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| 2013 | fR355/356 | Jan/Feb | The Best Of 2012 |
| fR357 | March | Martha Mavroidi |
| fR358 | April | Tim Edey |
| fR359 | May | Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino |
| fR360 | June | Olivia Chaney |
| 2012 | fR343/344 | Jan/Feb | The Best Of 2011 |
| fR345 | March | Fatoumata Diawara |
| fR346 | April | Karine Polwart |
| fR347 | May | Sam Lee |
| fR348 | June | Oysterband |
| fR349 | July | Shirley Collins |
| fR350/351 | Aug/Sept | Nic Jones |
| fR352 | October | Anaïs Mitchell |
| fR353/354 | Nov/Dec | Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis |
| 2011 | fR331/332 | Jan/Feb | The Best Of 2010 |
| fR333 | March | June Tabor |
| fR334 | April | Demon Barbers |
| fR335 | May | Abigail Washburn |
| fR336 | June | Aurelio |
| fR337 | July | Sam Amidon |
| fR338/339 | Aug/Sept | Staff Benda Bilili |
| fR340 | October | Snakefarm |
| fR341/342 | Nov/Dec | Danyel Waro |
| 2010 | fR319/320 | Jan/Feb | The Best Of 2009 |
| fR321 | March | The Unthanks |
| fR322 | April | The Chieftains/Ry Cooder - San Patricios |
| fR323 | May | Jon Boden |
| fR324 | June | Emily Portman |
| fR325 | July | Spider John Koerner |
| fR326/327 | | Natalie Merchant |
| fR328 | October | Konono No 1 |
| fR329/330 | Nov/Dec | Looking For A New England 2: The Other Traditions |
| 2009 | fR307/308 | Jan/Feb | American Roots Music/Albums Of 2008 |
| fR309 | Mar | Oumou Sangare |
| fR310 | Apr | Mawkin:Causley |
| fR311 | May | Ian King/Nancy Wallace |
| fR312 | June | Edward II |
| fR313 | July | Orchestra Baobab |
| fR313/314 | Aug/Sept | Warsaw Village Band/Poland |
| fR316 | October | The Watersons |
| fR317/318 | Nov/Dec | Los Chinches/UK Latin Roots Underground |
| 2008 | fR295/296 | Jan/Feb | The Best Of 2007 |
| fR297 | Mar | Adams, Camara & Miller |
| fR298 | Apr | Seth Lakeman |
| fR299 | May | Carolina Chocolate Drops |
| fR300 | June | Yasmin Levy & Natacha Atlas |
| fR301 | July | Julie Fowlis |
| fR302/303 | Aug/Sept | Les Amazones De Guinée |
| fR304 | Oct | Rupa & The April Fishes |
| fR305 | Nov | Kries |
| fR306 | Dec | Jim Moray & Jackie Oates |
| 2007 | fR283/284 | Jan/Feb | The Best Of 2006 |
| fR285 | Mar | Eliades Ochoa |
| fR286 | Apr | Lau |
| fR287 | May | Bassekou Kouyate |
| fR288 | June | Estrella Morente/New Flamenco |
| fR289 | July | Devon Sproule |
| fR290/291 | Aug/Sept | Eliza Carthy/The Imagined Village |
| fR292 | Oct | The Mekons |
| fR293 | Nov | Tinariwen |
| fR294 | Dec | Bella Hardy |
| 2006 | fR271/272 | Jan/Feb | The Best Of 2005 |
| fR273 | Mar | Ali Farka Toure |
| fR274 | Apr | Cheikha Rimitti |
| fR275 | May | Gloworms, Lou Rhodes,
Seth Lakeman, 18th Day Of May |
| fR276 | June | Guo Yue |
| fR277 | July | The Devil's Interval |
| fR278/279 | Aug/Sept | Los De Abajo |
| fR280 | Oct | Tim Van Eyken |
| fR281 | Nov | Akli D |
| fR282 | Dec | Seckou Keita |
