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https://aroundtheworldin575songs.com/

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https://twitter.com/WirralLinda

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Nonfiction, Music, History

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April 2018

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I was a music blogger who loved compiling lists and sharing music. There was usually a sense of purpose to my lists: I didn’t want to replicate what other bloggers were doing, I wanted to open people’s eyes to new musical horizons.

So it was perhaps inevitable that one day I’d end up working on a grand world music list. But when in 2013 I hit on the idea of collecting songs from every country in the world, I could barely have imagined what riches I would find. Before the age of radio, communities were often very isolated, so a person could just travel a few miles and find that costumes worn were different, dances had changed, even musical instruments were not quite the same. Think of that variety, and compare it to Eurovision today, where pr ...more

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This week two online travel magazines have published extracts from my books.

In The Culture-ist I write about the legacy of a hydrogen bomb, and the music of the Marshall Islands: https://www.thecultureist.com/2019/01....

And my piece for Epicure & Culture is all about the magical music of Gambian griots, and how they've been working to keep their tradition alive: https://epicureandculture.com/gambi Read more of this blog post »

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	Around the World in 575 Songs: Europe; Volume 1 by Nick Wall (Goodreads Author), Linda Wall 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Around the World in 575 Songs: Africa; Volume 2 by Nick Wall (Goodreads Author), Linda Wall it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Around the World in 575 Songs: Asia, Oceania; Volume 3 by Nick Wall (Goodreads Author), Linda Wall 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Around the World in 575 Songs: Americas; Volume 4 by Nick Wall (Goodreads Author), Linda Wall 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Game of Thrones: The Touring Exhibition Official Exhibition Guide Book by Edward Fenwick (Editor), Helen Sloan (Photographer), Keith Bernstein (Photographer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discount and Value Clothing Retailing in the UK by Nick Wall (Goodreads Author), Robin Anson (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Today I Kill Santa Claus by Ivan Lanz, Nick Wall (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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