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UPFRONT 06 Top of the World CD 08 What’s New 12 Obituaries 14 Folk Focus 15 Spotlight:

Abel Selaocoe 16 Introducing...

Bai-Terek & John Francis Flynn 18 Simon Says 19 Letters

FEATURES 22 Bomba Estéreo

Colombian electrotropical dream-weavers 28 Derya Yıldırım

& Grup Şimşek Anatolia’s rising psych-soul sensations 32 VOLOSI

Bridging the realms of classical and Polish folk 36 Namgar

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Buryat-Mongolian singer’s bloodline band 38 Lakou Mizik

’s bloodline band u Mizik oo, rara, roots hythms

Voodoo, rara, roots and rhythms

“At the moment, it takes a scandal, or even abuse, to make people re-focus on the imbalances of culture” Chris Moss rails against the mainstream

in this month’s Soapbox, see p81

REVIEWS 44 Africa 48 Americas 52 Europe 57 Asia 59 Middle East 60 Fusion 64 Books 65 Classical & Jazz 66 World Cinema 68 Live Reviews

REGULARS

70 My World:

Angélique Kidjo 73 Dispatch from

Samos, Greece 74 Beginner’s Guide to

Seckou Keita 77 Quickfire 79 My Instrument:

Kiya Tabassian & his setar 81 Soapbox 82 Essential 10:

Anatolian Psych Albums

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