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fRoots 17

fROOTS #17 CD
Here's what's on the FREE! CD with fR218/219 (August/September 2001)


  1. WAI: NGA HAU E WHA
    Maori culture hits the 21st century with a bang.
  2. RORY McLEOD: YOU WERE EVERYWHERE
    Yer standard all-round multi-talented, multi-instrumental travelling man.
  3. MERCEDES PEON: NON ME MIRES
    From the long awaited debut by a major new artist from Galicia.
  4. DJELIMADY TOUNKARA: MAKAN DJAN WOULE
    Acoustic outing from the veteran guitar master of Mali's Super Rail Band.
  5. ELLE OSBORNE: STILL I LOVE HIM
    Up 'n' coming rootsy English singer/fiddler.
  6. JAMAO: NOAH'S BOAT
    Thrilling new French band featuring the voice of Morgane Granz.
  7. SAMBA MAPANGALA: DUNIA TUNA PITA
    From Congo via Kenya, the golden voice of the Virunga man.
  8. RONNIE LANE: ROLL ON BABE
    A Derroll Adams song from the folk/rock years of the ex-Small Face.
  9. JAUNE TOUJOURS: MARAVILLOSSO
    New roots music from Brussels. "Manu Negra with proper songs."
  10. ANIMAL RADIO: KALAMARI WARRIORS (SQUIDDLY MIX)
    Simon Emmerson's remix from the San Bushmen tapes.
  11. MARTIN SIMPSON: BETSY THE SERVING MAID
    English guitar supremo gets back to the trad. arr. stuff.
  12. KARIM ZIAD: YA RIJAL
    That new Paris Maghreb sound gets a touch of Nguyen Lé's guitar
  13. BESH O DROM: SPACE MAUDI
    Eastern European wildness from a futuristic wedding band.
  14. LA BOUM!: TOO MANY SAD SONGS
    Scotland meets Africa, with lots of well-known faces on board.
  15. MACIRÉ SYLLA: DIABANA
    New-tech Guinean music from former Fatala member.
  16. GORDON HALL: A DREAM OF NAPOLEON
    Private recording of one of the very greatest English traditional singers.
  17. 3 MUSTAPHAS 3: VRBAS VODA/PREPISOR
    From the Balkans to the heart of Africa in 8 minutes.
Full details of availability for the source CDs are to be found within the magazine.

 

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