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and sonic artists, featuring Anne Martin and Hector MacInnes, Jason Singh, David Littler, Aimée Leonard and more. Amongst the Folk Rising Thursday series guests are: Farafi, Maybirds, Gentlemen Of Few, Mishaped Pearls, Leonie Evans, Ottergear, Lords Of Thyme, Sophie Ter Schure, Hanami, Mick Squalor, Carrie Tree, Patch & The Giant.
www.efdss.org/
CDs These recently in: Harry
Belafonte Calypso plus Belafonte Songs Of The Caribbean (Jackpot Records); Bellowhead Revival (Mighty Village/ Island); La Bergere Etreintes (Aepem); Justin Bernasconi Winter Pick (own label); Betty & The Boy The Wreckage (own label); Eric Bibb In 50 Songs (DixieFrog); Bio Ritmo Puerta Del Sur (Vampisoul); Celtic Angel Celtic Hits (own label); Michael Chapman Live At Folk Cottage, Cornwall 1967 (Treehouse 44); Chassel Indiamore (Tricatel); Clothesline Revival The Greatest Show On Mars (Paleo); Bob Copper Prostrate With Dismal (Ghosts From The Basement); Cumbia All-Stars Tigres En Fuga (World Village); James Delarre & Saul Rose Cabin Fever (Infuse); The Elephant Sessions The Elusive Highland Beauty (own label); Estonian Folk Orchestra Imemaa / Wonderland (Eesto Muusika); Fish & Bird Something In The Ether (Fiddle Head Records); Steve Freund & Gloria Hardimann Set Me Free (Delmark); The Friel Sisters The Friel Sisters (own label); Gaseada de Flores Radio Flor (Ita Music); The Greenbeans The Greenbeans (Old Soul Records); Halfdanskerne 3 (Go’ Danish Folk Music); Headsticks Muster (own label); Hamzat Modine Live (Jaro); Ange Hardy The Lament Of The Black Sheep (Story Records); Mark Harrison The World Outside (own label); The Henry Girls Louder Than Words (Beste Unterhaltung); Jalilah’s Raks Sharki Stage Cuts (Piranha); Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar Live a L’Étoile (Teranga Beat); The
Charlotte Greig
KutiMangoes Afro–Fire (Tramp); Paul Lamb & The King Shakes Hole In The Wall (Secret Records); Tuomas Logrén Yövesi (own label); London Klezmer Quartet London Klezmer Quartet Calling (own label); Louvat Bros Contrastes (Acoustic Music GmBH); Lynched Cold Old Fire (own label); Mandolinman Old Tunes, Dusted Down (Arc Music) ; Jean-Louis Matinier/Marco Ambrosini Inventio (ECM); Mariza Best Of (Warner Music); Rachel Newton Changeling (own label); Caitríona O'Leary & Dúlra Sleepsongs (Heresy); Old Crow Medicine Show Remedy (Ato Records); Pale Clouded Yellow Until The Bird (own label); John Primer & The Teardrops You Can Make It If You Try (Wolf); Rattle On The Stovepipe Old Virginia (WildGoose); Kaela Rowan Menagerie (Shoogle Records); Runa Current Affairs (own label); Run Out The Guns Powder & Shot (own label); Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar The Call (Fellside); Said The Maiden A Curious Tale (own label); Saltfishforty Live (own label); Scottdale String Band Old Folks Better Go To Bed (Arhoolie); Sarah Jane Scouten The Cape (own label); Peggy Seeger Everything Changes (Signet Music); Shine Sugarcane (Chocolate Records); Admir Shkurtaj Feksin (Animamundi); Smoky BabeWay Back In The Country Blues (Arhoolie); Tim Sparks Chasin’ The Boogie (Acoustic Music GmBH); Sonzeira Brasil Bam Bam Bam (Virgin EMI); Jen Starsinic The Flood & The Fire (Dangerous You Records); Stooshie Stydd (own label); Svang Karja-La (Galileo); Daniel Techane Jammin’ With Kassa (EthioSonic/Buda Musique); Sophie Ter Schure Laurels (own label); Kassa Tessema Mastawesha (Ethiopiques/Buda Musique); Richard Thompson Acoustic Classics (Beeswing Records); Jason Titley Still Rollin’ (Dreadnought Records); Trolska Polska Moss (Go’ Danish Folk Music); True North Elsebound (own label); Valfart På Vej (Go’ Danish Folk Music); Various An Easy Introduction To The Blues (Masterworks Series); Various Classic African American Songsters (Smithsonian Folkways); Various Dominican Republic Merengue 1949-1962 (Fremeaux & Associes); Various Les Indiens d’Amerique
1960-1961(Fremeaux & Associes); Various I Pray You Pay Attention (Musical Traditions); Various Memoirs Of An Arabian Princess - Sounds Of Zanzibar (Winter & Winter); Various Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing (JSP Records); Vergnügen Budweis Wunderlich Jach (own label); We Banjo 3 Gather The Good (own label); Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll A Handful Of Sky (WildGoose); Xarnege Talka Tom(Hart Brut); YomLe Silence De L’Exode (Buda Musique); The Young Folk The Little Battle (Arc Music).
