CONTENTS
20 Lucas Santtana
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38 Kimi Djabaté
28 Guts
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UPFRONT 06 Top of the World CD 08 What’s New 12 Folk Focus 13 Songlines Encounters
Festival 2023 14 Introducing…
Firelight Trio and Morena Leraba 17 Spotlight:
Jerusalem Orchestra East & West 18 Simon Says 19 Letters
FEATURES 20 Lucas Santtana
Bahia singer’s sanguine search for paradise 24 Discos Pacífico
Rise of the Colombian record studio and NGO 28 Guts
Groove-master’s global dream team assembles 30 Guide to Sevdah
Deep dive into the Bosnian blues 38 Kimi Djabaté
Checking in with the griot game-changer
“Message and music mesh into a powerful
revolutionary mix that functions like the proverbial stone in the pond of complacency” Read Bram Posthumus’ consideration of Cape Verdean music in the post-Cesaria era , p81
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REVIEWS 44 Africa 46 Americas 50 Europe 56 Asia 57 Middle East 58 Fusion 64 Classical & Jazz 65 Live Reviews
REGULARS 66 My World:
Shehan Karunatilaka 68 Beginner’s Guide to
Majid Bekkas 70 Festival Pass:
Welcome in Tziganie 73 Dispatch from
Sharm-el Sheikh, Egypt 75 Quickfire 77 My Instrument:
Chen Ming-chang and his yueqin 78 Gig Guide 81 Soapbox 82 Essential 10:
Global Supergroups
24 Discos Pacífico
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