The July 2010 issue of Songlines – on sale June 11 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by novelist and screenplay writer William Boyd.

The covermount CD includes tracks from Ango-Cuban collective Ska Cubano; Senegalese rappers Daara J Family; Portuguese fadista Ana Moura; Serbian preservers of the Sephardic sound Shira u’tfila; East Timorese musical figurehead Ego Lemos and new pan-European collaborative project UNITE, 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:

* Ska Cubano ‘La Gaita Sabrosa’ on Casino Sounds

* Daara J Family ‘Temps Boy’ on Wrasse Records

* Ana Moura ‘Leva-me aos Fados’ on World Village

* Shira u’tfila ‘Khasapikos’ on Fréa Records

* Mikea ‘Nagnaia Reliny’ on Contre-Jour

* Nuru Kane ‘Number One Bus’ on Iris Music

* Primás Parade ‘Kalotaszegi Szapora’ on Folk Európa

* Ego Lemos ‘Balibo’ on Skinnyfish Music/Dramatico

* UNITE feat the Perunika Trio ‘Hey You Shepherd’ on Mule Satellite Records

* Hosam Hayek ‘Stranger in my Homeland’ on Doublemoon

Plus William Boyd’s playlist:

* Seu Jorge ‘Carolina’ on Mr Bongo

* Cheikh Lô ‘Boul di Tagale’ on World Circuit

* Jorge Drexler ‘Elotro Engranarle’ on Warner

* Elis Regina ‘Casa No Campo’ on Universal

* Femi Kuti ‘Sorry Sorry’ on Barclay

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