk/remix
Jo Frost & Simon Broughton (Songlines magazine’s editor & editor in chief) announce and play music by the winners in the five geographical categories in the Songlines Music Awards 2019 including details of this year’s awards ceremony at London’s EartH on Saturday November 30, to be hosted by Cerys Matthews. For more details visit www.songlinesmusicawards.com
Simon Broughton & Jo Frost (Songlines magazine’s editor in chief & editor) announce and play music from the winners of the five geographical categories in the Songlines Music Awards 2018 with details of this year's inaugural awards ceremony at the Electric Brixton on October 20. Click for more info.
2018 is the eighth year of Songlines Encounters Festival and the most ambitious yet. It does what it has always done – bring high-quality artists from around the world championed by Songlines magazine to play music in the superb environment of Kings Place, London. Songlines Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton interviews Soumik Datta about the seasons and time-cycles of North Indian music, ahead of his upcoming performance on Sunday June 3. This year’s festival runs from May 31 - June 6 2018. For more information visit Kings Place
2018 is the eighth year of Songlines Encounters Festival and the most ambitious yet. It does what it has always done – bring high-quality artists from around the world championed by Songlines magazine to play music in the superb environment of Kings Place, London. Songlines Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton interviews Tuuletar, a vocal folk-hop quartet, who are performing on Friday June 1. This year’s festival runs from May 31 - June 6 2018. For more information visit Kings Place
This podcast includes highlights from the January/February 2015 issue of Songlines no.105
This podcast includes highlights from the November/December 2014 issue of Songlines no.104
This podcast includes highlights from the August/September 2014 issue of Songlines no.102
This podcast includes highlights from the January/February 2014 issue of Songlines no.97
This podcast includes highlights from the November/December 2013 issue of Songlines no.96
This podcast includes highlights from the August/September 2013 issue of Songlines no.94
This podcast includes highlights from the January/February 2013 issue of Songlines no.89
This podcast includes highlights from the November/December 2012 issue of Songlines no.88
This podcast includes highlights from the August/September 2012 issue of Songlines no.86
This podcast includes highlights from the January-February 2011 issue of Songlines no.73
This podcast includes highlights from the November-December 2010 issue of Songlines no.72
This podcast includes highlights from the August-September 2010 issue of Songlines (no.70)
This podcast includes highlights from the April and May 2010 issue of Songlines (no.67)
This podcast includes highlights from the January and February 2010 issue of Songlines (no.65)
This podcast includes highlights from the November and December issue of Songlines (no.64) opening with an excerpt from Immigres by Youssou N'Dour (Sterns).
This podcast includes highlights from the October issue of Songlines no.63 opening with an excerpt from Hugh Masekela’s recent album Phola (Times Square Records)
This podcast includes highlights from the August and September 2009 issue of Songlines no.62
This podcast includes highlights from the July 2009 issue of Songlines (no.61) opening with an excerpt from Baaba Maals new album Television (Palm), our cover star for this issue
This podcast includes highlights from the June 2009 issue of Songlines (no.60) opening with an excerpt from Candido Fabre (Tumi).
This podcast includes highlights from the April May 2009 issue of Songlines (no.59) - our Green issue – opening with an excerpt from Staff Benda Bilili.
This podcast includes highlights from the March 2009 issue of Songlines 58 - our 10th anniversary edition – opening with an excerpt by Esma Redzepovas version of Djelem Djelem from Network album Road of the Gypsies. Songlines editor in chief, Simon Broughton, plays an extract from Kayhan Kalhor's album Ghazal (ECM), one of his best albums of the last decade.
This podcast includes highlights from the November/December issue of Songlines 56, opening with an exclusive excerpt from Amadou and Mariam's new album 'Welcome to Mali’ (Because).
This podcast includes highlights from the October issue of Songlines No.55, opening with an excerpt from Rokia Traoré's new album Tchamantché (Nonesuch).
This podcast includes highlights from the August September issue of Songlines 54, opening with an excerpt from Seth Lakeman's new album 'Poor Man's Heaven (on Relentless).
This podcast includes highlights from the July issue of Songlines 53, opening with an excerpt from the live album (on Ruby Works) of Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo and Gabriela.
This podcast includes highlights from the June issue of Songlines (#52), opening with an excerpt from the new album by Natacha Atlas, 'Ana Hina', on World Village. Songlines editor, Simon Broughton, p
This podcast includes highlights from the April/May issue of Songlines (#51), opening with an excerpt from the new album by Toumani Diabate, 'The Mande Variations', on World Circuit. Songlines editor,
This podcast includes highlights from the 50th issue of Songlines (March 2008), opening with an excerpt from the Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin – ‘West Meets East’ album on Angel. Songlines edito
This podcast includes highlights from the January/February 2008 issue of Songlines (#49), opening with an excerpt from the forthcoming album by Didier Awadi 'Sunugaal' on the Mr Bongo label. Songlines
This podcast includes highlights from the December 2007 issue of Songlines (#48), opening with an excerpt from the track 'John Barleycorn from the new album called 'The Imagined Village' on Real Worl
This podcast includes highlights from the November 2007 issue of Songlines (#47), opening with an excerpt from the new album by Orchestra Baobab, åMade in Dakar', on World Circuit. There's also an exc
This podcast includes highlights from the September/October 2007 issue of Songlines (#46), opening with an excerpt from the new album by Manu Chao, 'La Radiolina', on Because Music. There's also an ex
This podcast includes highlights from the July/August 2007 issue of Songlines (#45), opening with an excerpt from the new album by Gogol Bordello, 'Super Taranta!', on Side One Dummy Records. Songline
This podcast includes highlights from the June 2007 issue of Songlines (#44), opening with an excerpt from the new album by Björk, 'Volta', on One Little Indian. We also have a track on this podcast o
This podcast includes highlights from the May 2007 issue of Songlines (#43), opening with a track from the debut album 'Zamazu' on Enja, by the Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca. We also have a track on t
This podcast includes highlights from the March/April 2007 issue of Songlines (#42), opening with a track from the highly anticipated album 'Aman Iman, Water is Life' on Independiente, by the Touareg
This podcast includes highlights from the January/February 2007 issue of Songlines (#41), opening with a track from Ali Farka Touré's last album 'Savane' on World Circuit. We also have an excerpt from
This podcast includes highlights from the November/December issue of Songlines (#40), starting with a track from Seu Jorge's album ‘Cru’ on the Beleza label. We also have an excerpt from a previously
This Podcast includes highlights from the new issue of Songlines (September/October, #39) including Nigel Williamson’s interview with Peter Gabriel and exclusive excerpts from forthcoming Real World a