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v. 1. Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Part one. Europe. Albania: the eagle has landed / Kim Burton -- Alpine music: the alpunk phenomenon / Christoph Wagner -- Austria: soul music of old Vienna / Christoph Wagner -- Baltic states: singing revolutions / Andrew Cronshaw -- Belgium: flemish, walloon and global fusion / Paul Rans -- Bosnia-Herzegovina: sad songs of Sarajevo / Kim Burton -- Bulgaria: the mystery voice / Kim Burton -- Croatia: toe tapping tamburicas / Kim Burton -- Czech & Slovak republics: east meets west / Jiri Plocek -- Denmark: a new pulse for the pols / Andrew Cronshaw -- England, folk roots: England's changing roots / Colin Irwin -- England/UK, Bhangra/Asian beat: one way ticket to British Asia / DJ Ritu -- Finland: new runes / Andrew Cronshaw -- France: music of the regions / Philippe Krumm and Jean-Pierre Rasle -- Germany: kraut kaunterblast / Ken Hunt -- Greece: songs of the near east / Marc Dubin and George Pissalidhes -- Greenland: sealskin hits / Etienne Bours -- Gypsy music: kings and queens of the road / Simon Broughton -- Hungary: a musical mother tongue / Simon Broughton -- Iceland: waiting for the thaw / Andrew Cronshaw -- Italy: tenores and tarantellas / Alessio Surian -- Macedonia: tricky rhythms / Kim Burton -- Netherlands: tilting at windmills / Wim Bloemendaal -- Norway: fjords and fiddles / Andrew Cronshaw -- Poland: hanging on in the highlands / Simon Broughton -- Portugal: traditional riches, fate and revolution / Andrew Cronshaw and Paul Vernon -- Romania: taraf traditions / Simon Broughton -- Russia: music of the people / Simon Broughton and Tatiana Didenko -- Samiland: joiks of the tundra / Andrew Cronshaw -- Scotland: from Strathspeys to acid croft / Pete Heywood and Colin Irwin -- Serbia & Montenegro: Balkan beats / Kim Burton -- Spain, flamenco: a wild savage feeling / Jan Fairley -- Spain, regional musics: a tale of celts and islanders / Jan Fairley -- Sweden: a devil of a polska / Andrew Cronshaw -- Ukraine: the bandura played on / Alexis Kochran and Julian Kytasty -- Wales: harps, bards and the gwerin / William Price -- |
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Part two. Middle East. Arab world/Egypt, classical: partner of poetry / David Lodge and Bill Badley -- Armenia: the sorrowful sound / Harold Hagopian -- Egypt, popular/street music: Cairo hit factory / David Lodge and Bill Badley -- Georgia: a feast of songs / Simon Broughton -- Gulf & Yemen: sounds of the Arabian peninsula / Bill Badley -- Iran: nightingales and mullahs / Laudan Nooshin -- Israel: a narrow bridge / Dubi Lenz -- Jewish music, sephardic: ladino romance / Judith Cohen -- Kurdish music: songs of the stateless / Eva Skalla and Jemima Amiri -- Palestinian music: the sounds of struggle / Andy Morgan and Mu'tasem Adileh -- Syria, Lebanon & The Levant: Europe meets Asia / Bill Badley and Zein al-Jundi -- Turkey: sounds of Anatolia / Martin Stokes -- Part three. Africa. Algeria, Rai: music under fire / Andy Morgan -- Algeria, Kabylia: bards of immigritude / Andy Morgan -- Angola: struggle and talent / Christian Hyde and Richard Trillo -- Benin & togo: Afro-funksters / Richard Trillo and Eric Audra -- Burkina faso: hidden treasure / Francois Bensignor -- Cameroon: music of a small continent / Jean-Victor Nkolo and Graeme Ewens -- Cape verde: music of sweet sorrow / Susana Maximo and David Peterson -- Congo: heart of danceness / Graeme Ewens -- Cote d'Ivoire: heart of the industry / Francois Bensignor and Brooke Wentz -- Equatorial Guinea: malabo blues / Manuel Dominguez -- Ethiopia: land of wax and gold / Francis Falceto -- Ghana: gold coast: highlife and roots / Ronnie Graham and John Collins -- Guinea-Bissau: the backyard beat of gumbe / Guus de Klein -- Indian ocean: a lightness of touch / Graeme Ewens and Werner Graebner -- Kenya: life and times of Kenyan pop / Doug Paterson -- Madagascar: ocean music from southeast Africa / Ian Anderson -- Malawi: sounds afroma! / John Lwanda -- Mali/Guinea, mande music: west Africa's musical powerhouse / Lucy Duran -- Mauritania & western Sahara: ways of the moors / Dave Muddyman -- Morocco: a basic expression of life / Dave Muddyman -- Mozambique: a luta continua / Celso Paco -- Niger: sounds of the sahel / Francois Bensignor -- Nigeria: from hausa to the African rainforest / Dave Abram -- Rwanda & Burundi: echoes from the hills / Jean-Pierre Jacquemin, Richard Trillo and Jadot Sezirahigha -- Sao Tome & Principe: island music / Conceicao Lima and Caroline Shaw -- Senegal & The Gambia: Senegambian stars are here to stay / Mark Hudson, Jenny Cathcart and Lucy Duran -- Sierra Leone: palm wine sounds / Ed Ashcroft and Richard Trillo -- South Africa, popular music: nation of voice / Rob Allingham -- South Africa, gospel music: spirit of Africa / Gregory Mthembu-Salter -- South Africa, jazz: hip kings, hip queens / Rob Allingham -- Southern Africa, archives: Hugh Tracey, pioneer archivist / Mark Hudson -- Sudan: yearning to dance / Peter Verney -- Tanzania, popular music: mtindo, dance with style / Werner Graebner -- Tanzania/Kenya, Taarab: the Swahili coastal sound / Werner Graebner -- Uganda: exiles and traditions / Sten Sandahl -- Zambia: evolution and expression / Ronnie Graham and Simon Kandela Tunkanya -- Zambabe: jit, mbira and chimurenga, play it loud! / Judy Kendall and Banning Eyre -- Part four. Directories. Record labels ; Record shops ; Contributors. |
