fRoots 35
Here's what's on the FREE! CD with fR326/327 (August/September 2010)
- THE ABRAMSON SINGERS: FOOL’S GOLD
Ex Crooked Jades and Dyad, a great Canadian singer and writer. - GORDANA EVACIC: JA SEM SI LICE OPRALA/SNEHA
Killer voice and slow burning cimbalom from Croatia. - JACKY MOLARD QUARTET & FOUNE DIARRA TRIO
Making new music on the Brittany/Mali border. - AMPARO SÁNCHEZ: SE QUE NO SE
From the former Amparanoia frontperson’s fabulous solo outing. - JASON STEEL: BONES ARE BREAKING
Fine example of the new banjo minimalism from Doncaster’s Dock Boggs. - BALLAKÉ SISSOKO & VINCENT SEGAL: CHAMBER MUSIC
Renowned Malian kora master teams up with expressive cellist. - EMILY PORTMAN: STICK STOCK
Solo debut of former Devils Intervalist turns out to be awesome work! - BATUKO TABANKA feat. UXIA: QUI DIA NTA TCHIGALÁ
Cape Verde batuko meets Galician traditions in a special CD/ DVD project. - RUTH THEODORE: FALSE ALARM
From one of the most original songwriters to have emerged lately. - ELIZA CARTHY & NORMA WATERSON: BUNCH OF THYME
The queen and crown princess of English folk justify their monarchy! - ANDY CUTTING: CUCKOO’S NEST/ OLD MOLLY OXFORD
Top English squeezeboxist finally delivers long-awaited solo album. - DEVON SPROULE & PAUL CURRERI: WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER
Exclusively recorded for this CD – Dame Vera’s old anti-fascist warhorse gains from new insights, as specially devised for January’s fRootsenanny. - PINLANG: DON ZU WU QU / DANSE DES DON
Taiwanese guzheng (Chiu Yu-ping) meets French guitar (Julien Veillet). - GIGI DE NISSA: AU GRAND SOLEU
Occitan fun. Nux Vomica frontman meets Moussu T E Lei Jovents. - ISSA JUMA AND SUPER WANYIKA STARS: BARUA (THE LETTER)
The undefeatable sound of Swahili rumba from the ‘80s.
Full details of availability for the source CDs are to be found within the magazine.