Jim Hickson Writes About Music

This blog is a compendium of my music writing throughout the years. I try to post updates about a month after first publication, but I'm often very behind - please bear with me!

Friday, 31 January 2020

Music and Indigenous Languages

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 155, March 2020. Language is the lens through which we view the world. It’s what we use to ...

Festival Pass: The Spirit of Tengri

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 155, March 2020. The city of Almaty is one of the biggest and most populated in Central Asi...

Keeping Human Culture Alive for All

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 155, March 2020. UNESCO has unveiled its 2019 inscriptions across its various lists represe...

King’n’Doom - King’n’Doom feat. Cheikh Lô

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 155, March 2020. King’n’Doom King’n’Doom feat. Cheikh Lô Rustical Records (41 mins) Th...

Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharaoh Sanders - The Trance of Seven Colors

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 155, March 2020. Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharaoh Sanders The Trance of Seven Colors Zeh...

Friday, 6 December 2019

From Fiction to Folk Song: Tom Cox’s Help the Witch

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 154, January/February 2020. There have long been clear associations between poetry and song...

Folk Supergroup Warm Up the Winter

First published in Songlines Magazine issue 154, January/February 2020. Two of the most exciting groups to emerge onto the English folk...

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