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Honeyfeet’s Ríoghnach Connolly

C a r o l i n a

F a r u o l o

Sundanese puppeteer

S t e p h a n e

M u n n i e r

UPFRONT 06 Top of the World CD 09 Bonus CD: Dutch Delta Sounds 11 What’s New 16 Introducing...

Vaudou Game & Shapla Salique 18 Simon Says... 19 Letters 21 Spotlight:

The Klezmatics 22 Songlines Music Travel

FEATURES 24 Noura Mint Seymali

The Mauritanian singer raising the profile of her country’s music 30 The Khoury Project

The Jordanian band of brothers coming to the UK 34 Martin Green’s Flit

The accordionist’s multimedia project about migration 40 Eliza Carthy

Folk’s newest big band about to hit the road 46 Ronald Snijders

Folk’s newest big band about to hit the road Ronald Snijders Suriname’s kaseko flute ambassador

Suriname’s kaseko flute ambassador

REVIEWS 50 Africa 52 Americas 56 Europe 63 Asia 65 Middle East 67 Pacific 68 Fusion 73 DVDs 74 World Cinema 76 Live Reviews

“If listened to with an open heart and no prejudices, what better initiation into a sacred tradition

“If listened to with an open heart and no prejudices, what better initiation into a sacred tradition than its music or dance?” Feridun Gündeş talks to Alexandra Petropoulos about the challenges of performing sacred music onstage , p105

Feridun Gündeş talks to Alexandra Petropoulos about the challenges of performing sacred music onstage , p105

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REGULARS 78 My World:

Lemn Sissay 81 Postcard from Indonesia 82 Beginner’s Guide:

Elza Soares 84 Festival Pass:

Homegrown Festival 87 Dispatch

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from Cuba 89 Quickfire 91 My Instrument:

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Joseph Tawadros 93 Gig Guide 100 Overseas Festivals 105 Soapbox 106 Essential Ten:

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