Finished copies of the following CDs and DVDs were received in the fRoots office between December 2018 and January 2019. Please note that we do not list or review from advance CDRs or music outside fRoots’ remit (see FAQ pages). Inclusion in these listings does not automatically mean that a printed review will follow, though it is more likely.
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| Akofa Akoussah | Akofa Akoussah | (Mr Bongo) |
| Dave Alvin | Un “Sung Stories” | (Big Beat) |
| Ian A. Anderson | Onwards! | (Ghosts From The Basement) |
| Paolo Angeli | 22:22 Free Radiohead | (AnMa / ReR) |
| Arrowsmith: Robb Trio | All The Salt | (Fallen Angle) |
| Thom Ashworth | Head Cannon | (Thom Ashworth) |
| Kel Assouf | Black Tenere | (Glitterbeat) |
| David Attenborough | My Field Recordings From Across The Planet | (Wrasse) |
| Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore | Ghost Forests | (Three Lobed) |
| Bandadriatica | Odissea | (Finisterre) |
| Balsam Range | Aeonic | (Mountain Home) |
| Banda | Telegrafy | (Pavian) |
| Camilla Barbarito | Sentimento Popolare | (Felmay) |
| Serious Sam Barrett | Where The White Roses Grow | (Ya Dig?) |
| Bene + Cormac | Wavelength | (Bene + Cormac) |
| Lily Bentley | Norwood Gothic | (Lily Bentley) |
| Birichen | Hush | (Birichen) |
| John Blek | Thistle & Thorn | (WAAR) |
| Grainne Brady | The Road Across The Hills | (Cailin) |
| Anne Briggs | Anne Briggs | (Topic) |
| The Brother Brothers | Some People I Know | (Compass) |
| Joshua Burnell | The Road To Horn Fair | (Misted Valley) |
| Les Bushinenge | Neg Mawon De Guyane | (Buda) |
| Clarke Camillleri | Traditional Tunes And Songs Volume 1 | (Clarke Camillieri) |
| Ian Carr & Niklas Roswell | Time Flies | (Westpark) |
| Brighde Chaimbeul | The Reeling | (River Lea) |
| Michael Chapman | True North | (Paradise Of Bachelors) |
| Cimbalom Brothers | Testveriseg + Brotherhood | (Fono) |
| Clash Vooar | Rumours Of Unease | (Clash Vooar) |
| Shirley Collins | The Sweet Primeroses | (Topic) |
| Rachel Croft | Hours Awake | (Black Ink) |
| The Crooked Jades | Empathy Moves The Water | (Jade Note) |
| Cubs | Darkr Earlyr | (Rusted Rail) |
| Cuig | The Theory Of Chaos | (Copperplate) |
| Bob Devereux & Clive Palmer | The Archive Tapes | (Rainyday) |
| Katie Doherty & The Navigators | And Then | (Steeplejack) |
| Du Glas | Too Many Ghosts | (Du Glas) |
| Dub Colossus | Dr Strangedub (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Dub The Bomb) | (Echomaster) |
| Nick Ellis | Speakers’ Corner | (Mellowtone) |
| Jacken Elswyth / Sproatly Smith | Betwixt & Between 3 | (Betwixt & Between) |
| Daoiri Farrell | A Lifetime Of Happiness | (Daoiri) |
| Fran & Flora | Unfurl | (Fran & Flora) |
| Telihard Frost | As The Crow Flies | (Telihard Frost) |
| Iona Fyfe | Dark Turn Of Mind | (Cairnie) |
| Branko Galoic & Francisco Cordovil | One With The Wind | (Galileo) |
| The Gloaming | The Gloaming 3 | (Real World) |
| Marta Gomez & Friends | Coloreando Dos | (GLP) |
| David Gunawardana | Figures & Faces EP | (David Gunawardana) |
| Steve Gunn | The Unseen In Between | (Matador) |
| Wassim Halal | The Cry Of The Cyclops | (Buda) |
| Harbottle & Jonas | The Sea Is My Brother | (Brook View) |
| Kitsos Harisiadis | Lament In A Deep Style 1921 – 1931 | (Third Man) |
| Claire Hastings | Those Who Roam | (Luckenbooth) |
| Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra | Soul Of My City | (Tea Pad) |
| The Hillbenders | The Hillbenders | (Compass) |
| Hot Griselda | Sunbox | (Trad) |
| Aminah Hughes | Blue Wooden Boat | (Blue Wolf) |
| International Citrus Band | Latitudes | (Agorila) |
| Sian James | Gosteg | (Bos) |
| Martyn Joseph | Here Come The Young | (Pipe) |
