13 f CDs These recently in: Erik Aliana
Just My Land (Buda Musique); Altaï Khangaï Ongod (Buda Musique); Astarta The First National (EMI-Ukraine/Comp); Barbara Furtuna Sì vita Sì - Voix Corses (Buda Musique); James Bell Joy + Jealousy (House Of Lyra); Eric Bibb Jericho Road (DixieFrog); Ron Block Walking Song (Rounder); Billy Bragg Life’s A Riot with Spy Vs Spy - 30th Anniversary Edition (Cooking Vinyl); Bulimundo Djâm Bancu Dja (Lusafrica); Ceilidhcatu NordEste/North East (Deveron Records); Valentin Clastrier Valentin Clastrier (Innacor); Chris Corrigan The Crooked Mountain Road (own label); Den Fule Contrebande (Kakafon); Barbara Dickson To Each & Everyone/The Songs Of Gerry Rafferty (Greentrax); Tim Edey Sailing Over The 7th String (Gnatbite Records); David Egan David Egan (Rhonda Sue Records); Lajkó Félix Mezö Field (Fonó); Finnders & Youngberg I Don’t Want Love You Won’t Give Until I Cry (Swingfingers); Josephine Foster I’m A Dreamer (Fire Records); Fromseier + Hockings Flot Gevir (Go’ Danish); The Gothard Sisters Compass (own label); Gothenburg Gadjos Gothenburg Gadjos (Maestro Music); Katayoun Goudarzi & Shujaat Husain Khan Spring (own label); Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble Beaucoup De Piments (own label); The High Kings Friends For Life (Sony Classical); Lonnie Holley Keeping A Record Of It (Dust-To- Digital); Tero Hyväluoma Junkyard Ball (Lusti); Mamar Kassey Taboussizé Niger (Innacor); Elin Kåven Maizan - Thaw (Nordic Notes); Wouter Kellerman Mzansi (Kellerman Music); Mamadou Kelly Adibar (Clermont Music); Lisa Knapp Hidden Seam (Navigator); Juha Kujanpaa Tales & Travels (Kuu Records); Landstreichmusik Heiteri Schibe (Narrenschiff); Marshall Lawrence House Call (own label); Malayeen Malayeen (Annihaya Records); Marga Musika (own label); Carlos Marks Dislalia (Intolerencia); Cerys Matthews Hullabaloo (Rainbow City); Joanne McIver &
Christophe Sauniere Train 221 (Buda Musique); Layla McCalla Vari-Colored Songs - A Tribute To Langston Hughes (DixieFrog); Megson Live (EDJ); Newpoli Tempo Antico (Beartones); Silvia Nicolatto & Her Cornish Anglo Friends Silvia Nicolatto (Woodshed); Papa Noel & Viviane A Color (Buda Musique); Notts Alliance On The Doorstep (RMB/Vienna Records); Old Buck Old Buck (Tin Halo Music); Alun Parry When The Sunlight Shines (own label); Will Pound A Cut Above (Lulubug); Sophie Ramsay The Glassy Mountain (own label); Raya Brass Band This Train Is Now (own label); Bonnie Rideout Scotland’s Fiddle Piobaìreachd Vol. 2 (own label); Red Note Ensemble & Kuljit Bhamra Reels To Ragas (KéDa); Svjata Vatra Svitlyi Schljah (own label); Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Live/Cluck Ol’ Hen (Skaggs Family Records); Devon Sproule & Mike O’Neill Colours (Tin Angel); Linda Thompson Won’t Be Long Now (Topic); Le Tre Sorelle Lampasconi e Cianfrusaglie (Hertzbrigade Records); Trio Dhore Modus Operandi (Appel Records); Various Gentle Men (Irregular); Various Greek Rhapsody: Instrumental Music From Greece 1905-1956 (Dust-to-Digital); Various Hasretim - Journey To Anatolia (ECM); Various Kassidat: Raw 45s From Morocco (Dust-to- Digital); Various Longing For The Past: The 78rpm Era in South East Asia (Dust-to-Digital); Various Louisiana Saturday Night Revisited (Ace); Various Luk Thung: Classic & Obscure 78s from the Thai Countryside (Dust-to-Digital); Various MaLituanie (One Root Music); Various Marula’s Shade: The ImprovED Album (Triad Trust); Various Quat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen (Dust-to- Digital); Various Sorrow Come Pass Me Around - A Survey Of Rural Black Religious Music (Dust- to-Digital); Van-Anh Vo Three- Mountain Pass (Innova); Wabanag Bemia (own label); Lal Waterson Teach Me To Be A Summer’s Morning (Topic/ Fledg’ling – book with CD); Mick West & Muldoon’s Picnic A Scots Chorus (Claytara Records); Lucy Wise & The B’Gollies When We Wander Far From Home (own label); The Wiyos One More For The Road (own label).
