In the forthcoming issue of Songlines (#81), editor Jo Frost and editor-in-chief Simon Broughton deliver their verdict on the ten best new releases of the year in their pick of 2011:

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Abigail Washburn City of Refuge (on Rounder, reviewed in #74)

Aurelio Laru Beya (on Real World, reviewed in #74)

Carminho Fado (on EMI, reviewed in #77)

Blind Note Blind Note (on Muziekpublique, reviewed in #77)

Boban & Marko Markovic & Fanfare Ciocarlia Balkan Brass Battle (on Asphalt Tango, reviewed in #78)

Cecil Sharp Project Cecil Sharp Project (on Shrewsbury Folk Festival/EFDSS, reviewed in #78)

Söndörgő Tamburising (on World Village, reviewed in #78)

Dawda Jobarteh Northern Light Gambian Night (on Sterns, reviewed in #79)

Anda Union The Wind Horse (on Hohhot Records, reviewed in #80)

Anoushka Shankar Traveller (on Deutsche Grammophon, reviewed in #80)

Read about what made these albums the Songlines Pick of 2011 in the forthcoming issue (#81), published on December 9.

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