The first-ever Songlines hit the shelves in early 1999, its genesis stemmed from a complaint about what constitutes ‘world music’. Here, current editor Russ Slater Johnson speaks to founding editor Simon Broughton about the magazine’s beginnings
Dallas Tamaira’s (
Fat
Freddy’s Drop) rebirth as a solo artist with its
release in the second half of 2020 .
The brand new
single Spider’
represents the peaceful, slower pace of life Tamaira fell in
love with during his confinement at home. Spider’ has
late-night summer vibes, dark guitar and heavy bass
contrasted with large sweeping layers of vocals, all brought
together with soulful piano flourishes. The result is
smooth, lush, low-fi “slow soul”, delivered by arguably
one of the world’s most gifted soul
vocalists.
“The underlying message in the lyrics
is that life can be hard sometimes and that’s ok. For some