SONGLINES BEST ALBUMS OF 2018

As we approach the end of the year, editors Jo Frost and Simon Broughton look back over the year’s releases and pick their ten favourite albums of 2018, to be featured in the Jan/Feb 2019 issue of Songlines (#144), available from December 7. 
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AMMAR 808 - Maghreb United (Glitterbeat)  

Anandi Bhattacharya - Joys Abound (Riverboat)

Angélique Kidjo - Remain in Light (Kravenworks)  

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Soar (bendigedig)

Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (Jeremy Dutcher/Fontana North)  

Mariza - Mariza (Warner Music)

Mehdi Rostami & Adib Rostami - Melodic Circles: Urban Classical Music from Iran (ARC Music)

Pascuala Ilabaca y su Fauna - El Mito de la Pérgola (Petit Indie)  

Small Island Big Song - Small Island Big Song (Small Island Big Song)

Various Artists - Yiddish Glory: Lost Songs of World War II (Six Degrees)