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

On the comeback trail

CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE INCLUDE

TOP OF THE WORLD • On your free CD – the editor’s selection of the top ten new releases reviewed in this issue

GRAMMY WINNERS

WHATS NEW • Views, news and events from around the world

NEW RELEASES

Guessing game

Curlew recovery

Abror and the machine

Keiko’s opera ambitions

Can’t stop the music

OBITUARIES

OBITUARIES

FOLK FOCUS • What’s happening in the folk world

Haya Zaatry • Jo Setters talks to young Palestinian singer-songwriter Haya Zaatry, for whom dialect is local, but language is universal

Tarta Relena • The young Catalan duo explain how their polyphonic folk creations bridge the divides of space and time. Gonçalo Frota reports

Songlines Encounters Festival 2022 May 18-25, Kings Place, London • After a cancelled year in 2020 and the involvement of only UK-based groups in 2021, the Songlines Encounters Festival returns in full force this May, presenting some of the finest musicians from around the world. Tying in with Kings Place’s Voices Unwrapped series, this year’s Songlines Encounters Festival will feature some of the finest global proponents of the vocal arts, with appearances from, among others, Julie Fowlis, Liraz, San Salvador, VOLOSI (pictured) and the London African Gospel Choir. kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/songlines-encounters-festival

SPOTLIGHT Congotronics International • A new album, Where’s the One?, captures a riotous collision of Congotronics and avant-rock that is as chaotic as it is infectious. Russ Slater reports

SIMON SAYS… • Simon Broughton gives the lowdown on his new documentary about Hungary’s folk revival and its most famous practitioners