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CONTENTS

S t r e e t C o l l o d i o n A r t /

M i c h a l S i t k i e w i c z ,

P a w e l S o k o l o w s k i

UPFRONT 06 Top of the World CD 09 What’s New 14 Introducing...

La Mambanegra & Bargou 08 16 Simon Says... 17 Letters 19 Spotlight:

António Zambujo 20 Songlines Music Travel 21 Songlines Encounters

Festival 2017

FEATURES 22 Mokoomba

The Zimbabwean band’s long-awaited return 28 Bollywood

Brass Band & Jyotsna Srikanth Karnatic connections 32 Warsaw Village Band

Polish pagan folk-punk 36 Debashish

Bhattacharya A Hawaiian affair 38 Beyond the Beat

Preview of an exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall

REVIEWS 44 Africa 46 Americas 50 Europe 57 Middle East 58 Fusion 63 DVDs 64 Books 67 Classical & Jazz 68 World Cinema 70 Live Reviews

“Contemporary music can act as a portal to take you back in time. Start with funk and you’re soon exploring the roots of urban blues” Mark Sampson reveals his pedagogic tendencies , p97

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REGULARS 72 My World:

Peter Frankopan 75 Postcard from

Jerusalem 76 Beginner’s Guide:

Orchestra Baobab 78 Festival Pass:

Cappadox Festival 81 Dispatch from

Namibia 83 Quickfire 85 My Instrument:

Jayme Stone 87 Gig Guide 97 Soapbox 98 Essential Ten:

Zimbabwean Albums

L i n k

R e u b e n

71 Live Reviews Sauti za Busara

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