| 2005 | fR259/260 | Jan/Feb | Radio 3 Awards For World Music |
| fR261 | Mar | Nahawa Doumbia |
| fR262 | April | Lais |
| fR263 | May | Toumani Diabate |
| fR264 | June | Andrew Cronshaw |
| fR265 | July | Ba Cissoko |
| fR266/267 | Aug/Sept | Bellowhead |
| fR268 | Oct | Susheela Raman |
| fR269 | Nov | Moussu T e lei Jovents |
| fR270 | Dec | Kate Rusby |
| 2004 | fR247/248 | Jan/Feb | Radio 3 Awards For World Music |
| fR249 | Mar | Jim Moray |
| fR250 | Apr | Lhasa |
| fR251 | May | Amparanoia |
| fR252 | June | Uiscedwr |
| fR253 | July | 25th Anniversary! |
| fR254/255 | Aug/Sept | State Of Bengal v. Paban Das Baul |
| fR256 | Oct | The Copper Family |
| fR257 | Nov | Aynur |
| fR258 | Dec | Morris Dancing |
| 2003 | fR235/236 | Jan/Feb | Radio 3 Awards For World Music |
| fR237 | Mar | Kristi Stassinopoulou |
| fR238 | Apr | John Spiers & Jon Boden |
| fR239 | May | Souad Massi |
| fR240 | June | Oi-Va-Voi |
| fR241 | July | Guinea Bissau/Manecas Costa |
| fR242/243 | Aug/Sept | Faltriqueira |
| fR244 | Oct | Alasdair Roberts |
| fR245 | Nov | Rokia Traore |
| fR246 | Dec | Think Of One |
| 2002 | fR223/224 | Jan/Feb | Albums Of 2001 |
| fR225 | Mar | Los De Abajo |
| fR226 | Apr | Britfolk boxed sets |
| fR227 | May | Mariza |
| fR228 | June | Mali Music |
| fR229 | July | Kathryn Tickell |
| fR230/231 | Aug/Sept | Senegalese rap |
| fR232 | Oct | Ellika & Solo |
| fR233 | Nov | Bembeya Jazz |
| fR234 | Dec | Oysterband |
| 2001 | fR211/212 | Jan/Feb | Albums Of 2000 |
| fR213 | March | Martyn Bennett |
| fR214 | April | Mercedes Peón |
| fR215 | May | Rory McLeod |
| fR216 | June | Radio Tarifa |
| fR217 | July | Djelimady Tounkara |
| fR218/219 | Aug/Sept | Mahotella Queens |
| fR220 | Oct | Cara Dillon |
| fR221 | Nov | Orchestra Baobab |
| fR222 | Dec | Little George Sueref |
| 2000 | fR199/200 | Jan/Feb | Albums of 1999 |
| fR201 | March | Susana Seivane |
| fR202 | April | Jun Yasuba & An-Chang Project |
| fR203 | May | John Tams |
| fR204 | June | Asian Dub Foundation |
| fR205 | July | World Roots, New Routes |
| fR206/207 | Aug/Sept | Robert Plant/Priory Of Brion |
| fR208 | October | Bill Jones |
| fR209 | November | Spaccanapoli |
| fR210 | December | Pete Morton |
| 1999 | fR187/188 | Jan/Feb | Talvin Singh |
| fR189 | Mar | Kandia Kouyate |
| fR190 | Apr | The Fraser Sisters |
| fR191 | May | Natacha Atlas |
| fR192 | June | Julie Murphy |
| fR193 | July | Ry Cooder |
| fR194/195 | Aug/Sep | 20th Anniversary! |
| fR196 | Oct | Frifot |
| fR197 | Nov | Youssou N'Dour |
| fR198 | Dec | Blue Horses |
| 1998 | fR175/176 | Jan/Feb | Mory Kante |
| fR177 | Mar | Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley |
| fR178 | Apr | Guitars: Slides & Islands |
| fR179 | May | Gjallarhorn |
| fR180 | Jun | Billy Bragg |
| fR181 | Jul | Western Sahara |
| fR182/183 | Aug/Sep | Transglobal Underground |
| fR184 | Oct | Tarras |
