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Game (Tantobie); Tjane Brabantlied (Erfgoed Brabant); Trejdevini Kokletaji Trejdevini Kokletaji (Lauska); Trio Mandili With Love (El Italia); Trolska Polska Untold Tails (Go’); Twelfth Day Cracks In The Room (Orange Feather); Caoimhín Vallely Caoimhín Vallely (Crow Valley Music); Various Guises Tide Take Him (Various Guises); Various An Anthology Of Mongolian Khöömii (Musique Du Monde / Buda); Various The Original Sound Of Mali (Mr Bongo); Various Pan! The Steeldrum Odyssey (World Village); Various Rhythm On The Radio: Oval Records Singles 1974- 1987 (Ace); Various The Rough Guide To Hillbilly Blues: Reborn & Remastered (World Music Network); Various Stick In The Wheel present From Here: English Folk Fields Recordings (From Here Records); Warsaw Village Band Sun Celebration (Jaro); The Watergrain Band Where The Sunset Meets The Sea (Sweep); Xamanek Y Se Fue La Bolita (Xamanek).
MISC.
We were sorry to hear of the passing of South Indian classical musician Dr Balamurali Krishna on 22 November. aged 86; actress and Diseuse or Kabarett song interpreter Gisela May on 2nd December, aged 92; Macedonian ‘Queen of gypsy music’, singer Esma Redžepova, on 11th December aged 73; Indian musician turned composer Ajit (Singh) Varman on 15th December, aged 69; American concert and record producer John Chelew, on 19th December aged 65; Pogues manager Frank Murray, on 22nd December aged 66; German singer, songwriter, guitarist, trombonist and record producer Knut Kiesewetter on 28th December, aged 75; Indian classical vocalist Bade Fateh Ali Khan on 4th January, aged 82; Hawaiian music master Eddie Kamei, on 7th January aged 89; old time fiddler, folklorist and founding director of the American Folklife Center, Alan Jabbour, on 13th Jan aged 74. Indian sitarist Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan on 4th January, aged 89; cult Nigerian
Alan Jabbour
musician William Onyeabor, around 18th January aged 70; and of Maggie Roche of the Roches, on 21st January aged 65.
BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction,
hosted by Verity Sharp, are staging a concert at Cecil Sharp House, London on 31st March to explore links the BBC and EFDSS have had over the years, especially through the collecting work of Peter Kennedy. They’ve commissioned Spiro’s Jane Harbour to write a piece using some of the Kennedy archive, players from the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers. It’ll be broadcast live and Spiro will also play as part of the concert.
BBC Radio 3’s World On 3 (Fridays at 11pm) has Kathryn Tickell presenting Ramon Goose & Modou Touré (17th Feb), Orchestra Baobab recorded live at the Roundhouse (3rd March) and Loïc Bléjean & Tad Sargent (31st March); and Lopa Kothari presenting Kefaya (24th Feb), Lula Pena (10th March), Jim Moray (17th) and Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali (23rd).
BBC Radio 2’s Folk Show
with Mark Radcliffe has Leveret on 15th February and Lisa Knapp & Nathaniel Mann on the 22nd, but weren’t confirmed any further ahead at press date.
DJ Ritu’s A World In London at 6.30pm on Wednesdays on Resonance 104.4 FM and online features Baluji Shrivastav (22nd Feb); Kongo Dia Ntotila (1st March); an International Women's day special with female band leaders including Eugenia Georgieva, Daphna Sadeh Neu, Jyotsna Srikanth, Sara McGuiness and Kalia Lyraki (8th); Yamato Chousensha (15th) and Don Kipper (29th). Read about some of these in our ‘diasporas on your doorstep’ feature from Page 32 this issue.
Proper Records have
entered into a label management deal with the world’s oldest independent record label, Topic Records, building on their longstanding relationship. The partnership will ensure that Topic Records retains its independent status, while allowing
longstanding members to pass on the baton as Proper Records takes on management of the day-to-day running of the label. Topic Records’ Business Manager and co-
Jane Harbour: Radio 3 and EFDSS commission
owner, David Suff, continues to consult in an advisory capacity, while Tony Engle, who joined Topic in the ‘70s, remains a majority shareholder. Harriet Simms (Glass Ceiling PR), one of the longest-serving members of the team, continues as Head of Press. They will be joined by Michael Mastrangelo, recently hired by Proper as Catalogue Manager.
properdistribution.com
Steph West recently
launched a JustGiving crowdfund to support the invaluable Doc Rowe archive and collection. Traditional song and custom has been the focus of Doc’s life. His voracious documenting of British customs – including an annual pilgrimage to Padstow’s May Day since 1963 – has seen him amass an enviable collection which is currently housed in Whitby and subject to private rent which Doc pays for with his pension, alongside generous contributions from a small number of enthusiasts. However, this is not sustainable so they’re hoping to raise £4,700 to cover the rent for 2017, to alleviate Doc’s immediate concerns while they work to raise the profile of the Archive and to eventually find it a secure, accessible home.
justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ docrowearchive
A major discussion took place
at Celtic Connections exploring music and gender, particularly attitudes experienced by women musicians on the folk scene, led by a panel of Rachel Newton, Jenn Butterworth, Sandra Kerr, Lisa
Esma Redžepova
Whytock, Sue Wilson and Mikaela Atkins. Rachel Newton had pointed out on Facebook that, in the Live Act category at the Scottish Trad Music Awards, only 3 women were included out of 39 musicians in the category, and also had detailed the time when a festival organiser had turned down The Shee for a booking on the grounds that ‘they already had a girl band’. This drew a lot of comment and a desire for further, public discussion. A full report can be found at
tracscotland.org on a blog in their Traditional Music Forum
Hands Up For Trad continue to champion new and established Scottish traditional music talent by creating the Tour Directory – a free online service point for artists, venues and promoters to access new collaborative working opportunities.
handsupfortrad.scot/tourdirectory
Songwriter Jenny Sturgeon has been commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland to write music that captures the unique atmosphere of St Kilda, Britain’s most remote island group. The resulting The Wren & The Salt Air comprises four new pieces of music inspired by the wildlife and human history of the archipelago. The EP explores the connections between birds and music, and woven into the tracks are her field recordings of the birds of St Kilda, as well as those of composer, author and ornithologist Magnus Robb.
soundcloud.com/fitlikerecords/sets/ the-wren-and-the-salt-air-1/s-Gtr5L
Photo: © Judith Burrows
Photo: Jak Kilby
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