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(Indie Go Go); Jennifer Byrne Suitcase (Haven Records); Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band Open With Care (Brechin All Records); Cafe Con Pan Nuevos Caminos A Santiago (Anona Music); John Allan Cameron Here Comes John Allan Cameron (own label); Johnny Cash Songs Of Our Soul (Hoodoo); Jim Causley Cypress Well (Folk Police Recordings); Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Fire & Fortune (Navigator); Cocos Lovers Gold Or Dust (Smugglers); Corncrow So Brightly Shining (Wyrd House); Dailey & Vincent Brothers Of The Highway (Rounder); Dalla K5 (Dalla); The Day Of The Rabblement Night Time Rallies (Psychedelia Records); Peter Delaney Witch Bottle (Out On A Limb Records); Della Mae This World Oft Can Be (Rounder); Abou Diarra Sabou (Mix et Metisse); Phil Doleman & Ian Emmerson Turn (own label); Dreamers’ Circus A Little Symphony (Go’ Danish Folk Music); Dom Duff Babel Pow Wow (Paganab); Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (Remastered) (Hoodoo Records); Elephant Revival Elephant Revival EP (own label); Nancy Elizabeth Dancing (The Leaf Label); Betse Ellis High Moon Order (Free Dirt Records); Fullsceilidh Spelemannslag 500 Sessions (Spreefix); The Garifuna Collective Ayó (Cumbancha); Genticorum Enregistré Live (Les Productions Du Moulin); Maurizio Geri Swingtet (own label); Alice Gerrard Bittersweet (Spruce & Maple Music); David Gibb & Elly Lucas Up Through The Woods (Hairpin); Gitango Zingaros (Arc); Vasco Hernandez Luz De Otra Manera (Arc); Hillfolk Noir What’s That Hat For? (own label); Sigrid Moldestad Himlen Har Sove Bort Mørkret (Heilo); Hornswaggle Heart, Soul & Blood (own label); Iskwew Singers Ninikamawinân: Songs Of Our People (own label); Delyth & Angharad Jenkins (DnA) Adnabod (Fflach:tradd); Jupiter & Okwess International Hotel Univers (Out Here Records); Juuri & Juuri Pelimannit/ Hiljainen Haltioituminen (Aania); John Kirkpatrick The Complete John Kirkpatrick Band (Fledg'ling); Gjermund Larsen Trio Reise (Heilo); Martin Ledner Commonwealth (Hooden Records); Yungchen Lhamo & Anton Batagov Tayatha (Canteloupe Music); Steve Martin & Edie
Cocos Lovers: new album
Brickell Love Has Come For You (Rounder); Souad Massi The Definitive Collection (Wrasse); The Paul McKenna Band Elements (Greentrax); Jacqui McShee Jacqui McShee’s Take Three (Jag Records); Meav The Calling (Atlas Realisations/ Warner); Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me (Cumbancha); Monsieur Doumani Grippy Grappa (own label); Helder Moutinho 1987 (HM Musica); Groupe Ndima Makingo Ma Beeto Baaka/Les Voix Des Femmes Baaka (own label); Saban Ok Kilamên Kurdeên Mesîhî (Kalan); Aidan O’Rourke Hotline (Reveal); Pham Thi Hué Ca Tru Singing House (own label); Ashraf Sharif Khan Poonchwala Echoes Of Indus (Fuuse Mousiqi); Qetiq Rock From Taklamakan Desert (Dreyer Gaido); Emerald Rae If Only I Could Fly (own label); Eddi Reader Live In Japan (re-issue) (Reveal Records); Eddi Reader The Songs Of Robert Burns Deluxe Edition (Reveal Records); Reveillons! A La Chasse Pour Chasser (own label); Chris Ricketts Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea (AF Records); Laura-Beth Salter Breathe (Shee Records); Phil MacLennan Smillie Sound Of Taransay (Hedera Records); Mercedes Sosa La Voz De La Zafra (Milan Music); John Spiers & Jon Boden Through & Through (Fellside); Stone Angel Between The Water & The Sky (own label); Pat Thomas Beefsteak Blues (Wolf); Vieux Farka Toure Mon Pays (Six Degrees); Trouble And Turnipseed Dark Clouds Over Didcot (own label); The Two Man Gentlemen Band Dos Amigos Una Fiesta! (Serious Business); Various Classic Harmonica Blues (Smithsonian FolkWays); Various Master Of Their Craft (Tara); Various Mento, Not Calypso! The Original Sounds Of Jamaica (Fantastic Voyage); Various Mirror To The Soul/Music, Culture & Identity In The Caribbean 1920-72 (Soul Jazz Records); Various The Rough Guide To Flamenco (World Music Network); Various The Rough Guide To Music Of The Mediterranean (World Music Network); Various The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Bollywood (World Music Network); Various Sing Me The Songs: Celebrating The Works Of Kate McGarrigle
(Nonesuch); Various True Blues (Telarc); Various The Ultimate Guide To Spanish Folk (Arc Music); Various Virgin Islands Quelbe & Calypso 1956-1960 (Fremeaux & Associes); Will Varley As The Crow Flies (Smugglers Records); Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Fire & Fortune (Navigator); Lucy Ward Single Flame (Navigator); Travis Ward Jump Ups & Jollities (own label).
