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The January/February 2013 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from December 7 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 conductor, TV presenter and founder of the Paraorchestra, Charles Hazlewood.

The Top of the World CD includes tracks from two of Senegal’s finest, Malick Pathé Sow & Bao Sissoko; Scottish fiddle maestro Duncan Chisholm; a new collaboration of golden era Ethiopian sounds from Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends; Lusophone languor from António Zambujo; Malagasy guitarist Solorazaf and top UK folk duo Show of Hands, 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:

* The Hot 8 Brass Band ‘Steamin’ Blues’ on Tru Thoughts
* Duncan Chisholm ‘The Flooded Meadow’ on Copperfish Records
* António Zambujo ‘Algo Estranho Acontece’ on World Village
* Laïla Amezian ‘Love Song’ on Music & Words
* Solorazaf ‘Zoma Dance’ on Acoustic Music Records
* Mexican Institute of Sound ‘México’ on Chusma Records
* Malick Pathé Sow & Bao Sissoko ‘Bilbasi’ on Muziekpublique
* Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends ‘Zerafewa/Eregedawo’ on Terp Records
* Show of Hands ‘Coming Home’ on Hands On Music
* Wu Man ‘Improvisation for Three and a Half Instruments’ on Smithsonian Folkways

Plus Charles Hazlewood’s playlist:

* Dimpho Di Kopane ‘Hot & Dusty’ on Milan Music
* Dimpho Di Kopane ‘Lulamile’s Arrival’ on Milan Music
* Youssou N’Dour ‘Li Ma Weesu’ on Nonesuch Records
* Bellowhead ‘Cold Blows the Wind’ on Navigator
* Baluji Shrivastav ‘Raga Pahari’ on ARC Music

Tags: antonio zambujo, bao sissoko, charles hazlewood, duncan chisholm, getatchew mekuria, malick pathe sow, show of hands, songlines playlist.

The October 2012 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from August 31 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 contemporary theatre and opera director, Peter Sellars.

The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Kinshasa collective Staff Benda Bilili; French fusionists Lo’Jo; Scottish folk singer Karine Polwart; Thai 70s golden era fiddler Thonghuad Faited; late Malian guitarist Zani Diabaté & Les Héritiers; and US folk veteran Tom Paley’s Old-Time Moonshine Revue, 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:

* Staff Benda Bilili ‘Libala Ya Mungwa’ on Crammed
* Lo’Jo ‘Deux Bâtons’ on World Village
* Le Vent du Nord ‘Toujours Amants’ on Borealis Records
* Tom Paley’s Old-Time Moonshine Revue ‘Roll On, Roll On’ on Hornbeam
* Karine Polwart ‘King of Birds’ on Hegri Music
* Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis ‘Anamesa Nissirou’ on Riverboat Records
* Zani Diabaté & Les Héritiers ‘Mali Yafa’ on Sterns Music
* Thonghuad Faited ‘Eua Aree See Sor’ on EM Records
* Caroline Herring ‘Black Mountain Lullaby’ on Signature Sounds
* The Touré-Raichel Collective ‘Touré’ on Cumbancha

Plus Peter Sellars’ playlist:

* Homayun Sakhi ‘Kataghani’ on Smithsonian Folkways
* Waldemar Bastos ‘Sofrimento’ on Luaka Bop
* Mulatu Astatké ‘Motherland’ on Strut
* Sahab Mezhidov ‘Daimokh’ on Topic
* Rokia Traoré ‘Tounka’ on Nonesuch

Tags: karine polwart, lo'jo, peter sellars, songlines playlist, Staff Benda Bilili, tom paley.

The July 2012 issue of Songlines – on sale June 8 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by actor Roger Lloyd Pack.

The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Britpop renaissance man Damon Albarn; Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar; Brazilian soundtrack favourite Seu Jorge; Gaelic singers The Campbells; Guinean kora rock from Ba Cissoko; and the latest Cuban-Malian collaboration from Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté, 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:

* Seu Jorge ‘Vizinha’ on Wrasse Records
* Burkina Electric ‘Sankar Yaaré’ on Cantaloupe Music
* Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté ‘Kaira’ on Mais Um Discos
* Damon Albarn ‘Cathedrals’ on Parlophone
* Ravi Shankar ‘Raga Kedara’ on East Meets West Music
* The Campbells ‘Sios Dhan an Abhainn’ on Watercolour Music
* Ba Cissoko ‘Djeli Fatouma’ on Cristal Records
* Fay Hield ‘The Weavers Daughter’ on Topic Records
* Nazaket Teymurova ‘Dastgah Kharidj Segah’ on Felmay
* Malawi Mouse Boys ‘Ndinasangalala’ on IRL

Plus Roger Lloyd Pack’s playlist:

* Ibrahim Ferrer ‘Dos Almas’ on World Circuit
* The Unthanks ‘Gan To The Kye’ on EMI
* The Secret Sisters ‘The One I Love Is Gone’ on Decca
* Rig-a-Jig-Jig and Friends ‘Wayford Bridge and Hindringham Long Dance Tunes’
* The Tsinandali Choir ‘Makruli’ on Real World

Tags: ba cissoko, bt river of music, cajun country, damon albarn, ravi shankar, roger lloyd pack, seu jorge, songlines new issue, songlines playlist, toumani diabate.

The June 2012 issue of Songlines – on sale April 27 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by acclaimed actor Simon Russell Beale.

The issue also features the second free CD Back2Black Festival Sampler.

The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Irish folk legends The Chieftains; Cuban jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca; Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars; Solomon Islands pan-pipers Narasirato; Cajun supergroup The Band Courtbouillon; and the Angolan street sound of Batida, 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:

* Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars ‘Gbara Case’ on Cumbancha
* Roberto Fonseca ‘Quien Soy Yo’ on Jazz Village
* The Chieftains ‘The Frost is All Over’ on Concord
* Diabel Cissokho ‘Karambaya’ on World Village
* Soumik Datta & Bernhard Schimpelsberger ‘Orion’ on Baithak Records
* Cathy Jordan ‘The Bold Fenian Men’ on Blix Street Records
* The Band Courtbouillon feat. Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy ‘The Bosco Blues’ on Valcour Records
* Batida ‘Alegria’ on Soundway Records
* Dulsori ‘The Beat’ on ARC Music
* Narasirato ‘Mane Paina’ on Smash

Plus Simon Russell Beale’s playlist:

* Mzetamze ‘Suliko’ on Wergo
* Kapela Eugeniusz Wilczek Band ‘Nuty Sabalowe, Pre Zielone Jare Zytko, Sabalowe’ on Polskie Radio
* Anatoli Kuular ‘Borbangnadyr with Stream Water’ on Smithsonian Folkways
* Tenores di Bitti ‘Anghelos Cantade’ on Real World
* Philip Koutev National Folk Ensemble ‘Kaji, Kaji, Angjo’ on JVC/Victor Entertainment

Tags: band courtbouillon, batida, Narasirato, roberto fonseca, sierra leone's refugee all stars, simon russell beale, songlines playlist, the chieftains.