On November 22, CARGO hosts the folk/rock benefit gig “From 3 Corners of the World” to raise funds for arts and human rights charity Sandblast’s Saharawi Artist Fund and international sporting event “Running the Sahara 2010”. With the UK band Zeep headlining, the event also showcases Henry Blake and friends (New Zealand) and Luzmira Zerpa's Family Atlantica (Venezuela).
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Jill Turner discovers some gems in the cleverly crafted Putumayo compilation, Acoustic Arabia but remains confused by its title. Choosing to stay mainly, to the east of the Red Sea, this is perhaps, more of a fusion album. It demonstrates the far reaching influence of arabic music and the footprint of Gypsy musicians who travelled from the Persian plate, across the Red Sea, south to Sudan, across North Africa to Western Sahara before tripping northwards into the Iberian Pensinula.
