This podcast includes highlights from the April/May 2010 issue of Songlines (#67) opening with an excerpt by comedian-actor Steve Martin (our cover artist this issue). Songlines editor in chief, Simon Broughton, plays an extract from the second free CD with this issue, Iranian Underground as well as a bonus track from Steve Martin’s playlist – ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ from the album Earl Scruggs And Friends.
Features include: Nasim Masoud with the nominations for the 2010 Songlines Music Awards, Lucy Wilson on Balkan Beat Box and Jenny Cathcart on Senegalese band Xalam. Nathaniel Handy brings you the latest news with the Official UK World Music Album Chart, as well as music from Amparo Sánchez (Wrasse) and a preview of Jim Moray’s forthcoming album, which will be available for free, exclusively with the next issue of Songlines. The podcast ends with an extract from Cesaria Evora’s Nha Sentimento album on Lusafrica.
The next Songlines podcast, featuring highlights from the June issue (#68), will be available from April 30 2010.

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