The October 2011 issue of Songlines features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by the Indian music maestro Ravi Shankar.

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The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Vieux Farka Touré, son and heir to the Malian blues guitar legend; a masterful collaboration between English folk giants June Tabor and Oysterband; the new album from the queen of Turkish pop, Sezen Aksu; a collaborative recording from the Iranian Trio Chemirani; and the Arab-Andalus repertoire of Amina Alaoui, among others.

Pick up your copy here on the website, at selected WHSmith’s and at all good record retailers. Feast your ears on these all-new tracks:

* Vieux Farka Touré ‘Sokosondou’ on Six Degrees Records
* June Tabor & Oysterband ‘The Leaves of Life’ on Topic Records
* Old Sledge ‘Boats Up the River’ on Old Sledge
* Uxia ‘Os Teus Ollos’ on Fol Música
* Dawda Jobarteh ‘Karang Folo’ on Sterns Music
* Sezen Aksu ‘Arkadaş Şarkısını Duyunca’ on World Village
* Fatoumata Diawara ‘Bissa’ on World Circuit
* Trio Chemirani ‘Nokay’ on Accords Croisés
* Amina Alaoui ‘Flor de Nieve’ on ECM
* Brock McGuire Band ‘Because It’s There/The Coalminer’ on Paulman Music

Plus Ravi Shankar’s playlist:

* Nitin Sawhney feat Faheem Mazhar ‘Daybreak’ on Positiv-ID
* Karsh Kale ‘Avalanche’ on Six Degrees Records
* Philip Glass ‘Car Ride’ on Orange Mountain
* Joshua Bell & Anoushka Shankar ‘Variant Moods: Duet for Sitar & Violin’ on Sony Music
* Anoushka Shankar ‘Red Sun’ on Angel Records

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