The April/May 2010 issue of Songlines – on sale March 19 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by comedian Steve Martin.

The covermount CD includes tracks from Bollywood playback legend Asha Bhosle; Gotan Project duo Müller & Makaroff; soulful DRC singer Lokua Kanza; versatile Scottish piper Michael McGoldrick; Cuban salsa and son troupe Asere and new Saharan desert blues outfit Tamikrest, among others.

Pick up your copy here on the website, at selected WHSmith’s and at all good record retailers. Feast your ears on these all-new tracks:

* Piston Mahlathini & The Queens ‘Nomacala’ on Strut Records

* Balkan Beat Box ‘Look Them Act’ on Crammed Discs

* Asere ‘Palo Santo’ on Astar Artes

* Tamikrest ‘Alhoriya’ on Glitterhouse Records

* Michael McGoldrick ‘Pontivy’ on Vertical Records

* Lokua Kanza ‘Dipano’ on World Village

* Asha Bhosle ‘Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne’ on Nascente

* Ian King ‘Adieu to Old England’ on Fledg’ling Records

* Müller & Makaroff ‘Andrés Retamal’ on Mañana

* Martín Portillo & Marcelo Rojas ‘Pájaro Campana (The Bell Bird)’ on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Plus Steve Martin’s playlist:

* Steve Martin & Earl Scruggs ‘Daddy Played the Banjo’ on Rounder

* Tony Ellis ‘Paint Creek’ on County Records

* Loudon Wainwright III ‘High, Wide and Handsome’ on 2nd Story Sound Records

* Béla Fleck and Bassekou Kouyaté ‘Throw Down Your Heart’ on Rounder

* The Bothy Band ‘The Maid of Coolmore’ on Mulligan Records

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Tags: asha bhosle, songlines playlist, steve martin