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25Your Second Free CD A bonus compilation of diverse music from the Spanish region of Catalonia.

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FEATURES 26Best of 2009 Simon Broughton presents his selection of the ten finest world music releases this year. 28Osibisa Bandleader Teddy Osei leads us down memory lane and introduces the Afro-pop pioneers’ ‘fourth generation.’ 32Rough Guide to World Music We talk to the team behind the resource, as its final print edition is released. 34Salsa in Colombia Social reform and sequins: why salsa in the city of Cali is big business. 38Songlines Guide to Sephardic Music Untangling the complex lines of history and culture which inform this unique tradition.

Debashish Bhattacharya bones’

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32 Guide to Sephardic Music

Osibisa

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January/February 2010

Best of 2009

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