Capercaillie: on Radio 2 Folk Show and World On 3 MISC.
We are sad to report the deaths of Cornwall-based singer, musician, artist and founder of Dreamers Folk Club Niall Timmins on 16th Aug; of Calypso great Slinger Francis, better known as Mighty Sparrow, on 11th September aged 78; of France- based jews harp master John Wright, on 4th September aged 75; of English folk singer Sarah Morgan on 15th Sept; of Irish piper, singer, author and member of Na Fili Tomás Ó Canainn on 15th Sept aged 82; and of North East singer/ songwriter Judy Dinning on 2nd Oct, aged 59.
A tribute concert for Niall
Timmins, headlined by Mike Silver, is taking place in Helston, on 16th November, the proceeds from which will be donated to Cancer Research.
BBC Radio 3 have axed both
World Routes and the associated World Routes Academy. According to controller Roger Wright, “Radio 3 is playing its part in the BBC’s savings plans and so our changes are the result of our having to work with a reduced budget and more limited resources… World Routes is a terrifically distinctive programme but it is costly with all the foreign travel and so we are giving it a break.”
BBC Radio 3’s World On 3 continues on Fridays at 11pm with highlights from Womex presented by Lopa Kathari (Oct 25 & Nov 29) and Mary Ann Kennedy presenting Capercaillie (Nov 1st) and April Verch (8th).
BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show
with Mark Radcliffe has guests Linda Thompson (30th Oct; Capercaillie (6th Nov) and Jim Causley & Friends (27th). They’ll be announcing the nominations for the 2014 BBC Folk Awards on 20th November. (The Awards event itself will take place on 19th February at the Royal Albert Hall.)
Fortcoming guests on DJ
Ritu’s A World In London on SOAS Radio, (Wednesdays at 3pm) include Cigdem Aslan (23rd Oct), Elizabeth Nott & Robina Beckles Wilson (30th Oct), Baloji (6th November) and Clara Sanabras (20th).
Hackney School of Folk Music want to bring about the next generation of folk musicians from among the local kids in Hackney. Offering guitar, tin whistle, fiddle, bodhran and mandolin, cello and harp lessons, students will learn by ear, mainly Irish, English, American and Scottish folk tunes and songs. Classes take place each Thursday at St Thomas More Church Hall, London N4 2LH.
www.hackneyschooloffolk.com
The latest recipients of a Gold
Badge from the English Folk Dance and Song Society – made for unique or outstanding contributions to folk music, dance or song, distinguished service to the Society and/or exceptional contributions to the Society’s work – include musician Ashley Hutchings, rapper dancer Ricky Forster and musician and dancer David Blick.
Towersey Festival hits its 50th festival in 2014 and among the celebrations will be a book about the festival’s history, written by Derek Schofield, who is keen to hear memories and stories from any time during the last 50 years. Photos are especially welcome. Contact Derek on
info@towerseyfestival.com
Derek also wrote a 50th celebration book for Sidmouth Folk Week which celebrates its 60th anniversary from 1st – 8th August 2014. Ideas, stories and feedback welcome at
www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
The Song Collectors’
Collective has launched a brand new online archive of over 250 never before heard traditional songs and stories collected from living ‘Tradition Bearers’ from the English gypsy, Irish and Scottish traveller and settled communities alive today. Set up in 2012 by Sam Lee with the purpose of celebrating those conserving rare folk culture within their family and communities, the collective’s extensive web resources are aimed at up-skilling and empowering a new generation of collectors while inspiring the ongoing exploration of and creativity within folk and roots culture.
songcollectorscollective.co.uk
Hector MacInnes from the Isle Of Skye is the winner of the inaugural Martyn Bennett Prize for traditional music composition.
www.themartynbennettprize.com
Mighty Sparrow
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