| fR185 | Nov | Thomas Mapfumo |
| fR186 | Dec | Martin Carthy |
| 1997 | fR163/164 | Jan/Feb | Flook! |
| fR165 | Mar | Tarika |
| fR166 | Apr | English Traditions |
| fR167 | May | Marilis Orionaa |
| fR168 | Jun | Blyth Power |
| fR169 | Jul | Luther Allison |
| fR170/171 | Aug/Sep | Sharon Shannon |
| fR172 | Oct | Roger McGuinn |
| fR173 | Nov | Eleftheria Arvanitaki |
| fR174 | Dec | Kate Rusby |
| 1996 | fR151/152 | Jan/Feb | The Roches |
| fR153 | Mar | Shooglenifty |
| fR154 | Apr | Oumou Sangare |
| fR155 | May | Eliza Carthy |
| fR156 | Jun | Donal Lunny |
| fR157 | Jul | Linda Thompson |
| fR158/159 | Aug/Sep | Afro Celts Sound System |
| fR160 | Oct | Moxy Früvous |
| fR161 | Nov | Cheikh Lô |
| fR162 | Dec | Garmarna |
| 1995 | fR139/140 | Jan/Feb | Martin Simpson |
| fR141 | Mar | Ani DiFranco |
| fR142 | Apr | Corason Records, Mexico |
| fR143 | May | The Equation |
| fR144 | Jun | Ali Akbar Khan |
| fR145 | Jul | Shawn Colvin |
| fR146/147 | Aug/Sep | Gatemouth Brown |
| fR148 | Oct | Catriona MacDonald & Ian Lowthian |
| fR149 | Nov | Salif Keita |
| fR150 | Dec | Koerner, Ray & Glover |
| 1994 | fR127/128 | Jan/Feb | Altan |
| fR129 | Mar | Bert Jansch |
| fR130 | Apr | Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr |
| fR131 | May | Tom Paley |
| fR132 | Jun | Satan & Adam |
| fR133 | Jul | Cecile Kayirebwa |
| fR134/135 | Aug/Sep | La Cucina |
| fR136 | Oct | V.M. Bhatt |
| fR137 | Nov | Tish Hinojosa |
| fR138 | Dec | Boukman Eksperyans |
| 1993 | fR115/116 | Jan/Feb | June Tabor |
| fR117 | Mar | Joe Arroyo |
| fR118 | Apr | John Renbourn |
| fR119 | May | Richard Thompson |
| fR120 | June | Tansads |
| fR121 | July | Blind Boys of Alabama |
| fR122 | Aug | Iris Dement |
| fR123 | Sep | Nenes |
| fR124 | Oct | Oyster Band |
| fR125 | Nov | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
| fR126 | Dec | Lucky Dube |
| 1992 | fR103/104 | Jan/Feb | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| fR105 | Mar | Roaring Lion |
| fR106 | Apr | Kathryn Tickell Band |
| fR107 | May | Freddy de Majunga |
| fR108 | Jun | Dick Gaughan |
| fR109 | Jul | Pops Staples |
| fR110 | Aug | Fairport Convention |
| fR111 | Sep | Emmylou Harris |
| fR112 | Oct | Chris Wood & Andy Cutting |
| fR113 | Nov | Ali Farka Toure |
| fR114 | Dec | Zap Mama |
| 1991 | fR91/92 | Jan/Feb | Waterboys |
| fR93 | Mar | Los Lobos |
| fR94 | Apr | Carthy & Swarbrick |
| fR95 | May | Baaba Maal |
| fR96 | Jun | Ron Kavana |
| fR97 | Jul | Billy Bragg |
| fR98 | Aug | Indian Classical Music |
| fR99 | Sep | Edward II |
| fR100 | Oct | 100th Issue! A Brak painting . . . |
| fR101 | Nov | Taj Mahal |
| fR102 | Dec | Capercaillie |
| 1990 | fR79/80 | Jan/Feb | Oyster Band |
| fR81 | Mar | Phil Cunningham |
| fR82 | Apr | Kanda Bongo Man |
| fR83 | Mar | Andy White |
| fR84 | Jun | Jaipongan Music of Java |
| fR85 | Jul | The Barely Works |
