Rough Guide to Music of the Mediterranean / Various

This Rough Guide treads ashore to the hilly outposts of Mediterranean life where music is still the lifeblood of the old, opulent cultures that hail from the region. Spaniard Benjamin Escoriza features alongside Turk Mercan Dede, Croatian Darko Rundek, Corsican ensemble A Filletta and Albanian brass band Fanfara Tirana.

Bonus CD: Eduardo Niebla & Adel Salameh: Mediterraneo - A Spanish guitar maestro and Palestinian oud player extraordinaire explore the vibrant links between their overlapping cultural backgrounds, on a classic album of astounding beauty.