Songlines

Songlines is the definitive magazine for world music – music that has its roots in all parts of the globe, from Mali to Mexico, India to Iraq. Whether this music is defined as traditional, contemporary, folk or fusion, Songlines is the only publication to truly represent and embrace it. However, Songlines is not just about music, but about how the music fits into the landscape; it’s about politics, history and identity, and the artists who incite change through their music. Through its extensive articles and reviews, Songlines is your essential guide to an extraordinary world of music and culture, whether you are starting on your journey of discovery or are already a seasoned fan.

Songlines

Pick up the percentage

CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE INCLUDE

TOP OF THE WORLD • On this issue’s compilation – our curated selection of new music and bonus tracks from across the globe

THE SOURCE • Views, news and events from around the world

After the Storm • Weeks after torrential rain and wind ravaged its site, Montpellier’s Arabesques festival launched its first music forum. Daniel Brown heard artists and industry figures on both sides of the Mediterranean talk about resilience, visas and keeping the routes open

Forever Mighty • Patricia Meschino joins family, friends and dignitaries in New York to bid farewell to the ‘Calypso King of the World’, Mighty Sparrow

SOUNDCHECK • Songlines are currently listening to…

Dust-to-Digital • Chris Wheatley hears from the Atlantans rescuing forgotten recordings and giving them lavish new life

Out of the Crates • Robin Denselow meets the team rescuing forgotten vinyl from Nigeria, Congo, Kenya and beyond – and making sure the artists get paid

The 4 Corners and Centre of Àbáse’s Universe • The Hungarian musician picks five records that made him an outernational producer, at home in hip-hop, jazz and funk

The Drums That Break the Silence • Charis McGowan hears how Carolina Oliveros found healing through Afro-Caribbean rhythms on her debut solo album, and why she’ll never stop carrying the mantle for bullerengue

Benedicte Maurseth • The Norwegian Hardanger fiddler discusses Buddhist verse, contented pelicans and the art of never playing a tune the same way twice

Bia Ferreira • The Brazilian singer-songwriter talks to Hadani Ditmars about faith, queerness and resistance, and the Latin Grammy-nominated album that sets her politics to a joyous beat

SIMON SAYS… • In Transylvania, Simon Broughton visits the museum housing the largest private collection of folk art and music in the region

Next Issue…

FEEDBACK • Letters, shout-outs, comments, emails and everything in between

A Conversation with SEUN KUTI • The Egypt 80 bandleader talks to Russ Slater Johnson about his new album Na Dem, why everything an African artist does is political and the double-edged honour of seeing his father celebrated at last

HARMONY LINES • Actor-musician siblings Johnny and Lillie Flynn learned to sing together on family car journeys. Sophie Parkes hears how their first album as a duo takes them back to the cottage where it all began

A Suitcase of Songs • After opening for Tinariwen and singing on their latest album, Sudanese singer and oud player Sulaf tells Robin Denselow how war, exile and her great-grandfather’s poetry shaped her debut

The Stanley Brothers • As a new tribute album marks their induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Doug DeLoach talks to the musicians who keep Carter and Ralph Stanley’s high lonesome sound alive

BEST ALBUMS

Return Journey • African-American musicians have long travelled to Africa in search of their roots. Daniel Brown hears how Senegalese bassist Alune Wade went to New Orleans...