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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. If you have urgent news about something happening in the current month, we have a Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/frootsmag where you can post it.

FESTIVALS & EVENTS First we’re off to Womad at

Charlton Park, Malmesbury from 23rd – 26th July, to hear new line- up additions Atomic Bomb! The Music Of William Onyeabor, The Staves, Mbongwana Star, Kasse Mady Diabate, Mahotella Queens, Toto La Momposina, Magnifico, The Soil, Violons Barbares as well as the already announced likes of Tinariwen, Bellowhead, Souad Massi, Cheikh Lo, Aurelio, Mahmoud Ahmed, Noura Mint Seymali, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp and more. Tel: 0118 960 6060; womad.co.uk

Then, we’re heading to the

seaside for Sidmouth FolkWeek, (31st July – 7th Aug), putting on a

Mbongwana Star –Womad

special fRoots night at the Bulverton with Spiro, Telling The Bees and Amadou Diagne, as well as curating our own series of afternoon events including Lynched, Leveret, Stick In The Wheel, Twelfth Day, Rachel Newton, Martha Tilston, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Heg & The Wolf Chorus, Ninetree Stumblers. Throughout the week, the town will be filled with the sounds of Altan, Chris Smither, Peatbog Faeries, Mara!, Andy Irvine, The Demon Barbers XL, Julie Fowlis, Edward II, Tantz, Show Of Hands, Emily Smith, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Tim Eriksen, Martin Carthy & John Kirkpatrick, Britannia Coco-nut

Dancers of Bacup, Blowzabella, Tashi Lhunpo Monks, The Poozies, Nancy Kerr & The Sweet Visitor Band, Emily Portman Trio, The Devil’s Interval, Topette, Steve Tilston, Jackie Oates, Ewan McLennan Trio, Harp And A Monkey, Faustus, Alistair Anderson, Keston Cobblers’ Club, Pete Morton, James Delarre & Saul Rose, PolkaWorks, Moore Moss Rutter, Mischa Macpherson as well as two pre-festival events with Kate Rusby and Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends and much, much more in over 700 events over eight days. sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk

Sentieri Acustici (22nd July – 14th Aug) in the Pistoiese Mountains in Tuscany, Italy has a line-up including Stefano Cocco Cantini, Nour Eddine Fatty, Maurizio Geri, Giacomo Tosti, Filippo Gambetta and Banditaliana. sentieriacustici.it

Port Eliot Festival runs from 30th July – 2nd August at the Port Eliot Estate, St Germans, Saltash, Cornwall, with a range of multi- media events, including music from The Unthanks, Krar Collective, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Remembered For A While: A Nick Drake Companion, Folklore Tapes, Red River Dialect, Mad Dog McCrea, My Darling Clementine, Police Dog Hogan and more. porteliotfestival.com

Cambridge Folk Festival

(30th July – 2nd Aug) is now sold out from Friday to Sunday. cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

Southern Fried, Perth (30th

July – 2nd Aug) has guests including Punch Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, McCrary Sisters and The Fairfield Four headlining and the festival will also feature an all-women celebration of the songs of Dolly Parton. Other confirmed acts include Chris Smither, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Speedometer featuring James Junior, Champion Doug Veitch, Della Mae, Red Sky July, Dean Owens & The Whisky Hearts, Yola Carter, Amythyst Kiah,

Rhiannon Giddens – Southern Fried

Meaghan Blanchard, Boogalusa, Wolftrain, Eugene Twist, The Holy Ghosts, JD & The Straight Shot and Daniel Meade & The Flying Mules plus many more to be announced. horsecross.co.uk/southern-fried- festival

TFSR Cymru (Tools For self Reliance Cymru), a charity supporting Tanzanian artisans through the provision of tools and training, celebrates its 35th Anniversary Festival from 31st July – 2nd August in Peterstow, Ross on Wye with Dub Pistols and Eatstatic amongst others. tfsrcymru.org.uk

Inn-Ovation (31st July – 2nd Aug) takes place at The Brooksbank School, Victoria Road, Elland with Acoustic Strawbs, The Poozies and many more. inn- ovationmusicfestival.uk Southburgh Festival takes place in Norfolk on Saturday 1st August with a line-up including Headspace, Sefo Kanuteh, Jose Ferrera & His Cunanda Band, Watchsnatchers and artistic director Anna Mudeka. Profits from the event go to projects in Zimbabwe to help children to gain an education.

southburghfestival.com

London’s Africa Centre, Bethnal Green Rd, E1 presents an August in Africa Summer Festival on 1st August with ASA, Fuse ODG, and more. africacentre.org.uk

Bermondsey Folk Festival

runs from 1st – 6th Aug at a variety of venues in the area with a line-up including Wizz Jones, Lords Of Thyme, Tom Paley,

Stick In The Wheel – Sidmouth, Moseley

Photo: © Judith Burrows

Photo: © Judith Burrows