Songlines Podcast

Dec 07 2022 95 ep. 30 mins 28
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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.

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Songlines Music Awards 2022: The Live Show

Dec 07 2022 39 mins  
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

The Songlines Music Awards 2022

Apr 07 2022 1 mins  
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 worl

The Andy Kershaw Podcast

Mar 08 2022 124 mins  
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.

The Songlines Music Awards 2021 Ceremony

Dec 12 2021 64 mins  
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 inf

The Songlines Music Awards 2021 Ceremony Trailer

Dec 02 2021
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 ar

The Andy Kershaw Podcast

May 20 2021 127 mins  
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

Songlines Music Awards 2020 Ceremony

Dec 13 2020 60 mins  
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

Songlines Music Awards 2020 Ceremony Trailer

Dec 11 2020
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 featu

Songlines Music Awards 2019 Ceremony

Dec 14 2019 21 mins  
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 c

Songlines 'David Attenborough' Remix Competition

Jul 15 2019 28 mins  
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 fr