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fRoots 21

fROOTS #21 CD
Here's what's on the FREE! CD with fR242/243 (August/September 2003)


  1. OJOS DE BRUJO: VENTILAOR R-80
    Flamenco rumba meets DJ culture in 21st century Barcelona.
  2. DAARA J: BOOMRANG
    Senegalese rappers with a little Rokia Traore in the mix.
  3. JONY ILIEV: MA MAREN MA
    A beauty from the heartthrob of Bulgarian wedding band soul.
  4. WARSAW VILLAGE BAND: TO YOU KASUNIA
    New young band digging into the deep heart of Polish tradition.
  5. ULLA PIRTTIJÄRVI: DE JUOIGGAS
    Sami singer taking the Finnish joik tradition in intriguing new direction.
  6. LASAIRFHIONA NÍ CHONAOLA: AN RAICIN ÁLAINN
    Deservedly acclaimed traditional singer from the Aran islands.
  7. LA TALVERA: LA DROLLA D'AVAIRON
    Inventive and fascinating band from the Occitan region of France.
  8. FALTRIQUEIRA: LABRADA DE CORTELLAS
    Pandeireteras from Galicia, and this issue's cover stars.
  9. NUOVA AGRICOLA ASSOCIAZIONE: VACRI
    Local tradition meets rock in the Italian Abruzzo region.
  10. ALASDAIR ROBERTS: DOWN WHERE THE WILLOW WANDS WEEP
    From Scotland, a songwriter who clearly knows his roots.
  11. SHIRLEY COLLINS: LOST IN A WOOD
    The first new recording in years by the queen of English folksong.
  12. BEN MANDELSON: THE STREETS OF DELHI
    Mustaphic Indian lap steel-style version of tune learned from Shirley Collins.
  13. HOMMAGE À ALAIN PETERS: COULABADIA
    Loy Ehrlich, Danyel Waro, Rene Lacaille salute Reunion songwriter.
  14. BATATA Y SU RUMBA PALENQUERA
    Champeta criolla: hot new Afro-Caribbean music from Colombia.
  15. LUIGI CINQUE & TARANTULA HYPERTEXT O'RCHESTRA: TANGERINE CAFÉ
    Remarkable pan-Mediterranean jazz/ethnic mixture out of Italy.
  16. MARIEM HASSAN CON LEYOAD: ID CHAB
    Saharui desert blues from the western Sahara, in exile in Algeria.
  17. SHIYANI NGCOBO: uJESU
    Zulu roots Maskanda guitar music from South Africa.
  18. TIEN-SHAN SUISSE EXPRESS: TIBET
    Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland in amazing pan-mountain project.
Full details of availability for the source CDs are to be found within the magazine.

 

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