MISC.
We were sad to hear the news of the deaths of Margaret Ann ‘Midge’ Paxton, Tom Paxton’s wife and muse, on 1st June aged 69; of Hindustani classical songstress Dhondutai Kulkarni on 1st June aged 87; of US pedal steel guitarist and session giant Weldon Myrick, on 2nd June, aged 76; of the Assamese singer-musician Khagen Mahanta, on 12th June, aged 72; of folk singer, writer and journalist Charlotte Greig, on 27th June aged 60.
BBC Radio 3’s World On 3 has programmes live from Womad on Friday 25th July (11pm – 1am), Saturday 26th (10.20 pm – 1am) and Sunday 27th (2 – 3pm and 10pm – 12.30am). Then on subsequent Fridays at 11pm it comes live from Glasgow’s BBC @ The Quay with Bellowhead, 9Bach, Shooglenifty and Jarlath Henderson on 1st August, with further weeks hosted by Lopa Kothari and Mary Ann Kennedy including Mose Fan Fan on 22nd August.
DJ Ritu’s A World In London
moves to Resonance FM (Wedsnesdays 6.30 – 7.30pm) during July, is off air during August and then returns to SOAS Radio on Wednesdays at new time 5pm from September.
slotsoasradio.org/worldinlondon
Eliza Carthy, singer, fiddle
player, songwriter, polymath, has been awarded an MBE for services to English folk music in the Queen’s recently announced Birthday Honours list. Now 38,
Russia’s Otava Yo: Womex showcasers
Eliza is the first of her generation to have her contribution to the current thriving traditional music scene acknowledged in this way – and, uniquely, joins her parents, Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy, who were each similarly honoured in 2003 and 1998 respectively.
Ffion Mair (from The
Foxglove Trio) writes a blog (
caneuongwerin.wordpress.com) focused on traditional Welsh folk song. The blog features one song per post, written bilingually, and includes a recording of Ffion singing it, her personal reaction to the song, the lyrics and
information about its origins and where else you can find recordings or sheet music.
The British Folk Art
exhibition at Tate Britain, London continues until 31st August, featuring extraordinary and surprising works of some of Britain’s unsung artists.
www.tate.org.uk
A Fiend In The Furrows is a three-day conference in association with the School Of English and the Institute For Collaborative Research In The Humanities at Queen’s University Belfast, exploring ‘folk horror’ in British and Irish literature, film, television, and music. The event will include academic papers, film screenings, musical performances and readings. It runs from 19th – 21st September.
www.facebook.com/folkhorror
The first showcasing artists have been announced for this year’s Womex (Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, 22 – 26 Oct): Bostich + Fussible from Nortec Collective (Mexico), Džambo Aguševi Orchestra (FYR Macedonia), Ester Rada (Israel), Ilkka Heinonen Trio (Finland), Noreum Machi (South Korea), Otava Yo (Russia), Paolo Angeli (Italy/ Spain), Raúl Rodríguez – Razón de Son (Spain), Troker (Mexico), Tribu Baharú (Colombia), Ajinai (China), Baloji (DR Congo/ Belgium), Cesária Évora Orchestra (Cape Verde), Davide Salvado (Spain), Ethiocolor (Ethiopia), Frank Yamma (Australia), Kuenta i Tambu (Curacao/ The Netherlands), Lula Pena (Portugal), Oum (Morocco/ France), Söndörgo (Hungary), Steven Sogo (Burundi)
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