f14 Fiddlers Maestro subscribers! WIN! AFRICA 50


This amazing set collects 183 classic recordings by 183 important artists from 38 countries in North, South, East and West Africa including worldwide stars such as Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti, Youssou N’Dour, Franco, Cheb Khaled, Cesaria Evora, Mulatu Astatke, Salif Keita, Manu Dibango and Oum Kalsoum. The tracks, licensed from some of the world’s most respected record companies, are all original studio recordings or, in a few cases, famous concert performances.


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(Kansanmusiikki-Instituutti); Nancy Kerr & James Fagan Twice Reflected Sun (Navigator); Caleb KlauderWestern Country (West Sound); Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha (Helmi Levyt); Levellers A Weapon Called The Word (On The Fiddle); Keith Little Take It Off And Get Loose With It (Blue Skunk Music); A. L. Lloyd An Evening With A. L. Lloyd (Fellside); Cheikh Lô Jamm (World Circuit); Los Lobos Tin Can Trust (Proper); Baaba Maal African Soul Revolutionary (Nascente); Ali ‘Beag’ Macleod & Kevin Macleod Braes Of Badentarbat (own label); Magic Slim Raising The Bar (DixieFrog); The Master Musicians Of Jajouka With Bachir Attar The Source (Le Son Du Maquis); Cherif Mbaw Sing For Me (World Village); Tommy McCarthy Round Top Wagon (own label); Ewan McLennan Rags & Robes (Fellside); Methera In Concert (own label); Moishe’s Bagel Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine (Moishe’s Bagel/ Eachday Music); Ana Moura Leva-me Aos Fados (World Village); Diarmaid & Donncha Moynihan The Lights Of Ranzanico (own label); Nidi D’Arac Taranta Container (Tarantulae); Nordic Choro Nordic Choro (Ääniä); Tim O’Brien Chicken & Egg (Howdy Skies); Ville Ojanan Hero (Seita); Old Blind Dogs Wherever Yet May Be (Compass); The Old Dance School Forecast (Transition); Otros Aires Tricota (Galileo); Rainbow Chasers The Best Of 2004 – 2010 (Talking Elephant); Rannok Rannok (Go’ Danish); Dennis Rea Views From Chicheng Precipice (Moonjune); Ola Belle Reed Rising Sun Melodies (Smithsonian Folkways); Joseph Reinhardt Joue… Django (Label Ouest); Cheikha Remitti On Air (Tradition & Moderne); The Rhythmia The Rhythmia (Ragged But Right); Chris Ricketts & Mark Willshire Simple Folk (Hobgoblin); Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson The Liberty Tree (PM Press); Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Legacy (Compass); Sabor De Gràcia Sabor Pa’rato (World Village); Rowland Salley Killing The Blues (Telechrome); Lissa Schneckenburger Dance (Footprint); Oliver Schroer & The Stewed Tomatoes Freedom Row


Cheikha Remitti


(Borealis); Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids & Friends Tomorrow’s Children (Appleseed); Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro ¡Sin Rumba No Hay Son! (World Village); Skolvan C’hoari Pevar (Keltia Musique); Snekka Akropolis (Lusti); Soul Flower Union Live Until You Die! (Breast Music); Emily Spiers The Half- Moon Lovers (Bonna Musica); Steeleye Span Another Parcel Of Steeleye Span – Their Second Five Chrysalis Albums 1976-1989 (EMI); Stone Breath With The Forest Beggars The Shepherdess And The Bone-White Bird (Hand/Eye); Syriana Al Bidayeh (Real World); Moussu T E Lei Jovents Putan De Cançon (Chant Du Monde); Heidi Talbot The Last Star (Navigator); Tansads Rough And Ready – The Early Tapes (Voice Of Reason); Tashi Lhunpo Monks Time Of The Skeleton Lords (30 IPS); Iain Thomson Fields Of Dreams (own label); Richard Thompson Dream Attic (Proper); Three Mile Stone Three Mile Stone (own label); Lobi Traore Rainy Season Blues (Glitterhouse); Various 40e Festival Interceltique (Keltia Musique); Various A New Day – Laya Project Remixed (EarthSync); Various Africa – 50 Years Of Music: 50 Years Of Independence 1960 – 2010 (Stern’s/Discograph); Various Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves – Ghana & Togo 1972-1979 (Analog Africa); Various Baker’s Dozen (Friends Of Folk); Various Cumbia Beat Vol. 1 (Vampisoul); Various Dombra From Kazakhstan (Buda); Various Donna Lombarda (Barcode); Various Ghosts From The Basement (Weekend Beatnik); Various Jimmy Dawkins Presents The Leric Story (Delmark); Various Nomads Of Niger (Frémeaux & Associés); Various Nuit De La Saint Patrick (Keltia Musique); Various The Rough Guide To Bhangra (World Music Network); Various The Rough Guide To Desert Blues (World Music Network) Various The Rough Guide To Greek Café (World Music Network); Various The Rough Guide To The Music Of Afghanistan (World Music Network); Various The Rough Guide To Paris Café (World Music Network) Various The Rough Guide To Salsa Dance (World Music Network); Various Shangaan Electro (Honest Jon’s);


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