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Jazz fuses with folk music in Azerbaijan

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A short visit to Azerbaijan revealed a mix of jazz and local folk music, as well as the burning land around the capital Baku, RFI’s Erin Conroy tells us on The Sound Kitchen this week.  

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Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday, at our new times: 6:10, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, On This Day, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.

This week’s quiz answer: Susan Owensby asked you a question about cash-strapped Greece after the elections there put the leftist Syriza party in power.
She wanted you to tell her who are Greek’s institutional creditors who extended their bailout programme until June this year.

The answer is: The European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, known as the troika.

The winners this week are: Nasir Aziz, Sheikhupura, Pakistan ; Fr. Steve Wara, Bamenda, Cameroon, Jewel Ahmed, SHAHZADPUR, SIRAJGANJ,BANGLADESH; SALEH LIKHON, WALES, SHEFFIELD, UK; zenon teles GOA INDIA

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