Finished copies of the following CDs and DVDs were received in the fRoots office during September and October, 2018. 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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Abu Abu (Home)
Afro Celt Sound System Flight (ECC)
Agricantus Akoustikos (CNI)
Emma Ahlberg Ek Hillevi (Caprice)
Ahlberg Ek & Roswall Till dans (Westpark)
Kiran Ahluwalla 7 Billion (Kiran)
Alula Down Homespun (Alula Down)
Antoine & Owena Hands, Hearts & Hangings (Antoine & Owena)
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley Simigwa (Mr Bongo)
Amsher Patience Vaisey At Adwell 1892 (Amsher)
Ar Log Saith VII (Sain)
Steve Ashley One More Thing (Market Square)
Souad Asla Lemma (Buda)
Gaye Su Akyol Istikarli Hayal Hakikattir (Glitterbeat)
Seckou Bah Soukabbe Mali (Clermont)
Balaru Gravure (Felmay)
The Band Of Love Folk Fever (Mighty Village)
Barnstormer 1649 Restoration Tragedy (Roundhead)
Bâton Bleu Weird And Wonderful Tales (Dixie Frog)
Beautiful Nubia Atunluto (EniObanke)
Nathan Bell Er Gwaetha Pawb A Phopeth (Angry Stick)
Nathan Bell Love Bones & Stars (Angry Stick)
Peter Bellamy The Maritime Suite (Fellside)
David Benedict The Golden Angle (Shelton)
Subhasis Bhattacharya Tablamanda (Riverboat)
Eric Bibb Global Griot (Dixiefrog)
Jon Bickley 1918 (Tiger)
The Blue Dahlia La Tradition Americaine (The Blue Dahlia)
Book Of J Book Of J (3rd Generation)
Bixiga 70 Quebra Cabeca (Glitterbeat)
Brass Lassie Brass Lassie (Brass Lassie)
Breabach Frenzy Of The Meeting (Breabach)
Andrew Cadie Half-Witted, Merry & Mad (Steeplejack)
Café Del Mundo Beloved Europa (GLM)
Karan Casey Hieroglyphs That Tell The Tale (Vertical)
Catarina Dos Santos Radio Kriola: Reflections On Portuguese Identity (ARC)
Catfish Keith Reefer Hound (Fishtail)
Cecilia Pastourelle (Appel)
Celtic Connections Spindrift (Liljans)
Chairman George Bringing The Greek Party To China! (Chairman George)
Ali Cooper On White Horse Hill (Standing Stone)
Cunning Folk Constant Companion (Dharma)
Damily Valimbilo (Bongo Joe)
Louis De Bernieres The Songs Of Louis De Bernieres – Vol. 1 (Letterpress)
Delta Ladies Hillbilly Trance (Delta Ladies)
Helen Diamond Helen Diamond (Helen Diamond)
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965 – 1969 (Free Dirt)
Dobranotch 20 Years (CPL)
Dolphin Boy The Highland Swing (Skye)
Drop The Floor Fairly Cookin’ (Drop The Floor)
Stevie Dunne Live At The Crosskeys Inn (Stevie Dunne)
Richard Durrant Stringhenge (The Burning Deck)
Eishan Ensemble Nim Dong (Art As Catharsis)
Eläkeläiset Humpamania (Nordic Notes)
Fanna-Fi-Allah Muraqaba (Buda)
Fara Times From Times Fall (Fara)
Julie Felix Rock Me Goddess (Talking Elephant)
The Helen Flaherty Band Gazing At The Moon (Appel)
Floating Sofa Quartet Neighbourhood (Go’ Danish)
Foghorn Stringband Rock Island Grange (Foghorn Stringband)
The Furrow Collective Fathoms (Hudson)
Guo Gan Moon Night (Felmay)
Chris Green Switched-On Playford (Blast Media)
Petri Hakala & Piia Kleemola Field Trip (Kihtinjarvi)
Darren Hayman Thankful Villages Volume 3 (Belka)
Phillip Henry True North (Dragonfly Roots)
Hickory Signals Turn To Fray (GF*M)
Malcolm Holcombe Come Hell Or High Water (Gypsy Eyes)
The Hot Seats Stupid Mountain Too Big (Hot Seats)
Alan Hull Back To Basics (Talking Elephant)
Alan Hull Statues & Liberties (Talking Elephant)
Yr Hwntws Y Tribanwr (sain)
Imar Avalanche (Big Mann)
India Electric Co. Tablelands (shoelay)
Julu Irvine & Heg Brignall Unfair Maids (Julu and Heg)
Bert Jansch Just A Simple Soul (BMG)
Jaune Toujours Europeana (Choux De Bruxelles)
Jaywalkers Time To Save The World (Burnt Chilli)
Dawda Jobarteh I Met Her By The River (Stern’s)
Jodelfisch Neu Gezeitten (Beste! Unterhaltung)
Julie & Andreas With The Sky In Our Hands: The Tangos (JAR)
Sirojiddin Juraev Sirojiddin Juraev (Aga Khan)
Kaia Kater Grenades (Smithsonian Folkways)
Ali Akbar Khan The Rough Guide To Ali Akbar Khan (Rough Guides)
Amira Kheir Mystic Dance (Stern’s)
The Kimberleys The Kimberleys (Pop la disque)
Kinnaris Quintent Free One (Kinnaris Quintent)
John Kruth & La Societa Del Musici Forever Ago (Ars Spoletium)
Ali Hassan Kuban From Nubia To Cairo (Piranha)
Yves Lambert Trio Tentation (La Pruche Libre)
Landstreichmusik Asphalt (Narrenschiff)
The Lark And The Loon Homestead Hands (The Lark And The Loon)
Robert Leng and Jossy ‘Pop’ Mainprize with Jim Eldon Songs And Tales From Flamborough Head (Musical Traditions)
