The October 2010 issue of Songlines – on sale September 3 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by Indian composer AR Rahman.

The covermount CD includes tracks from Songlines Music Award-winning Portuguese band Deolinda; Irish instrumentalists Lúnasa; Parisian North African ten-piece Orchestre National de Barbès; LA R’n’B and rock from Los Lobos; bassy Maori beats specialists Wai and Iranian classical vocalist Ali Reza Ghorbani, 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:

* Syriana ‘Road to Damascus’ on Real World

* Deolinda ‘Um Contra o Outro’ on World Connection

* Los Lobos ‘Mujer Ingrata’ on Proper Records

* Orchestra National de Barbès ‘Sidi Yahia-Bnet Paris’ on Le Chant du Monde

* The Old Dance School ‘The Enlli Light’ on Transition Records

* Wai ‘Hine-Te-Ihorangi’ on Jayrem Records

* Samy Izy ‘Bala’ on Network Medien

* Lúnasa ‘Unapproved Road’ on Lúnasa Records

* Tim O’Brien ‘All I Want’ on Howdy Skies Records

* Ali Reza Ghorbani ‘Dar Achegi’ on Accords Croisés

Plus AR Rahman’s playlist:

* Värttinä ‘Riena’ on Real World

* The Laya Project/Nagore Sufis ‘Ya Allah’ on EarthSync

* Susheela Raman ‘Mamavatu’ on Narada

* 1 Giant Leap feat Baaba Maal ‘Dunya Salam’ on Palm Pictures

* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party ‘Maki Madni’ on Real World

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Tags: a.r. rahman, ar rahman, deolinda, lunasa