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The October 2011 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from September 2 and includes our regular Top of the World CD with ten tracks from the finest new releases from around the planet. The Top of the World CD also includes five tracks selected by the Indian music maestro Ravi Shankar.

The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Vieux Farka Touré, son and heir to the Malian blues guitar legend; a masterful collaboration between English folk giants June Tabor and Oysterband; the new album from the queen of Turkish pop, Sezen Aksu; a collaborative recording from the Iranian Trio Chemirani; and the Arab-Andalus repertoire of Amina Alaoui, among others.

The main editorial features include:

• Cerys Matthews – A brand new regular column from the former Catatonia lead singer, folk musician and radio DJ.
• Desert Blues – As Tinariwen release their latest album, we look at their role in putting the music of the Sahara on the map and what the future holds for the Touareg.
• Sezen Aksu – The diva of Turkish pop makes a rare UK visit next month but proves highly elusive when Songlines goes to meet her in Istanbul.
• JuJu – Guitarist Justin Adams and ritti player Juldeh Camara have struck up a winning formula with their fusion of West African grooves and old-school blues.
• Jackie Oates – The Imagined Village, Cecil Sharp Project and Lush cosmetics – what’s next for the young English folk singer and fiddle player?
• Fatoumata Diawara – The new name on the Malian music scene who’s been making waves on the festival circuit this summer.
• Beginner’s Guide to Brazilian chanteuse Maria Bethânia.
• Festival Profile: Warsaw Cross-Culture Festival, Poland.
• Postcard from Scotland.
• Backpage from South Sudan.
• My World – Indian music maestro Ravi Shankar.
• Grooves – Bellowhead’s Rachael McShane, Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz, and Gambian kora player Sura Susso.
• News, including the London African Music Festival.
• Reviews of the latest CD, DVD and World Cinema releases.

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The October 2011 issue of Songlines – on sale September 2 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by the Indian music maestro Ravi Shankar.

The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Vieux Farka Touré, son and heir to the Malian blues guitar legend; a masterful collaboration between English folk giants June Tabor and Oysterband; the new album from the queen of Turkish pop, Sezen Aksu; a collaborative recording from the Iranian Trio Chemirani; and the Arab-Andalus repertoire of Amina Alaoui, 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:

* Vieux Farka Touré ‘Sokosondou’ on Six Degrees Records
* June Tabor & Oysterband ‘The Leaves of Life’ on Topic Records
* Old Sledge ‘Boats Up the River’ on Old Sledge
* Uxia ‘Os Teus Ollos’ on Fol Música
* Dawda Jobarteh ‘Karang Folo’ on Sterns Music
* Sezen Aksu ‘Arkadaş Şarkısını Duyunca’ on World Village
* Fatoumata Diawara ‘Bissa’ on World Circuit
* Trio Chemirani ‘Nokay’ on Accords Croisés
* Amina Alaoui ‘Flor de Nieve’ on ECM
* Brock McGuire Band ‘Because It’s There/The Coalminer’ on Paulman Music

Plus Ravi Shankar’s playlist:

* Nitin Sawhney feat Faheem Mazhar ‘Daybreak’ on Positiv-ID
* Karsh Kale ‘Avalanche’ on Six Degrees Records
* Philip Glass ‘Car Ride’ on Orange Mountain
* Joshua Bell & Anoushka Shankar ‘Variant Moods: Duet for Sitar & Violin’ on Sony Music
* Anoushka Shankar ‘Red Sun’ on Angel Records

Tags: amina alaoui, june tabor, oysterband, ravi shankar, sezen aksu, songlines playlist, songlines playlist 79, trio chemirani, vieux farka toure.

Committed rambler and lead singer of English folk-rock stalwarts Oysterband, John Jones has finally decided to combine his two passions in a walking tour of England.

Beginning on May 21 in the Welsh border book town of Hay-on-Wye, he will make his way across the rural borderlands to Wychwood Festival in Oxfordshire, stopping on the way to play village halls and small venues in the towns and villages he passes.

He will then head across central England to Leicester for The Big Session, a festival hosted by the Oysterband at De Montfort Hall. Having spent his career singing about the English countryside both old and new, Jones hopes the experience will reconnect him with the environment his music celebrates.

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Tags: big session, john jones, oysterband, wychwood.