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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 First off, the fRoots-
partnered events over the next two months. Womad at Charlton Park near Malmesbury in Wiltshire (25th – 28th July) is ready to go. Late additions announced for the BBC Radio 3 stage include Barrule, Capercaillie, Dawanggang, Desmali & D’Ambô de la Costa, DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar, Dogan Mehmet & the Boombox Karavan, Family Atlantica, Guy Schalom & The Baladi Blues Ensemble, KonKoma, La Pegatina, Mavrika, Nefes with Fidan Hajiyeva, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Roopa Panesar and Zykopops. Already announced as playing are
Gilberto Gil, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Alice Russell, David Rodigan MBE, Rokia Traoré, Adjágas, Asif Ali Khan, The Bombay Royale, Bwani Junction, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Carminho, Christine Salem, David Wax Museum, Debrapriya & Samanwaya, Dizu Plaatjies & Ibuyambo Ensemble, Dub Inc, Emel Mathouthi, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Fimber Bravo, Flavia Coelho, Fredy Massamba, Gocoo, The Heavy, Hidden Orchestra, Huun Huur Tu, Iadoni, Jagwa Music, Jesca Hoop, Katy Carr, Kissmet, Le Vent Du Nord, Lévon Minassian, Mala In Cuba, Malawi Mouse Boys, Malouma, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi,
Mavrika: BBC stage addition @ Womad
Mokooma, Nano Stern, Ondatrópica, Osibisa, Parov Stelar Band, Riot Jazz Brass Band, Sam Lee & Friends, Schlachthofbronx, Spoek, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Syd Arthur, Tamikrest, Urna & Kroke and Yesking and more.
www.womad.co.uk
Sidmouth FolkWeek (2nd – 9th Aug) sees a week of sunshine and headlining acts including: Nic Jones Trio, Capercaillie, Blowzabella, The Unwanted, Maddy Prior with Hannah James and Giles Lewin, Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes, Flook, Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young, Private Peaceful – The Concert with Michael Morpurgo and Coope, Boyes & Simpson, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Le Vent du Nord, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Lau, Peatbog Faeries, The Furnace – Morris Offspring with Faustus, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, Mairearad & Anna, Dave Burland, Bella Hardy & The Midnight Watch, Faustus, Crimes & Ballads with Martin Carthy & Peter Robinson, The Poetry of Charles Causley with Jim Causley plus Julie Murphy and Ceri Owen- Jones, Roy Bailey, Grace Petrie, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Gadarene, Saltfishforty, The Askew Sisters, Melrose Quartet and many, many more. Over at the fRoots-curated afternoon events at Kennaway House are the delightful sounds of Three Cane Whale, Stephanie Hladowksi & C Joynes, Emily Portman Trio, Will Newsome, Shelagh McDonald, Sarah McQuaid, Wizz Jones, Jason Steel, Tim Eriksen, Olivia Chaney. All this plus ceilidhs, dances, workshops, sessions, processions and, of course, the John Gasson solo jig competition. Tel: 01395 577952;
www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
Towersey Festival (22nd – 26th Aug) has a bill including Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes, The Blockheads, The Unthanks, Home Service, Mama Rosin, Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy, Martin Simpson, Nidi
Olivia Chaney: Sidmouth Cellar
d’Arac, Orkestra Del Sol, Spiers & Boden, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Vin Garbutt, Dan Walsh, Debs Newbold, Gas Mark 5, Lucy Ward, Moulettes, Roy Bailey, Sara Grey, Kieron Means & Ben Paley, The Poozies, Tim Edey, Tyde, Vamm, Banquet of Boxes, Dave Burland, Fabian Holland, Grace Petrie, James Delarre & Saul Rose, Stompin’ Dave Allen, Suitcase Circus with Pete White, Tickled Pink, Polkaworks, The Gloworms and more.
www.towerseyfestival.com
Also on that August bank holiday weekend, an impressive line-up at FolkEast 2013 gathers from 23rd – 25th Aug at Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Suffolk with The Demon Barbers Xl, The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, Sam Carter & The Big Sky Choir, Spiers & Boden, Dhol Foundation Big Band, Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray (The Wayward Tour), Sam Lee And Friends, Spiro, The Copper Family, Three Cane Whale, Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight, Steeleye Span, Penguin Cafe, Karine Polwart, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, Lisa Knapp, Monster Ceilidh Band, The Young’uns and more.
www.folkeast.co.uk
But back to chronology:
Ethno summer madness lines up nine camps over the summer, circulating old and new folk, traditional and world music from all corners of Europe, as well as Australia, Brazil, Korea, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and many, many more! Coming up, Ethno Estonia in Viljandi (16th – 25th July); Ethno Germany in Bad- Lichtenberg (20th – 27th July); Ethno Bosnia-Herzegovina in Tuzla (28th July – 4th Aug); Ethno Flanders in Ostend (28th July – 5th Aug).
www.ethno-world.org/
And into August: Urkult
Festival in Näsåker, Sweden (1st – 3rd Aug) is an “eco-friendly, hippy-style world music festival” with a line-up featuring Algot, April Verch Band, Dawanggang, Dawda Jobarteh, Deodato Siquir, Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs, Martha Mavroidi, Värttinä, Zibur and more. This is maybe your only chance to enjoy organic ale served in a bio-degradable mug along with your reindeer
Photo: Judith Burrows
Photo: Will Wilkinson
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