Launched in 1999, Songlines is the leading magazine covering traditional, contemporary, folk and fusion music from around the world. Each edition is packed with the latest album reviews, artist interviews, festival profiles and travel adventures from every corner of the globe. Music is about culture, politics, history and the environment and Songlines is your essential guide to it all.

Latest Issue

The July 2021 issue (#169) of Songlines is now on sale. This issue’s cover star is the multi-award-winning Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade who talks about reconnecting with her son jarocho roots. Other features include interviews with trumpeter and composer Frank London about his Ghetto Songs project; a look at taonga pūoro, the sacred instruments of the Māori; author Robin Denselow revisits the classic book about folk-rock, The Electric Muse; a Beginner’s Guide to the influential folk veteran Martin Carthy; a My World interview with theatre director Tom Morris, plus all the latest news, online streamed concert reviews, CD and world cinema reviews. As well as streaming excerpts from the ten Top of the World albums, digital edition subscribers can download all tracks which this issue includes Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray, Yat-Kha and Kasai Allstars, plus an extra five bonus tracks featuring music by June Tabor, the Maria Pomianowska Project, the Khasi-Cymru Collective and others