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fRoots 21

fROOTS #21 CD
Here's what's on the FREE! CD with fR242/243 (August/September 2003)


  1. OJOS DE BRUJO: VENTILAOR R-80
    Flamenco rumba meets DJ culture in 21st century Barcelona.
  2. DAARA J: BOOMRANG
    Senegalese rappers with a little Rokia Traore in the mix.
  3. JONY ILIEV: MA MAREN MA
    A beauty from the heartthrob of Bulgarian wedding band soul.
  4. WARSAW VILLAGE BAND: TO YOU KASUNIA
    New young band digging into the deep heart of Polish tradition.
  5. ULLA PIRTTIJÄRVI: DE JUOIGGAS
    Sami singer taking the Finnish joik tradition in intriguing new direction.
  6. LASAIRFHIONA NÍ CHONAOLA: AN RAICIN ÁLAINN
    Deservedly acclaimed traditional singer from the Aran islands.
  7. LA TALVERA: LA DROLLA D'AVAIRON
    Inventive and fascinating band from the Occitan region of France.
  8. FALTRIQUEIRA: LABRADA DE CORTELLAS
    Pandeireteras from Galicia, and this issue's cover stars.
  9. NUOVA AGRICOLA ASSOCIAZIONE: VACRI
    Local tradition meets rock in the Italian Abruzzo region.
  10. ALASDAIR ROBERTS: DOWN WHERE THE WILLOW WANDS WEEP
    From Scotland, a songwriter who clearly knows his roots.
  11. SHIRLEY COLLINS: LOST IN A WOOD
    The first new recording in years by the queen of English folksong.
  12. BEN MANDELSON: THE STREETS OF DELHI
    Mustaphic Indian lap steel-style version of tune learned from Shirley Collins.
  13. HOMMAGE À ALAIN PETERS: COULABADIA
    Loy Ehrlich, Danyel Waro, Rene Lacaille salute Reunion songwriter.
  14. BATATA Y SU RUMBA PALENQUERA
    Champeta criolla: hot new Afro-Caribbean music from Colombia.
  15. LUIGI CINQUE & TARANTULA HYPERTEXT O'RCHESTRA: TANGERINE CAFÉ
    Remarkable pan-Mediterranean jazz/ethnic mixture out of Italy.
  16. MARIEM HASSAN CON LEYOAD: ID CHAB
    Saharui desert blues from the western Sahara, in exile in Algeria.
  17. SHIYANI NGCOBO: uJESU
    Zulu roots Maskanda guitar music from South Africa.
  18. TIEN-SHAN SUISSE EXPRESS: TIBET
    Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland in amazing pan-mountain project.
Full details of availability for the source CDs are to be found within the magazine. UK web retailer The Phat Planet have managed to source many of the albums from whence came the tracks on fRoots 22

 

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