Massimo Liberatori Tratturo Zero (Ars Spoletium)
Dorrance Lozra & Sexteto Café Tributo Desde Londres A Cali (DLR)
Gillebride MacMillan Freumhan Falaichte (Gillebride MacMillan)
Marion & Sobo Band Esprit Manouche (Acoustic Music)
Em Marshall The Building Light (Cotton Mill)
Vladimir Martinov / Huun Huur Tu Children Of The Otter (Jaro)
Me And My Friends Look Up (Split Shift)
Siobhan Miller Mercury (Songprint)
David Milton Songs From The Bell Man (Story)
Minyeshu Daa Dee (ARC)
Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou Fair Lady London (Maiden Voyage)
Moussu T. e Lei Jovents Operette Volume 2 (Manivette)
John Mulhearn Pipes (John Mulhearn)
Naming The Twins Sing The Winter Away (Duet Right)
Narthern Narthern (No Masters)
NES Ahlam (ACT)
Newpoli Mediterraneo (Beartones)
Northern Flyway Northern Flyway (Hudson)
Gerry O’Connor Last Night’s Joy (Lughnasa)
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie Tir (Anam)
Lisa O’Neill Heard A Long Gone Song (River Lea)
Old Man Luedecke Live At The Chester Playhouse (True North)
The Other Years The Other Years (No Quarter)
Out Of Nations Quest (Riverboat)
Tuomas Palonen Tuomas Palonen (Palatsi)
Dave Peabody & Regina Murdrich Some Of These Days (Timezone)
Petäjä 40950 (Pinetree)
Piccola Banda di Cornamuse Siamo Qui A Canter La Stela (Felmay)
The Pine Hearts Carousel (The Pine Hearts)
Karine Polwart Laws Of Motion (Hudson)
Ken Pomeroy Hallways (Horton)
Rob Poole Fear Has No Dominion (Mask Of Anarchy)
Bart Praet DuO (Homerecords)
Dan Possumato The Last Pint (Old Box)
Alan Prosser 5/4 AP (Rafting Dog)
Jimmy Rankin Moving East (True North)
Hannah Rarity Neath The Gloaming Star (Hannah Rarity)
Amy Ray Holler (Daemon)
Eddi Reader Cavalier (Reveal)
REDS Band REDS Band (Green Monkey)
Ribbon Road Paper Dolls (Shipyard)
Jean-Philppe Rykiel & Lansine Kouyate Kangaba – Paris (Buda)
Suistamon Sähkö Etkot, Pectopah Ja Etnoteknoa (Nordic Notes / Kihtinäjärvi)
Harouna Samake Kamale Blues (One World)
Lotta-Maria Saksa You’re The Cream In My Coffee (Acoustic Music)
Domna Samiou Music From Greece (Caprice)
Samite Resilience (Samite)
Schellmery Mira Clar Tenebras (Narrenschiff)
Shooglenifty & Dhun Dhora Written In Water (Shoogle)
Skinner & T’witch Everybody’s Grotty (Skinner & T’witch)
Slow Moving Clouds Starfall (Slow Moving Clouds)
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Twenty (Easy On The Records)
Sophie & Fiachra + Andre Marchand Portraits (Sophie & Fiachra)
Emilyn Stam & Filippo Gambetta Shorelines (Borealis)
Stone Junction Could We Start This All Again? (Eris)
Stories Of Sanctuary Stories Of Sanctuary (Stories Of Sanctuary)
Stratman Norders Of Paradise (Ankh)
Hale Strom’s Broken Consort Shimmering Lights (ARC)
The Sturgeons Black And White (The Sturgeons)
Geir Sundstol Brodlos (Hubro)
Sutaras Kompomisai / Compromises (Kuku)
Robert ‘Robi’ Svard Alquimia (Asphalt Tango)
Svestar Kærligt hilset fra Ingenmandsland (Go’ Danish)
Takula Takula (XA)
Talisk Beyond (Talisk)
Tautumeitas Tautumeitas (Nordic Notes / CPL Music)
Thickets Four Last Words (Thickets)
Iain Thompson & Marc Duff No Borders (Iain Thomspon)
Linda Thompson My Mother Doesn’t Know I’m On The Stage (Omnivore)
Toronto Tabla Ensemble Bhumika (Toronto Tabla Ensemble)
The Trials Of Cato Hide & Hair (Water)
Le Trio Joubran The Long March (Cooking Vinyl)
Trio Mio Polyglot Pike (Go’ Danish)
Steve Turner Late Cut (Tradition Bearers)
Various Artists The Corn Mother (A Year In The Country)
Various Artists Down Home Blues: New York (Wienerworld)
Various Artists Folk & Great Tunes From Latvia (CPL)
Various Artists Glovebox: Where All The Best Music Is Kept (Glovebox)
Various Artists Lusafrica’s 30th Anniversary Album (Lusafrica)
Various Artists Music Is The Most Beautiful Language In The World (JWM)
Various Artists The Rough Guide To Scottish Folk (Rough Guides)
Various Artists Two Niles To Sing A Melody: The Violins & Synths Of Sudan (Ostinato)
Various Artists A Woman’s World: Songs Of Resilience And Hope (ARC)
Viguela A Tiempo Real: A New Take On Spanish Tradition (ARC)
Vishten Horizons (Vishten)
Vision Thing When We Were Astronauts (Vision Thing)
Ben Walker The Fox On The Downs (Folk Room)
Jerry Wicentowski Thanks, Mac! (Jerry Wicentowski)
The Willows Through The Wild (Elk)
Windjammer Windjammer EP (Windjammer)
Luke Winslow-King Blue Mesa (Bloodshot)
Megan Wisom Tracery (Megan Wisdom).