| Salif Keita | Un Autre Blanc | (Naïve/Believe) |
| Mikey Kenney | The Reverie Road | (Penny Fiddle) |
| Kitka | Evening Star | (Diaphonica) |
| Alexis Korner | Every Day I Have The Blues: The Sixties Anthology | (Grapefruit) |
| Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Miri | (Outthere) |
| Rich Krueger | Now Then | (RockinK) |
| Christine Kydd | Shift And Change | (Greentrax) |
| Langbacka / Badgard | Wake Us Up | (Playing With Music) |
| Lau | Midnight And Closedown | (Reveal) |
| Leveret | Diversions | (Root Beat) |
| Gifford Lind, Alex Black & Guy Burgess | Weave Trust With Truth | (Matcoots) |
| The Leylines | Recover Reveal | (Leylines) |
| Lleuwen | Gwn Glan Beibl Budr | (Sain) |
| David Lumsden And Friends | Hues Of Blues | (David Lumsden) |
| Sineag MacIntyre | Lon Ban | (Greentrax) |
| Kadonnut Manner | The First Train To Kajanaland | (Creative Class War) |
| McDermott’s 2 Hours Vs Levellers & Oysterband | Beseiged | (On The Fiddle) |
| Me Lost Me | Arcana | (Me Lost Me) |
| Amira Medunjanin & Trondhein Solistene | Ascending | (T(own Hill Colony)) |
| Megson | Con-Tra-Dic-Shun | (EDJ) |
| Merry Hell | Anthems To The Wind | (Merry Hell) |
| Almir Meskovic & Daniel Lazar | Roots | (Etnisk Muikklubb) |
| Jose Mienniel | Babel | (Buda) |
| Night Tree | Dedications | (Night Tree) |
| Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly | Changeable Heart | (Pure) |
| Tri Nguyen | The Art Of The Vietnamse Zither – Dan Tranh | (ARC) |
| Dan O’Farrell & The Difference Engine | These Dark Ages Are Hurting All The People That We Love | (Humphry) |
| Ciaran O’Kane | Round & Round | (Ciaran O’Kane) |
| The Outside Track | Rise Up | (Lorimer) |
| Barry Phillips | Notebook | (Barry Phillips) |
| Ranagri | Playing For Luck | (Stockfisch) |
| Missy Raines | Royal Traveller | (Compass) |
| Nirmala Rajasakar | Maithree | (Innova) |
| Dan Rauchwerk | We Are More Than What We Leave Behind | (Dan Rauchwerk) |
| Tony Reidy | Not A Bad Day Now | (Tony Reidy) |
| Kim Richards | Leaves That Fly | (Kim Richards) |
| David Ian Roberts | Travelling Bright | (Cambrian) |
| Rowan : Morrison | In The Sunshine We Rode The Horses | (Miller Sounds) |
| Root & Branch | A Breath Against The Calm | (Root & Branch) |
| Mick Ryan | Here At The Fair | (WildGoose) |
| Scran | Nane | (Culture Vannin) |
| Martin Simpson | Prodigal Son | (Topic) |
| Tony Skinner | The Acoustic Composer | (Highpoint) |
| Sliotar | Voyage | (Idrone) |
| Snowflake Trio | Sun Dogs | (Ta: Lik) |
| Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen | If You Can’t Stand The Heat | (Compass) |
| Sound Of The Sirens | This Time | (DMF) |
| Jeremy Spencer | The Lion’s Head | (Jeremy Spencer) |
| Alan Stivell | Human-Kelt | (World Village) |
| Sver | Reverie | (Folkhall) |
| Tagelfar | Murbräckan | (Tagelfar) |
| Tannara | Strands | (Braw Sailin’) |
| Tartit | Amankor / The Exile | (Riverboat) |
| Simon Thacker’s Svara – Kanti | Trikala | (Slap The Moon) |
| Kelly Thoma | As The Winds Die Down | (Kelly Thoma) |
| Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening | Hollowbone | (Resilient) |
| Ukandanz | Yeketelale | (Buda) |
| Various Artists | Come Join My Orchestra: The British Baroque Pop | (Grapefruit) |
| Various Artists | Nostalgique Kongo | (Buda Musique) |
| Various Artists | Oran Bragraidh | (Off Site) |
| Various Artists | The Rough Guide To Women Of The World | (Rough Guides) |
| Various Artists | Texas Hillbillies 1922 – 1937 | (JSP) |
| Vesselil | Vesselil | (GO’) |
| Ye Vagabonds | The Hare’s Lament | (River Lea) |
| Jess Ward | Stronger Than You Think | (Jess Ward) |
| William Elliott Whitmore | Kilonova | (Bloodshot) |
| Ruth Wyand | Tribe Of One | (Ruth Wyand) |
