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What’s in the current issue
fRoots 360, June 2013. Street date 23rd May.
Available now for online purchase.
July issue street date will be 20th June.
 
fRoots Playlist
 
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Reviews
A sampling of reviews from the current issue.
 
Latest CDs
Monthly index of CDs received in the fRoots office.
 
Late Breaking News
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There’s another special FREE and exclusive download compilation album with the June issue, fR360. 15 great tracks from David Wax Museum, Arnold Chiwala Band, Anna Domino, Yasmine Hamdan, Quercus, Spider John Koerner, Baba Sissoko & Djeli Mah Damba Koroba, The Rheingans Sisters, The Sweet Lowdown, Bongo Botrako, Ruth Theodore, Will Newsome, Maarja Nuut, Maya & The Ruins and DaWangGang. The download includes booklet and label artwork and sleeve notes for those who want to burn to CD.

 
 
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Now compiled by fRoots in association with Spiral Earth and the AFO, the definitive UK & European folk, roots & world music festivals information pages.
 

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Albums on our associated Weekend Beatnik label, plus other CDs to buy with an in-house connection. Latest release is a 40th anniversary celebration of the cult 1970s 'alternative folk' label Village Thing.
 
Various Artists  Ian Anderson  Maggie Holland  Tiger Moth  Dave Evans  Konte/Kuyateh
 

Here’s the current fRoots cover star Olivia Chaney singing Bert Jansch’s Running From Home.



Canada’s Petunia & The Vipers as featured in fRoots 360.



Quite conceivably the 3 Mustaphas 3’s Eastern relatives! The Alaev family as featured in fRoots 360.

Previously featured videos


 
OUR MONTHLY COLUMNS
Ian Anderson
 
  Ian Anderson
The Editor’s Box
Elizabeth Kinder
 
  Elizabeth Kinder
The Elusive Ethnomusicologist
Tim Chipping
 
  Tim Chipping
Ranting And Reeling
 

fRoots Forum
 
fRoots Forum Come Write Me Down goes online - join in on the new instant 21st century fRoots letters page and have your say. Plus interactive Late Breaking News, d-i-y Gig Reviews, Musicians wanted, free Small Ads, personal messaging and lots more!

fRoots Radio
 
fRoots Radio It’s Podwireless! Our regular podcast features lots of the music you’ll read about in the pages of fRoots magazine, most of which you can’t hear anywhere on mainstream radio! There’s also an archive of recent programmes for many hours of listening pleasure.

fRoots Playlist
 
fRoots Playlist The music we’ve been enjoying recently.
 

fROOTS SUPPORTS THESE GREAT EVENTS
 
WOMAD
The UK’s annual WOMAD festival is the central link in this highly-reputed worldwide series, bringing together music and people from all cultures in a glorious, forward-looking celebration.

Towersey Village Festival
Towersey Village Festival is a long-running family-friendly event in Oxfordshire, brought to you by the team who organised Sidmouth International Festival until 2004. Includes Shooting Roots and great ceilidhs!

Moseley Folk Festival
Moseley Folk Festival A family-friendly Midlands event showcasing a healthy mix of traditional, contemporary and downright experimental folk and acoustic music.

Sidmouth Folk Week
Sidmouth Folk Week Sidmouth Folk Week is the grandmother of all UK festivals, a week-long event in a small seaside town where anything can happen - and sometimes does!

WOMEX
WOMEX is the world music expo, the biggest professional conference, showcase and trade fair event exclusively dedicated to world, roots, ethnic, traditional and local music.

Sauti Za BusaraSauti Za Busara - "sounds of wisdom" - is an annual festival of Swahili Culture held in the heart of Stone Town, Zanzibar, the historic Indian Ocean gateway to Africa.

Ethnoambient
Ethnoambient Salona is a summer celebration of cultural diversity through music, held in ancient settings near Split in Croatia.
 

fROOTS SUPPORTS THE AFO
 
Association of Festival Organisers
 

Spiral Earth
 
Spiral Earth The online hub for UK folk & roots music

AfroPop Worldwide   AfroPop Worldwide
America's No.1 online radio resource for African and related musics.


BIFF Online   Our resident cartoonists have their own site


Flare films   fRoots photographer Judith Burrows