Getting It Done: A Tribute to Alan James
Following the shocking news of the death of Alan James in the early hours of Sunday 7th April...
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Category: From the Archives
Each edition of fRoots is chockablock with all the latest reviews from the world of traditional folk and world music. Buy yourself the latest edition to find out who has released what, and exactly what our team of writers thought about it.
GOPHER IT! An interview with Martin Simpson, 1995
To get you in the mood for our next print edition, out this coming week, we’ve dug into our...
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Home & Away: The Rheingans Sisters
English folk music in the 21st Century is being comprehensively owned by young women artists...
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Pearl of the Balkans
When Amira sings sevdah, time stops. Elizabeth Kinder travels to exotic wartorn Heathrow Airport...
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Hoyden Morris
If your image of morris dancers is of overweight, bearded, beer-swilling men lumbering around the...
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The English Explorers
English instrumental music is a happening thing with its own distinctive character and roots....
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Looking back with Baobab
Since their 2001 comeback, veterans Orchestra Baobab have just got better and better. Katharina...
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June Tabor on decorating in the bathroom
From Southern Rag No.3 (the original title of fRoots), January 1980 Some of the most refreshing...
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Shirley Collins: This Time Roses
Shirley Collins’ career as a singer started in the late ’50s, with an initial leaning towards...
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Family Business: A 1984 Conversation With Bob & John Copper
A quick potted history. The Copper family have worked in and around Rottingdean, Sussex, for...
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A Quarter Century
In July 2004, friends of fRoots chipped in with a selection of anecdotes and quotes to mark the...
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Twa Corbies (photo: Elly Lucas) on the cover of fRoots 425. Crow Jane (the big one!) created by Alex Merry and Steve Rowley.
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