Songlines (magazine)

{{Short description|British music magazine}} {{other uses|Songlines (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox magazine | image_file = Songlines-magazine-2010-awards-issue.jpg | image_size = 220px | image_caption = Songlines Music Awards 2010 issue |editor_title2 = Founding Editor |editor2 = Simon Broughton | editor = Russ Slater Johnson | staff_writer = | frequency = 10 times a year | circulation = 20,000 | category = | company = Mark Allen Group | founded = 1999 | country = United Kingdom | based = | language = English | website = {{URL|http://www.songlines.co.uk/}} | issn = }} '''''Songlines''''' is a British [[magazine]] launched in 1999 that covers music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from around the globe.

''Songlines'' is published 10 times a year and contains album reviews, artist interviews, guides to particular [[world music]] traditions, concert and festival listings and travel stories. Every issue comes with an accompanying compilation CD featuring sample tracks from 10 of the best new releases reviewed in that issue and five additional tracks.

The founding editor is Simon Broughton, co-editor of ''[[Rough Guide|The Rough Guide to World Music]]''. It is now edited by Russ Slater Johnson.

The name was chosen based on the [[Indigenous Australians|aboriginal]] [[Mythology|mythological]] concept of [[songlines]].

==History== In 2008 ''Songlines'' was expanded to include Songlines Music Travel, a music tourism service offering excursions to renowned world music locations and festivals. This is now on indefinite hiatus.

In 2009 ''Songlines'' launched Songlines Digital, an online subscription version of the magazine.

Mark Allen Group acquired ''Songlines'' in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|issn=0261-3077|last=Cardew| first=Ben|title=Songlines music magazine bought by Gramophone publisher| work=The Guardian|accessdate=25 April 2016|date=10 February 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/10/songlines-music-magazine-bought-by-gramophone-publisher}}</ref>

==Songlines Music Awards== In 2009, ''Songlines'' launched their Music Awards to replace the cancelled [[BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music]] World Music Awards. The ''Songlines'' award is granted in four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Best Newcomer.

{| class="wikitable" ! Year !! '''Best Artist''' !! '''Best Group''' !! Best Cross-Cultural <br>Collaboration !! Best Newcomer |- |2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2009/winners.php/|title=Awards|website=Songlines}}</ref> || [[Rokia Traoré]] || [[Amadou & Mariam]] || [[Jah Wobble]] & The Chinese Dub Orchestra || [[Kiran Ahluwalia]] |- |2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2010/winners.php/|title=Awards|website=Songlines}}</ref> || [[Goran Bregović]] || [[Staff Benda Bilili]] || [[Justin Adams]] & Juldeh Camara || [[Deolinda]] |- |2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2011/winners.php/|title=Awards|website=Songlines}}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120910035032/http://www.propergandaonline.com/blog/?p=19469 Properganda Magazine, 28 April 2011]}}</ref> || [[Femi Kuti]] || [[Bellowhead]] || AfroCubism || [[The Raghu Dixit Project|Raghu Dixit]] |- |2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2012/winners.php/|title=Awards|website=Songlines}}</ref> || [[Anoushka Shankar]] || [[Tinariwen]] || [[Yo Yo Ma]] featuring [[Stuart Duncan]], <br> [[Edgar Meyer]] and [[Chris Thile]] || [[Fatoumata Diawara]] |- |2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2013/winners.php/|title=Awards|website=Songlines}}</ref> || [[Angélique Kidjo]] || [[Lo'Jo]] || [[Dub Colossus]] || Mokoomba |- |2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2014/winners.php/|title=Awards|website=Songlines}}</ref> || [[Bassekou Kouyate]] || [[Tamikrest]] || [[Catrin Finch]] & [[Seckou Keita]]|| Family Atlantica |- |2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2015/winners.php|title = Awards|website = Songlines}}</ref> || [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]] || [[Toumani Diabaté|Toumani]] & [[Sidiki Diabaté]] || [[Kronos Quartet]] || Ibibio Sound Machine |- |2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards|title=Awards|website=Songlines}}</ref> || [[Mariza]] || Africa Express || - || [[Songhoy Blues]] |- |2017 |[[Baaba Maal]] |[[Afro Celt Sound System]] | - |[[Kefaya (band)|Kefaya]] |- |2018 |[[Oumou Sangaré]] |[[Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino]] | - |[[Maya Youssef]] |- |2019 |[[Gaye Su Akyol]] |[[Monsieur Doumani]] | - |[[Anandi Bhattacharya]] |- |2020 |[[Bassekou Kouyate|Bassekou Koyaté]] |[[Cimarrón (band)|Cimarrón]] | - |[[Kefaya (band)|Kefaya]]+[[Elaha Soroor]] |- |2021 |[[Liraz Charhi|Liraz]] |Ayom | |Alostmen |- |2022 |[[Samba Touré]] |Tirana-Tirona Allstars | |Balimaya Project |- |2023 |[[Oumou Sangaré]] |Divanhana | |Jasdeep Singh Degun |- |2024 |[[Badiâa Bouhrizi]] |[[Mostar Sevdah Reunion]] |Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté |Bala Desejo |}

Instead of the category Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration, the ''Songlines'' award was granted in 2016 in six new categories: Africa & Middle East, Americas, Asia & South Pacific, Europe, Fusion and World Pioneer Award. The winners were: [[Seckou Keita]], [[Lila Downs]], [[Debashish Bhattacharya]], [[Sam Lee (folk musician)|Sam Lee & Friends]], [[Ballaké Sissoko]] & [[Vincent Ségal]] and [[Chris Blackwell]].

==See also== *[[Awards for world music]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.songlines.co.uk/ Official Songlines magazine website]

[[Category:Music magazines published in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Ten times annually magazines]] [[Category:Magazines established in 1999]] [[Category:World music]] [[Category:World music awards]] [[Category:1999 establishments in the United Kingdom]]