This podcast includes highlights from the March/April 2007 issue of Songlines (#42), opening with a track from the highly anticipated album 'Aman Iman, Water is Life' on Independiente, by the Touareg rockers from the Sahara, Tinariwen. We also have an exclusive track to this podcast from Brian Eno's world music playlist - Rachid Taha's 'Ah Mon Amour' from his last album Diwan 2 on Wrasse records.

 

Other features in the podcast include Nigel Williamson's Beginner's Guide to Femi Kuti with tracks from two of his recommended albums - ‘Fight to Win’ and the new ‘The Definitive Collection’ again on Wrasse; Sue Steward reports on Johnny Pacheco, one of the founding fathers of Salsa and plays a track from his latest album collection El Maestro on the Fania label; Chris Menist introduces one of the most extraordinary instruments on earth - Ethiopia's Harp of King David. He talks to the leading player Alemu Aga who demonstrates the instrument and plays a track from his ‘Harp of King David’ CD on Buda; and Songlines editor Simon Broughton reports from Freemuse's World Conference on Music and Censorship in Istanbul with music from the Turkish band 'Grup Yorum' on the Kalan label.

 

The next Songlines podcast, featuring highlights from the May issue (#43), will be available from April 6.