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James Duncan MacKenzie (own label); Maja & David Nord (Go’ Danish); The Duncan McFarlane Band Poacher Bold (own label); Eamon McGivney, John Kelly & Peadar O Riada The Drole (own label); Catriona McKay & Olav Johansson The Auld Harp (own label); Gordie
MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys Pickin’n’Clickin’ (own label); Tony McManus Mysterious Boundaries (Greentrax); Katie McNally Flourish (own label); Mieko Miayzaki & Suzian Lagrost Kyoku (Felmay); Rydvall Mjelva Isbrytaren (Heilo); Mlimani Park Orchestra v. International Orchestra Safari Sound Zanzibara 7: Sikinde vs Ndekule (Buda); Jerry Moore Life Is A Constant Journey Home (ESP-Disk’); Anto Morra Never Had To Shout (AMMA); Gren Morris & Sam Stephens Hums Ancient & Modern (own label); Neuza Flor Di Bila (Lusafrica); Lala Njava Malagasy Blues Song (Riverboat Records/World Music Network); Niou Bardophones Sages Comme Des Fous (Buda Musiques); Joe O’Donnell’s Shkayla Into The Becoming (Silvery Records); Orchestra Fireluche Tants Caps, Tants Joguets (Discmedi Blau); Brian Peters & Jeff Davis Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest (Pugwash); Steve Phillips North Country Blues (Clarion Records); Matilde Politi e Compagnia Bella Vacanti Sugnu China: Sicilian Folk Songs (Felmay); Les Primitifs Du Future Cocktail D’Amour (Fremeaux & Associes); Rant Rant (Make Believe); Eddi Reader Candyfloss And Medicine reissue (Reveal Records); Eddi Reader Simple Soul reissue (Reveal Records); Linas Rimsa OId Faith (School Of Traditional Slavic Music); Francois Robin & Ronan Le Gourierec Les Allumes Du Chalumeau (Aremorica Records); Rose Room Am I Blue (Blue Tea Records); Ivan Rosenberg Oldies & Old Time (own label); Rusty Shackle The Bones (Get Folked! Records); Mick Ryan & Paul Downes When Every Song Was New (WildGoose Records); Compay Segundo Guantanamera (Rhino); Shadrack Tye The Lover’s Tale (own label); Donald Shaw Hebrides Islands On The Edge: Original Score (Vertical); Yeahwon Shin Lua Ya (ECM);
Louis Killen
The Spooky Men’s Chorale The Spooky Man In History (own label); Jayme Stone The Other Side Of The Air (own label); Adam Sutherland Squall (Errogie Records); Tal National Kaani (FatCat Records); Tamikrest Chatma (Glitterbeat); Tatcho Drom The Devil’s Lentil Soup (Gun Records); The Teacups One For The Pot (Haystack Records); J.Tex & The Volunteers House On The Hill (Heptown Records); The Tillers Hand On the Plow (Muddy Roots Music Recordings); Steve Tilston Trio Happenstance (Hubris Records); Titina Canta B.Leza (Sterns Records); Trinacria Tu Comu Stai (Buda); Trio Samara Grandmother’s Dance (Footprint Records); Various Afrobeat Airwaves 2 – Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 (Analog Africa); Various Au Pays Du Cameroun (Buda Records); Various Chaabi Tresaures Of Algiers Chaabi (Buda Musique); Various Classic Banjo (Smithsonian Folkways); Various Ethnosphere – A New Life Of Traditions DVD (Sutaras); Various Fado: Coimbra – Lisbonne 1949- 1961 (Fremeaux & Associes); Various The Flooers O’The Forest (Greentrax); Various The Full English (Topic); Various Gaelic Songs From The North Uist Tradition (Greentrax); Various Habibi, Algerie De Ma Jeunesse (Milan); Various Île Maurice, Musique Oubliées (Takamba); Various Inside Llewyn David – Original Soundtrack Recording (Nonesuch); Various Kind Of No Blues (own label); Various Obacht! Music From Bavaria (Bayla Records); Various Rhythms Of Azerbaijani Dances (Felmay); Various Roots Of Ska – USA Jamaica 1942-1962 (Fremeaux & Associes); Various The Rough Guide To Voodoo (World Music Network); Various ¡Saoco! (Vampi Soul); Various Sportsmen, Seafarers, Scumbags & Psychos – Songs & Tunes From The Leigh Folk Festival 2013 (Thames Delta Recording Co); Various Youths Boogie: Jamaican R&B & The Birth Of Ska (Fantastic Voyage); Various/ David Rotheray Answer Ballads (Navigator); Wayo Trance Percussion Masters Of South Sudan (World Music Network); Whalebone Runes (Two Wild Women Records); Brooks Williams New Everything (Red Guitar Blue
Chiwoniso
Music); Kathryn Williams Crown Electric (One Little Indian); The Young Tradition Oberlin 1968 (Fledg’ling); The Young Tradition The Young Tradition/So Cheerfully Round/Galleries + Chicken On A Raft EP (BGO).
