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Rooting About


WHAT’S HAPPENING News Edited by Sarah Coxson


Because we go to press a month before publication date there are occasionally announcements made after copy date about things which will have passed by the time the next issue is published. We have a LATE BREAKING NEWS page in the fRoots Forum at www.frootsmag.com for such items. If you have urgent news about something happening in the current month, you can register and enter details there.


FESTIVALS & EVENTS Just as we went to press, BBC


Radio 3 announced the artists appearing on their dedicated stage at Womad Charlton Park in north Wiltshire from July 27th – 29th. They include Diabel Cissokho, Seth Lakeman, Nazaket Teymurova, Paddy Bush & Justin Vali, Genticorum, She’koyokh featuring Cigdem Aslan, Claudia Aurora, Breabach, Habadekuk, Abdallah Oumbadougou, Jose Hernando Arias Noguera, Angelica Lopez, Michel Mondrond, Chrissy Crowley, Frank Yamma and A Moving Sound, this year in a new location all under canvas. See womad.co.uk/lineup and our July issue for full Womad details, plus our preview tips from page 38.


Amongst the big festival guns


in August are fRoots-sponsored Sidmouth FolkWeek (3rd – 10th August), filling the Devon seaside town with the sounds of June Tabor & Oysterband, Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy with The Gift Band, Seth Lakeman, Edward II, Spiers & Boden, Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes, Donal Lunny, Padraig Rynne & Sylvain Barou, Martin Simpson Trio with special guests June Tabor, Jon Boden, Fay Hield & Dick Gaughan, Dervish, Treacherous Orchestra, Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle, Chris Wood, Black Umfolosi, War Horse – The Concert with Jackie Oates, Brass Monkey, Tim Edey, Frank


Taiwan’s A Moving Sound: Radio 3 stage at Womad


Yamma, The Voice Squad, Stygiens, Jason Wilson Band with Dave Swarbrick, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, Dick Gaughan, Finest Kind, Archie Fisher, Rua Macmillan Trio, Jon Boden, Whapweasel, John Kirkpatrick, Debby McClatchy, Mawkin, Ancience, Gadarene, Rura, Otis Gibbs, Reg Meuross, Crucible Trio, Kissmet, Tyde, Tickled Pink, Hekety, Polkaworks, Peeping Tom, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Monster Ceilidh Band, Katie’s Quartet, The Playford Liberation Front, The English String Band and more. In the afternoons from 5th-9th at Kennaway House, fRoots presents A Cellar Full Of Folkadelia with Alasdair Roberts, Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell, Telling The Bees, Naomi Bedford, Old Man Luedecke, Chartwell Dutiro, Duck Soup, Lori Campbell, Corncrow and The False Beards (that’s Ben Mandelson & Ian Anderson). All this plus a plethora of ceilidhs, In The Tradition events, morris dancing, Young Sidmouth and Shooting Roots, storytelling and a monster workshop programme. www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk


Another fRoots-favourite,


Towersey Village Festival runs over the bank holiday weekend (23rd – 27th August) with guests including Nic Jones, Bellowhead, Donal Lunny, Padraig Rynne & Sylvain Barou, Kathryn Tickell: Northumbrian Voices, Edward II, Martin Simpson Trio, Peatbog Faeries, The Chipolatas, Brass Monkey, Abigail Washburn with Kai Welch, Jon Boden, Esquisse, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Old Man Luedecke, Roddy Woomble, Roy Bailey, Jez Lowe, John Kirkpatrick, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Spiro, Session A9, The Albion Band, Blair Dunlop & Ashley Hutchings, Larkin Poe, Merry Hell, O’Hooley & Tidow, The Ian McMillan Orchestra, Whapweasel, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Gadarene, Hekety, Old Swan Band,


Telling The Bees: Sidmouth, Moseley


Reuben’s Train, Stephen Taberner, The Melrose Quartet, Walsh & Pound, Alistair Anderson, Armagh Rhymers, Chris Coe, Cupola, David Gibb & Elly Lucas, Debs Newbold, Gavin Davenport, Irrintzi Dantza Taldea, Jake Jones & Dan Eccles, Jess & Richard Arrowsmith, Kerry Fletcher, Lebedek, Peeping Tom, Pilgrims Way, Stream of Sound, The Cock and Bull Band, The Outside Capering Crew and more.Tel: 023 8071 1818; www.towerseyfestival.com


And last of the fRoots supported events, Moseley Folk Festival runs from 31st August – 2nd September with artists including Steeleye Span, Roy Harper, Cara Dillon, Devon Sproule, Abigail Washburn, Jackie Oates, Spiro, Emily Portman Trio, Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell, Telling The Bees, The False Beards, Rapunzel & Sedayne, The Destroyers, The Long Notes and many more. moseleyfolk.co.uk


Fiesta Sète, France (21st


July – 8th August) sees guest apperances from Axel Krygier, Caravan Palace, Blitz The Ambassador, Slim Moore & The Mar-Kays, Boubacar Traore, Juju, Hugh Masekela, Manu Dibango, Roberto Fonseca, Manolito Simonet Y Su Trabuco, Maurice El Medioni, El Gusto, Ernest Ranglin, Monty Alexander, Sly & Robbie, Astan Kida, Los Pata E Cumbia, Hamelmal Abate & Imperial Tiger Orchestra, Grupo Fantasma, Le Chauffeur Est Dans Le Pré, Celso Piña, Flavia Coelho Cachaï, Elektropik Night Live: Sambatudo feat Alê


Kali and more. Tél : 04 67 74 48 44; www.fiestasete.com


Bluesweek 2012 (29th July – 3rd August) takes place at Sunley Management Centre, University Of Northampton featuring masterclasses with Steve Phillips, Del Rey, Catfish Keith, Michael Messer, Joe Filisko, Michael Roach and more. Tel: 01242 701765; www.euroblues.co.uk


Wickham Festival runs from


2nd – 5th August with Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, The Levellers, The Proclaimers, Bellowhead, Oysterband, Show of Hands, Edward II, Home Service,


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