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30 Saluting Gilberto Gil

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36 Balinese Gamelan

UPFRONT 06 Top of the World 08 What’s New 12 Obituaries 14 WOMAD 16 Introducing…

Yamäya and Nana Benz du Togo 19 Spotlight

iLe 20 Simon Says 21 Letters

FEATURES 22 Yungchen Lhamo 26 Balimaya Project 30 Saluting

Gilberto Gil 32 Goran Bregović 36 Balinese Gamelan 40 Thomas Sankara

REVIEWS 44 Africa 48 Americas 52 Europe 56 Asia 58 Middle East 60 Fusion 64 Books 66 Classical & Jazz 67 Live Reviews

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REGULARS 68 My World

Raymond Antrobus 70 Beginner’s Guide

Rhiannon Giddens 72 Dispatch from

Tkaronto, Canada 74 Gig Guide 77 Postcard from

Kyoto, Japan 78 My Instrument

Joël Bassene and his ekonting 79 Fireside Stories

Elder Jack Ward 81 Eliza Carthy’s

News of the Whirl 82 Essential 10

Finnish Albums

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