June 2010 issue of Songlines (#68) is on sale in the UK from April 30

Posted on April 27th, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.

The June 2010 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from April 30 and includes our regular Top of the World CD with ten tracks from the finest new releases from around the planet. There’s also a selection of five tracks in tribute to Charlie Gillett and the issue includes a bonus CD, pre-release edition of Jim Moray’s new album, In Modern History – a Songlines world exclusive!

The covermount CD includes tracks from flamenco cantaora Mayte Martín; Israeli qawwali singer Shye Ben-Tzur; young Scottish band Breabach; the reggae mixed sound of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and the Colombian coastal sounds of Aníbal Velasquez y su Conjunto, among others.

The main editorial features include:

• Songlines Music Awards – Meet the winners of each category in our 2010 Songlines Music Awards.

• Rango – Haunted instruments and benevolent intentions – eerie trance music from Sudan.

• Choc Quib Town – Tracking down the busy Colombian trio who mix Pacific folklore with urban cool.

• The Bauls of Bengal – Hitting the road to join Bengal’s musical minstrels for part of their lifelong mission.

• Victor Démé – Rags to riches: Démé’s fairy tale transformation from tailor to singing star.

• Festivals Guide 2010 – Wading through the vast festival season to bring you our selection of the top events to book now – from the UK and beyond.

• Sounding Out Ljubljana – all the best places to see and hear music in the Slovene capital.

• Beginner’s Guide to Los Van Van.

• Postcard from Transylvania, Romania.

• Backpage from Kuwait.

• My World – tribute to Charlie Gillett.

• Grooves – Samy Ben Redjeb, Amira Medunjanin and Shye Ben-Tzur share their favourites.

• News, including US Dispatches.

• Reviews of the latest CD, DVD and World Cinema releases.

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