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Here's what's on the FREE! CD with fR266/267 (August/September 2005)
- BELLOWHEAD: JACK ROBINSON
The English folk scene's hottest live band. - AMADOU & MARIAM: CAMIONS SAUVAGES
Mali's funky duo in inspired collaboration with Manu Chao. - MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS: LO GABIAN
Marseille's cosmopolitan roots, teaming members of Massilia Sound System and La Talvera. - DAVY GRAHAM: MAAJUN
From his 1964 masterpiece, the UK guitarist without whom... - ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE: DEBE
Two giants of Malian music link up for a classic encounter. - AMIRA: JUTROS MI JE RUZA PROCVJETALA
From Sarajevo, the soulful singer who has been called the Balkan Billie Holiday. - AIDA NADEEM: HIN
The Iraqi singer now based in Denmark, with a powerful modern sound. - SPI & LA GAUDRIOLE: SARRASINE
"French punk musician discovers Occitan folk shock!" - MIROSLAV EVACIC: AZ A SEP
Slide guitar, dulcimer, bass - it's a Croatian country blues band! - ATHENA ANDREADIS: ELA PARE ME
Wonderful London-based Greek singer, recent Kershaw show favourite. - CHRIS WOOD: LORD BATEMAN
The power of traditional story telling meets one of its best practitioners. - NISTANIMERA: O TURCO
Amazing music from the Greek-speaking part of Southern Italy. - MAKAM: FAKERÉK
Long established Hungarian group playing compositions by Zoltán Krulik. - FIMBER BRAVO & KADIALY KOUYATE: SEAGULLS
Kora from Senegal meets steel pan from Trinidad. - LYDIA MENDOZA: MAL HOMBRE
'The meadowlark of the border', recorded in 1934 when she was 17. - YASMIN LEVY: LOCURA
Ladino music performed with the soul of flamenco. - UGUR ISIK: ALAMANTI (RUM)
The captivating sound of cello in the Turkish folk tradition.
Full details of availability for the source CDs are to be found within the magazine.