fRoots 33

Here's what's on the FREE! CD with fR314/315 (August/ September 2009)
- ELENI TSALIGOPOULOU remixed by IMAM BAILDI : TA PAIDIA DIS GEITONIAS SOU
Greek singing star remixed with a hint of Marika Papagika & Mingus. - IAN KING : DEATH & THE LADY
Preview of a hotly anticipated English folk debut, produced by Ian King with Adrian Sherwood & Skip McDonald. - THE BAD SHEPHERDS : DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT
Ade Edmondson’s talented gang turn Jam gem into folk epic. - MIMMO EPIFANI : LU SITTATURU
Wild, rootsy pizzica from Salento, led by the rapping mandola master. - HELENE BLUM : SØMANDSENKEN
Rising Danish star, formerly of Karen & Helene (fRoots 24). That man Andy Cutting features. - DEVON SPROULE : AIN’T THAT THE WAY
Virginia’s finest continues her rise to the hall of greats. - INVISIBLE SYSTEM featuring MAHMOUD AHMED : MELKAM KEHONELISH (IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT)
The forerunner of Dub Colossus, Ethiopia gets reinvented again. - TRIBECASTAN : MOPTI
John Kruth & Jeff Greene explore multicultural New York in a Don Cherry tune. - ABDOULAYE ‘DJOSS’ DIABATE : LANSINE
Classic Malian griot – Kasse Mady’s brother – now living in the USA. - ALASDAIR ROBERTS : NED LUDD’S RANT (FOR A WORLD REBARBARISED)
“Godfather of the disenfranchised folkies” excels again. - BRENNA MacCRIMMON : SEMSIYEMIN UCU KARE
One of Turkey’s best singers is Canadian! - MOHAMED ILYAS : PANYA
Classic taarab orchestra music from Zanzibar with a star crooner. - MARA ARANDA & SOLATGE : ROMANÇ DE LA PORQUEROLA
Ballad of a swineherdess, from latest project by former L’Ham De Foc singer. - SOZNAK : WEEKILY
Newcastle’s multicultural mash, here featuring Angola’s Beriso Latonda. - JOHN KIRKPATRICK : THE THREE SPEED PLOUGH/THE HAFREN HORNPIPE AND A HALF/UNCHRISTMAS
Triple hornpipes from the king of the English squeezeboxists.
Full details of availability for the source CDs are to be found within the magazine.



