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Andes – Les Flûtes Du Soleil (Air (Shrewsbury Folk Festival);
Mail/ Sunset); Jean-Pierre Various The Definitive Charley
Sedjerari & Aurélien Patton (Proper); Various Eesti
Chambaud Paris – Guinguette Rahvapille (Viljandi
(Air Mail/ Sunset); Martin Kultuuriakadeemia); Various It
Simpson True Stories (Topic); Issa Ain’t Over! (Delmark); Various
Sow Doumale – La Musique d’Issa Kankani Songs – Music From Goa
Sow (Home Records); Spiro – Made In Bombay (Trikont);
Lightbox (Real World); Spontaani Various Keltia Musique: 30 Years
Vire Korkea Kofeiinipitoisuus – (Keltia Musique); Various
High Caffeine Content (Texicalli); Legends Of Benin: Afro-Funk –
Colin Steele Stramash Cavacha – Agbadja – Afro-Beat
(Gadgemo); Steeleye Span Live (Analog Africa); Various
At A Distance (Park); Stockholm Marvellous Boy – Calypso From
Lisboa Project Diagonal (Nomis West Africa (Honest Jon’s);
Musik/ Westpark); Yngve Stoor Various Muddy Waters – Steppin’
Min Hula (Lani); Amar Sundy Stone (Proper); Various Musiques
Sadaka (Dixie Frog); Svøbsk En & Chants Des Amérindiens –
Klang Af Tidløshed (Gateway Peuples Maya, Totonaque, Cora –
Photo: Philip Ryalls
Music); Talèh Ratapuntu Mexique (Frémeaux & Associés);
Kandia Kouyate – new CD
(FolkClub Ethnosuoni); Tandoori Various Nûba d’Or Et De Lumière
Hill Brave Shyness (Playing With (Buda); Various People And
Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis Rachael McShane No Man’s Fool
Music); Otis Taylor Pentatonic Songs Of The Sea (Greentrax);
The Syliphone Years (Sterns); Liam (Navigator); The Mighty Quinns
Wars And Love Songs (Telarc); Ti- Various Por Los Campos De Cuba
Coca & Wanga-Nègès Haïti (Tumbao); Various The Roots Of
Kelly Sweetwood (Cló Iar- Thicker Than Water (Hebe Music);
Colibri (Accords Croisés); Bob Dylan (Proper); Various The
Chonnachta) Khaled Rebel Of Raï Pedro Moutinho Um Copo De
Tinariwen Imidiwan : Rough Guide To Cuba (World
– The Early Years (Nascente); Sol (IPlay); Mick, Louise &
Companions (Independiente); Music Network); Various The
Koerner & Glover Live @ The Michelle Mulcahy Reelin’ In
Eleni Tsaligopoulou San Rough Guide To Irish Folk (World
400 Bar (Copycats Entertainment); Tradition (Cló Iar-Chonnachta);
Psemata – Best Of Eleni Music Network); Various The
Ilona Korhonen Ensemble Northern Cree True Blue
Tsaligopoulou (Sony Greece); Rough Guide To Merengue Dance
Tarkka Pää, Tania Mieli – (Canyon); Novalima Coba Coba
Ruby Turner I’m Travelling On (World Music Network); Various
Contemporary Ethnic Polyphony Remixed (Cumbancha); Orchestra
(RTR Productions); Stefano Valla Sound Of The World Presents
(Ääniä); Kandia Kouyate Ngara Di Porta Palazzo (FolkClub
& Daniele Scurati Italie: Otro Mundo (Another World)
(Syllart); La Minor Oboroty Ethnosuoni); Ormy Folk, Blues
Musiques De l’Apennin Vol 3: (Warner Classics & Jazz); Various
(Eastblok); Latcho Drom And The Sea (Sounds.ie); Iñaki
Piffero & Fisarmonica (Buda); The Warrior Shepherds From The
Deborah-1999 (Frémeaux & Plaza & Ion Garmendia 20 Hatz
Various Antologija Bosanskog Omo Valley, Ethiopia (Frémeaux &
Associés); Lele Lele Lele Lele Proiekt (Baga-Biga); Anghjula
Sevdaha 1 (Croatia); Various Associés); Various The World Is
(DartBird Music); Svante Potentini Fiara – Voix Corse
Antologija Bosanskog Sevdaha 2 Shaking – Cubanismo From The
Lindqvist & Markus Falck (Buda); Ramin Rahimi & Tapesh
(Croatia); Various The Beginner’s Congo, 1954-55 (Honest Jons);
Norrbottenslåtar (Giga); Lo’Jo Iranian Percussion (Arc Music);
Guide To Ska (Nascente); Various Various Zanzibara 5: Hot In Dar:
Cosmophono (IRL); Mariachi Real Red Chamber Redgrass (ZA Discs/ Corée: Musiques Du Pays Du Le Son De La Tanzanie 1978-1983
De San Diego Mariachi Classics HMR3); Rotfront Emigrantski Matin Clair (Buda); Various (Buda); Rhonda Vincent
(Mardi Gras); Mike Marshall & Raggamuffin (Essay); Sonia ¡Cuban Funk Experience! Destination Life (Rounder);
Darol Anger With Väsen Sahlström & Håkan Larsson (Nascente); Various Darwin Song Walking Wounded Waiting On
(Adventure Music America); Glädjen (Giga); Sayri Tupac Project Shrewsbury 2009 The Outside (Stovepony);
Win! Topic 7-CD Anniversary Books
In September, Topic Records will celebrate their
70th anniversary with a series of gigs, re-issues
and a fabulous set of 7 CDs bound into a
hardback, 100 page, copiously illustrated book
telling the story of the oldest truly
independent label.
Themed into English, Irish and Scottish
traditional music, political songs, original songs
and two CDs of miscellaneous Topic treasures
across the board, the records showcase the
amazing variety of music that Topic has curated
over the years while the book sets it all in its
historical place, with lots of evocative images
and memorabilia.
fRoots will have 5 copies of this ultra-desirable
artefact for you to have a go at winning in this
issue’s competition. All you have to do to be in
with a chance of winning one is answer the
question below and send it on a postcard or
the back of an envelope to Topic Comp, fRoots,
PO Box 337, London N4 1TW to reach here by
11th September. Or you can email your
answers to
comps@frootsmag.com or fax them
to (+44)(0)20 8348 5626, but whichever way
you do it, don’t forget to give us your name
and realmail address.
Q: What two songs were coupled on either
side of Topic’s first release?
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