MISC.
We are sad to report the deaths of the dhrupad vocal maestro and music teacher Zia Fariduddin Dagar of the Dagar family of Hindustan on 9th April aged 80; of the master violinist of the South Indian tradition Lalgudi Jayaraman on 22nd April aged 82; of Shanachie Records co-founder Dan Collins on 15th May, aged 75; of the Tamil playback singer T.M. Soundararajan on 25th May aged 91; of the Irish broadcaster, documentary-maker and folksong collector Proinsias Ó Conluain on 30th May, aged 93; of Scottish singer songwriter and former McCalmans member Nick Keir on 2nd June aged 60;of Nigerian Highlife pioneer Fatai ‘Rolling Dollar’ Olagunji on 12th June, aged 85; of the Iranian classical musician and tar maestro Jalil Shahnaz on 17th June, aged 92; and of soul blues king Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland on 23rd June, aged 83.
As we mentioned last issue,
BBC4 TV are in the process of producing a swathe of world music films for a mini-season in late August, with directors including Jeremy Marre and Ellen Hobson and a film on flamenco (Friday 30th August) presented by fRoots very own Elizabeth Kinder. We couldn’t get any further information at press time; watch the listings.
BBC Radio 3’s World On 3 (Fridays at 11pm) has Womad highlights on 2nd August, Mary Ann Kennedy pesenting all-CD shows on Aug 9th/16th and Sept 6th/13th. Lopa Kothari presents a session from Sam Amidon on 23rd Aug and all-CD shows on 30th Aug and 20th/27th Sept.
Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland Sister programme World
Routes with Lucy Duran (Sundays at 10 pm) also has Womad highlights on 4th & 11th August, programmes from the Rainforest World Music Festival in Sarawak (18th & 25th August), Souad Massi (1st Sept) and Abida Parveen (15th Sept).
On SOAS Radio, DJ Ritu’s A
World In London (Wednesdays at 3pm) includes Gundula Gruen, Tatcho Drom and London Gypsy Orchestra (17th July) and Sacha Silva (31st July). The station then closes down until 11th September.
soasradio.org/worldinlondon
Meanwhile the rest of the ex- BBC posse continue their podcasts with Mark Coles’ The Shed from
www.markcolesmusic.com, Mike Harding’s Folk Show from
www.mikehardingfolkshow.com, (both weekly) and Ian Anderson’s fRoots Radio monthly at
www.podwireless.com and on Mixcloud.
Womex have announced that the recipient of this year’s Womex Artist Award will be Los Van Van from Cuba, formed in 1969 by bassist and composer Juan Formell. They receive their award and give a performance to close Womex in Cardiff on Sunday 27th October.
The final ever show from
Morris Offspring takes place during Sidmouth Folk Week. A DVD was filmed during their recent tour: details at
www.morrisoffspring.co.uk
Major names in English folk music, including Kate Rusby and Seth Lakeman, will perform at a sold out English Folk Expo 2013 (17th – 20th October). This is the inaugural event of an annual industry showcase of English folk, roots and acoustic music, held in Bury, Greater Manchester. Launched with a night curated by BBC Radio 2 Folk Show’s Mark Radcliffe, English Folk Expo will give an audience of UK and international music buyers the chance to experience a packed programme of English folk music talent across one weekend plus private networking events, a trade fair and more. Live performances for English Folk Expo are provided by Homegrown, a public festival of the finest in English folk, based in The Met in Bury and its satellite venues.
www.englishfolkexpo.com
Photo: Peter Cocks
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