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Susana Baca: Liberty Belle

Ahead of her cover feature in the November issue of Songlines we present Susana Baca's 'Sorongo', a track taken from the Peruvian singer's forthcoming album, Palabras Urgentes

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Songlines October 2021 issue is out now!

Buena Vista Social Club: celebrating 25 years of a world music phenomenon; interviews with Spiers & Boden, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante and Joachim Cooder; a Beginner's Guide to Alim Qasimov, plus more inside

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Dos Santos: Mirror Ballers

Chicagoan alt-Latinx quintet Dos Santos drop an animated collage fantasia for 'A Tu Lado', a track from their forthcoming long-player, City of Mirrors

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Buena Vista Social Club – Celebrating 25 years of a world music phenomenon 

Spiers & Boden – Famed folk duo look on life's brighter side

Bağlama in Berlin – Chronicling the German capital's lute revolution

Justin Adams & Mauro Durante – Let the power of trance compel you

Joachim Cooder – Mbira ace with Macon on the mind 

Alim Qasimov – Beginner’s Guide to the Azeri mugham singer 

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