CONTENTS
23 Spiro
Y o r k T i l l y e r
19 Guiss Guiss Bou Bess
M a r t i
n
K o e n i
g
30 Bulgarian sound portraits
B e c S t u p a k
UPFRONT 06 Top of the World CD 09 What’s New 16 Folk Focus 18 I ntroducing...
Farafi & Guiss Guiss Bou Bess 20 Simon Says 21 Letters 23 Spotlight: Spiro
& Synergy Vocals 24 Songlines Encounters
Festival 2020
87 Indrė
87 Indrė
Jurgelevičiūtė
Jurgelevičiūtė
FEATURES 26 Anoushka Shankar
On life, love and music 30 Sound Portraits
from Bulgaria A vanished world 34 Siti of Unguja
The mother of Zanzibari taarab and her legacy 38 The Wolf of Baghdad
Bringing the Iraqi city’s heyday back to life 40 A Guide to
Throat Singing
An in-depth look at
An in-depth look at
the Mongolian and Tuvan traditions
the Mongolian and Tuvan traditions
REVIEWS 48 Africa 52 Americas 56 Europe 62 Asia 63 Pacific 64 Fusion 69 Classical & Jazz 70 World Cinema 72 Live Reviews
REGULARS
74 My World: ESKA 77 Postcard from
Beijing, China 78 Beginner’s Guide
to Bebel Gilberto 80 Festival Pass:
TD Sunfest 83 Dispatch from
Dublin, Ireland 85 Quickfire 87 My Instrument:
Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė 89 Gig Guide 97 Soapbox 98 Essential 10: Throat
Singing Albums
“I invite you to consider how “I invite you to consider how “ your own worldview might
“I invite you to consider how your own worldview might
influence what you expect to be ‘indigenous music’”
influence what you expect to be ‘indigenous music’”
Read Dene-Canadian singer Leela Gilday’s Soapbox on p97
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