Bollywood touch to Somalia’s traditional music

> New album aims to generate wider audience by restoring recordings from 1970s and 1980s. > Sweet as Broken Dates is set for release on August 25 on two LPs or one CD. > Vik Sohonie, a former news reporter, is behind the release of album. > Sohonie travelled far and wide to collect material for the album > Michael Graves, a Grammy award winner, also offered help by digitally remastered the songs. > Music in Somalia is influenced by countries from the Arab world, Iran and India. > Many of Somalia’s musicians have left the country in the wake of political upheaval.