The magical Petronio Álvarez Festival in Cali, Colombia

CONTENTS

18 Santrofi

P r i n c e

G y a s i

P e t r o n i o

Á l v a r e z

F e s t i v a l

20 Simon Says

UPFRONT 06 Top of the World CD 09 What’s New 14 Obituaries 18 Introducing...

Santrofi & Lakha Khan 20 Simon Says 21 Letters 23 Spotlight:

WOMEX

FEATURES 24 Kayhan Kalhor

The cross-cultural collaborator receiving a WOMEX award 30 Hannah James

The dancer and musician talks about JigDoll 34 Taraf de Impex

Romanian bands reunited and reborn 40 Rising Up – Peterloo

REVIEWS 56 Africa 60 Americas 64 Europe 75 Asia 76 Fusion 82 Books 85 Classical & Jazz 86 World Cinema 88 Live Reviews

A new folk opera commemorates the 1819 massacre 44 Record Labels

88 Live Reviews – Peterloo A new folk opera commemorates the 1819 massacre Record Labels Turbulent times for the music industry

Turbulent times for the music industry

“A lot of people act like an ostrich and put their head in the sand. There are still problems in the value gap... but streaming is ostrich and put their head in the sand. There are still problems in becoming profitable” Cooking Vinyl’s Martin Goldschmidt on how his

Cooking Vinyl’s Martin Goldschmidt on how his label has embraced the digital era, p47

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30 Hannah James

L a y o s S o m o g y i

REGULARS

90 My World:

Gruff Rhys 93 Postcard from

Finland 94 Beginner’s Guide to Shivkumar Sharma 96 Festival Pass:

MTN Bushfire 99 Dispatch from

Bangkok 101 Quickfire 103 My Instrument:

Stella Chiweshe 105 Gig Guide 114 Overseas Expos 117 Soapbox 118 Essential 10:

Romanian Roots

103 Stella Chiweshe and her mbira dzavadzimu

I l k a S c h l o c k e r m a n n

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