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

Abraham Brody & Orkesta Mendoza 16 Simon Says... 17 Letters 19 Spotlight:

Mor Karbasi 20 Songlines Music Travel 21 Songlines Encounters

Festival 2017

FEATURES 22 Songlines Music

Awards 2017 This year’s nominees 26 Oumou Sangaré

The Malian singer makes a long-awaited return 32 Tuning 2 You

Soumik Datta and his Indian journey 36 Ricardo Ribeiro

The Portuguese singer follows his fado destiny 40 Lindblad-Nat Geo

Musical expeditions on board the NG Orion

REVIEWS 48 Africa 52 Americas 54 Europe 60 Asia 63 Pacific 64 Fusion 66 DVDs 67 Classical & Jazz 68 World Cinema 70 Live Reviews

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D u l l a e r t

“Music matters... even if a song can’t change the world,

it can make people change the way they look at it” Zeid Hamdan speaking from Beirut , p81

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A d r i a n o

F a g u n d e s

REGULARS 72 My World:

Stewart Levine 75 Postcard from

Palenque, Colombia 76 Beginner’s Guide to

Johnny Kalsi 78 Festival Pass:

Globaltica, Poland 81 Dispatch from Beirut 83 Quickfire 85 My Instrument:

Catriona McKay 87 Gig Guide 94 Overseas Festivals 97 Soapbox 98 Essential Ten:

World Music Divas

15 Introducing...

Orkesta Mendoza

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