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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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The June 2010 issue of Songlines – on sale April 30 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 of the late Charlie Gillett’s favourite tracks in tribute.

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.

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:

* Rango ‘Major’ on 30IPS

* Choc Quib Town ‘San Antonio’ on World Connection

* Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars ‘Living Stone’ on Cumbancha

* Mama Rosin ‘Le Pistolet’ on Voodoo Rhythm Records

* Aníbal Velasquez y su Conjunto ‘Mi Sombreron’ on Analog Africa

* Breabach ‘The Desperate Battle’ on Breabach Records

* Mayte Martín ‘Manuel’ on World Village

* Homayun Sakhi ‘Zuhal’s Song’ on Smithsonian Folkways

* Shye Ben-Tzur ‘Shoshan’ on EarthSync

* Issa Juma and Super Wanyika Stars ‘Ma Eliza’ on Sterns

Plus the Charlie Gillett tribute playlist:

* Lhasa ‘Con Toda Palabra’ on Tot ou Tard

* Momo Wandel Soumah ‘Toko’ on Fonti Musicali

* Mariza ‘Oiça Lá Ó Senhor Vinho’ on World Connection

* Youssou N’Dour ‘Immigrés’ on Earthworks

* Johnnie Allan ‘Promised Land’ on Ace Records

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On March 17 2010 much loved radio DJ and music writer Charles Thomas Gillett died after a long illness, aged 68. Charlie’s endless passion for promoting artists who otherwise might not have been heard saw him become the patriarch of world music – the very scene he and a handful of others decided to give a name to, at a historic meeting in London in 1987.

Two years earlier, Charlie was the first to play ‘Sultans of Swing,’ on Honky Tonk, his Radio London show, thus securing a record deal for the hugely successful group Dire Straits. Through his compilation albums and broadcasts for the BBC World Service and Radio 3’s World on 3, world music artists who will always be grateful for Charlie’s support include Youssou N’Dour, Salif Keita and Mariza. It was the sincerity and infectious enthusiasm with which he introduced musicians to his listeners that made him such a central figure, one who will be greatly missed.

Charlie is survived by his wife Buffy, their daughters Suzy and Jody, their son Ivan, and two grandchildren. A full tribute to Charlie’s incredible legacy will be included in Songlines #68, on sale April 30.

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