MISC.
Sad news of the recently departed: Scottish musician (Silly Wizard, Waterboys) Alastair ‘Ali’ Donaldson on 18th June, aged 58; German musician and co-founder of Fraunhofer Saitenmusik, Heidi Zink on 23rd June, aged 59; environmental activist, film maker and wife of Pete Seeger, Toshi Seeger on 9th July, aged 91; Karnatic vocalist Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, on 11th July, aged 90; Eileen Phelan, the woman who had the inspired idea of holding a folk festival at Sidmouth, on 6th July, aged 90; Mississippi bluesman James Lewis Carter ‘T-Model’ Ford on 16th July aged 89; Zimbabwean mbira player and singer Chiwoniso Maraire on 24th July, aged only 37; Mexican harpist ‘La Negra’ Graciana Silva on 29th July, aged 81; Gambian kora player Malamini Jobarteh, on 31st July; Bagui Bouga, founding member of Etran Finatawa, on 2nd August; Rajasthani Manganiyar folk musician and kamancha player Sakar Khan on 10th August, aged 75; singer and leading figure in the British folk music revival, Louis (later Louisa Jo) Killen on 13th Aug, aged 79; German concert promoter Fritz Rau, who with Horst Lippmann, brought the American Folk Blues Festivals to Europe, on 19th August, aged 83; and Scottish traditional singer Jane Turriff in mid-August, aged 98. We also note the passing of Dave Bulmer of Harrogate on 2nd August, aged 62.
BBC Radio 3’s World On 3 (Fridays at 11pm) has Lopa Kothari presenting with Mokoomba (20th Sept), guests tbc (27th), Nynke (18th Oct) and live from Womex (25th), and Mary Ann Kennedy with guests tbc (4th Oct), Mulatu Astatke (11th) and April Verch (1st Nov.)
Lopa Kothari is also presenting World Routes (Sundays at 10pm) with A.R. Rahman (22nd Sept) and Abida Parveen (29th).
BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show
with Mark Radcliffe (Wednesday’s at 7pm) has guests Cara Dillon (25th Sept); Marry Waterson & Richard Hawley talking about Bright Phoebus Revisited (2nd Oct); Show Of Hands (9th); t.b.c. (16th); Cerys Matthews (23rd); Linda Thompson (30th) and Capercaillie (6th Nov).
The first episode of Series 6 of
the Transatlantic Sessions is due to air on BBC Scotland on 22nd September, followed by a repeat on BBC Four on Friday 27th, although dates are subject to change after we go to press.
The winners of this year’s John Gasson Memorial Jig Competition at Sidmouth Folk Week were: Solo 1st – James Cook (musician Chris Cook), 2nd – Molly Pipe (musician Sam Mabbett), 3rd – Jack Worth (musician John Graham). Doubles: 1st – James Cook & Ben Moss (Saul Rose), 2nd – Mark Pinder & Will Marshall (Sue Cozens), 3rd – Jenny Hubbard & Crispin Walker (Nancy Potts). Best New Entrant: Molly Pipe, with Sam Mabbett. Best Over 40: Barry Honeysett, with Russ Hitchcock. Congrats to all the dancers and musicians.
We’d hoped to be able to announce it in this issue, but it’s imminent – we will have a version of fRoots for iPads and other tablet computers soon, hopefully within the next month. Keep an eye on the web site.
The lucky winner of our
Womex 2013 Competition, gaining a pair of tickets to the Opening Concert and all the Showcases was Kate Goodale of Bridgewater Arts Centre. Runners up who get tickets to all the showcases were Wendy Whitelock of Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire; Hope Simpson of Oxford; Terry Graham of Faversham; Roger Harbord of Exeter and Faron Moller of Swansea. They all knew that Nansi Richards and Catrin Finch were both official harpists to the Prince of Wales.
And that, we think, is the
most news we’ve ever crammed into an issue of fRoots! Apologies for any that couldn’t fit!
T-Model Ford
Photo: Dave Peabody
Photo: Judith Burrows
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