30 The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices

CONTENTS

Dispatch from Miami 81

75 Postcard from Saigon

C h r i s

R u i z

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

Tuuletar & Lucibela 16 Simon Says... 17 Letters 18 Songlines Encounters Festival 2018 19 Spotlight: Aga Khan

Music Initiative

FEATURES 20 Songlines Music

Awards 2018 This year’s nominees! 24 Catrin Finch &

Seckou Keita The duo’s latest album inspired by migrations 30 The Mystery of the

Bulgarian Voices Lisa Gerrard teams up with the female choir 34 Going for a Song

The untold stories of the UK’s record shops 36 Monsieur Doumani

The Cypriot trio using music to unite their divided island

REVIEWS 44 Africa 48 Americas 50 Europe 57 Asia 59 Middle East 60 Fusion 64 Books 65 Classical & Jazz 66 World Cinema 68 Live Reviews

REGULARS 72 My World:

Simon McBurney 75 Postcard from Saigon 76 Beginner’s Guide to

Renaud Garcia-Fons 78 Festival Pass:

Rudolstadt 81 Dispatch from Miami 83 Quickfire 85 My Instrument:

Maya Youssef 87 Gig Guide 94 Overseas Festivals 96 Songlines Music Travel 97 Soapbox 98 Essential Ten:

Th e Rebetika Revival & Beyond

“Saigon is a ci of secrets. To know it, to live it, you’ve got to get beneath the surface” Alex Robinson discovers the hidden music of Saigon (p75)

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24 Mon the osprey

Ospreys inspired Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita’s album

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