Finished copies of the following CDs were received in the fRoots office during November 2017. 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.
Ross Ainslie Sanctuary (Great White Records)
Alash Achai (Smithsonian Folkways)
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Foxglove & Fuschia (Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh)
Dijf Anders Java (W.E.R.F)
Atamina Sycophantic Friends (Makkum)
L’Attirail La Part Du Hasard (Les Chantiers Sonores)
Martin Carthy Shearwater (Talking Elephant)
The Company Of Players Shakespeare Songs (The Company Of Players)
Bob Copper & Bob Lewis The Two Bobs’ Woth (Musical Traditions)
Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils Inverse Alchemy (Rob Corcoran)
Arthur Cormack Buanas (Macmeanmna)
Criolo Espiral De Ilusão (Sterns)
Cushty Beans On Toast (Xtra Mile)
Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma Lunar (Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma)
Dapper’s Delight Vernacular (Karnatic Lab Records)
Soumik Datta King Of Ghosts (Globe Music)
Dirt Music Bu Bir Ruya (Glitterbeat)
Dobranotch Makhorka (CPL-Music)
Helen Dorothy Light Time & Sound (Helen Dorothy)
Duo Malva & Priks Massiv (Nordic Notes)
Tim Edey The Sleeping Tunes (Gnatbite Records)
Valérie Ekoume Kwin Na Kingué (Val2ValProd)
False Lights Harmonograph (False Lights)
Five Hand Reel Earl O’Moray (Talking Elephant)
Bob Fox & Jon Tams A Garland For Joey – The War Horse Songbook (Fledg’ling)
Britt Pernille Frøholm Nordfjord (MERE Records)
The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho Between The Sky & Prairie (Wind Music)
Woody Guthrie I Saw A Sign (HooDoo)
Ange Hardy Bring Back Home (Ange Hardy)
Nick Hart Sings Eight English Folk Songs (Roebuck Records)
The Henry Girls Far Beyond The Stars (The Henry Girls)
Jono-Bono Heyes 9 Pilgrims (Mama Yeva)
The High Kings Best Of… Decade (Celtic Collections)
I’m With Her See You Around (Rounder)
India Electric Co. Seven Sisters (India Electric Co.)
Jigjam Live In Tullamore (Jigjam)
Joglaresa Sing We Yule (Joglaresa)
Kemener, Rousseau & Ripoche Ar Baradoz (Buda Musique)
Kings Of The South Seas Franklin (Hudson Records)
Moh! Kouyate Fé Toki (Foli Son)
Khalid Kouhen & Marylene Ingremeau Sillage (Ouï Dire)
Jim Kweskin Unjugged (Hornbeam)
Martin Lennon Fish (We Lonely Media)
Efren Lopez, Stelios Petrakis & Bijan Chemirani Taos (Buda)
Mpho Majiga World Affairs (Africantunz)
Mandolin Jack Phoenix In The Ashes (Lonesome Road Records)
Dougie McCance Composed (Dougie McCance Music)
Christy Moore On The Road (2CD) (Sony)
Nava Tapestry (Nava)
‘Ndiaz Son’Rod (Paker Prod)
Guy One No. 1 (Philophon)
Lowp Drive Away Dull Care (LowpMusic)
Ralph McTell & Wizz Jones About Time Too (Leola)
Brona McVittie We Are The Wildlife (Pin Drop)
Declan O’Rourke Chronicles Of The Great Irish Famine (Maiesta)
Peatbog Faeries Live@25 (Peatbog)
Pica Pica Spring & Shade (Rough Trade)
Purcell’s Polyphonic Party An Invitation To Dance (Purcell’s Polyphonic Party)
Quimantu Cantos… featuring Laura Venegas-Rojas (Quimantu)
Minna Raskinen Minki (MES)
Ben Robertson North (Ben Robertson)
Kate Rusby Angels & Men (Pure Records)
Said The Maiden Here’s A Health (Maiden Records)
Buffy Sainte-Marie Medicine Songs (True North)
Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca & Tamer Abu Ghazaleh Lekhfa (Mostakell)
Salt House Undersong (Make Believe)
Hama Sankare Ballébé (Clermont)
Eilidh Shaw & Ross Martin Birl-esque (Rhubana Records)
Sproatly Smith 11:59 (Weirdshire)
Stick In The Wheel Follow Them True (From Here)
Sweeney’s Men Sweeney’s Men/The Tracks Of Sweeney (BGO Records)
Chris Thile Listening (Nonesuch)
Marta Topferova & Milokraj Tento Svet (Moravia Publishing)
Lena Ullman & Anna Falkenau I Can Hear You Calling (Scroll Music)
Vardos Palazzo Party (Vardos)
Chavela Vargas La Llorona (Milan)
Various 100 Great Tunes From Scandinavia (Nordic Notes)
Various Sonic Blooms UK Alt-Folk & New Roots Rising (Folk & Honey)
Various The Transports (Hudson)
Winter Wilson Far Off On The Horizon (Winter Wilson)
Brenda Wootton Brenda At Christmas (Brenda)
Xylouris White Mother (Bella Union)
Maya Youssef Syrian Dreams (Harmonia Mundi)
Zeitkratzer Serbian War Songs (Karl Records)