| fR86 | Aug | Blowzabella |
| fR87 | Sep | Mouth Music |
| fR88 | Oct | Wizz & Simeon Jones |
| fR89 | Nov | Dimi Mint Abba/Mauretania |
| fR90 | Dec | Iain Matthews |
| 1989 | fR67 | Jan | Cuban Music Special |
| fR68 | Feb | Nanci Griffith |
| fR69 | Mar | Ashley Hutchings |
| fR70 | Apr | Pascal Diatta & Sona Mané |
| fR71 | May | Jo Ann Kelly |
| fR72 | Jun | Gregson & Collister |
| fR73 | Jul | Elvis Costello |
| fR74 | Aug | Les Negresses Vertes |
| fR75 | Sep | Tata Bambo Kouyate |
| fR76 | Oct | Dolores Keane |
| fR77 | Nov | 3 Mustaphas 3 |
| fR78 | Dec | Honeyboy Edwards |
| 1988 | fR55 | Jan | Relativity |
| fR56 | Feb | Ali Farka Toure |
| fR57 | Mar | Andrew Cronshaw |
| fR58 | Apr | Dance Special |
| fR59 | May | Ralph McTell |
| fR60 | Jun | Andy Kershaw |
| fR61 | Jul | Maddy Prior |
| fR62 | Aug | John Hammond |
| fR63 | Sep | Johnny Clegg |
| fR64 | Oct | Youssou N'Dour |
| fR65 | Nov | Shirley Collins |
| fR66 | Dec | Patrick Street |
| 1987 | fR43 | Jan | Christy Moore |
| fR44 | Feb | Fairport Convention |
| fR45 | Mar | Ted Hawkins |
| fR46 | Apr | Dembo Konte & Kausu Kuyateh/Gambia |
| fR47 | May | Michelle Shocked |
| fR48 | Jun | Mary Coughlan |
| fR49 | Jul | Alistair Anderson |
| fR50 | Aug | The Pogues |
| fR51 | Sep | Najma Akhtar |
| fR52 | Oct | De Dannan |
| fR53 | Nov | Martin Carthy |
| fR54 | Dec | Marta Sebestyen |
| 1986 | fR31 | Jan | Martin Simpson |
| fR32 | Feb | Kate & Anna McGarrigle |
| fR33 | Mar | The Watersons |
| fR34 | Apr | Oyster Band |
| fR35 | May | Abdel Aziz El Mubarak/Sudan |
| fR36 | Jun | Loudon Wainwright III |
| fR37 | Jul | Suzanne Vega |
| fR38 | Aug | Dave Swarbrick's Whippersnapper |
| fR39 | Sep | Dick Gaughan |
| fR40 | Oct | Robert Cray |
| fR41 | Nov | Kathryn Tickell |
| fR42 | Dec | Billy Bragg |
| 1985 | SR 23 | Jan | Blowzabella |
| SR 24 | Apr | Martin Carthy |
| fR25 | Jul | Richard Thompson |
| fR26 | Aug | Flaco Jimenez |
| fR27 | Sep | June Tabor |
| fR28 | Oct | Thomas Mapfumo |
| fR29 | Nov | Paul Brady |
| fR30 | Dec | Boothill Foot-tappers |
| 1984 | SR 19 | Jan | Bill Caddick |
| SR 20 | Apr | Copper Family |
| SR 21 | Jul | Girls Of The Golden West/Scan Tester |
| SR 22 | Oct | Al Stewart |
| 1983 | SR 15 | Jan | Oyster Band |
| SR 16 | Apr | Andy Irvine |
| SR 17 | Jul | John Kirkpatrick |
| SR 18 | Oct | Dick Gaughan |
| 1982 | SR 11 | Jan | Maddy Prior & Rick Kemp |
| SR 12 | Apr | Martin Simpson |
| SR 13 | Jul | Ashley Hutchings |
| SR 14 | Oct | Andrew Cronshaw |
| 1981 | SR 7 | Jan | Peter Bellamy |
| SR 8 | Apr | Richard & Linda Thompson |
| SR 9 | Jul | Fred Wedlock |
| SR 10 | Oct | Peter Bond/Paul Metsers |
| 1980 | SR 3 | Jan | June Tabor |
| SR 4 | Apr | "State Of Folk" Discussion |
| SR 5 | Jul | Taffy Thomas |
| SR 6 | Oct | Wizz Jones |
| 1979 | SR 1 | July | Pete Coe/New Victory Band |
| SR 2 | Oct | Nic Jones |
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