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11 Buena Vista Social Club ‘De Camino a La Vereda’ From Buena Vista Social Club on World Circuit Transportative horn-kissed sounds from one of the quintessential world music albums, back for another run 25 years after its historic recording. See p20

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12 Joachim Cooder ‘Over That Road I’m Bound to Go’ From OverThat Road I'm Bound on Nonesuch A cut from the catalogue of old-time banjo player Uncle Dave Macon gets an electric mbira-powered makeover from Cooder, who we speak to this issue. See p38

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13 Aga Ujma ‘Night’ From Songs of Innocence & Experience on Slow Dance Records The multi-instrumentalist showcases the spectral tones of the sasando (Indonesian zither) as well as her breathy vocals. Read more about the sasando in our My Instrument feature this issue. See p75

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14 Alim & Fargana Qasimov ‘Bardasht’ From Music of Central Asia Vol 6: Alim & Fargana Qasimov: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

A deeply spiritual Azeri workout from this issue’s Beginner’s Guide subject, joined here by his daughter. See p70

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15 Ladysmith Black Mambazo ‘Township Jive’ From Two Worlds One Heart on Warner Records Malik Al Nasir traces the history of segregation via the sanguine isicathamiya of South Africa’s premier male choral group in this month’s My World. See p68

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“ Black music wasn’t on the agenda in the white institutions I was raised in… I was only exposed to white rock bands and knew zero about black music and culture” Turn to p68 for the full My World interview with performance poet and author Malik Al Nasir

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16 Elektro Hafiz ‘Deutsche Freunde’ From Elektro Hafiz on Pharaway Sounds Kerem Atay’s electro-saz spews streams of gnarly, fuzzed-out grunge lathered in feedback. He’s just one of the musicians igniting Berlin’s bağlama scene. See p30

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