fRoots 24
Here's what's on the FREE! CD with fR259/260 (January/February 2005)
- THE OLD SWAN BAND: CHURCH STREET/REDWING/ST.MARY'S
Pioneers of the English Country Dance Band wave, still going strong. - EASTENDERS: HAI CU TOTII
German based team with an Easterly looking agenda. - MOJMIR NOVAKOVIC I KRIES: IZ OBLAKA ROSA PADA
Powerful new sounds from deep Croatian roots. - AYNUR: PERVANE
Major young Kurdish artist breaking through in Turkey. - CHARANGA CAKEWALK: BELLEZA
Michael Ramos emerges from studio with the year's hippest Latino mix. - BA CISSOKO: DANDALA
From Guinea, the blazing sound of the new griot generation. - KAREN & HELENE: NATTERGALEN
Two voices combine to highlight some fresh new Danish folk music. - KRIWI: HEJ LOLII
Mixing up ancient traditions from Belarus with modern technology. - LILA DOWNS: LA CUCARACHA
Mexican standard gets an imaginative make-over from rising star. - NOLLAIG CASEY: THE YELLOW WATTLE/TWINS ON A SWING
Great Irish fiddle music from virtuoso Nollaig & partner Arty McGlynn. - ROSS DALY: MASSALOU CISSE
Irish multi-instrumentalist's Cretan lyra meets Malian kora of Balake Sissoko. - EMILY PORTMAN & LAUREN McCORMICK: GREENWOOD LADDIE
Two of the best new English trad voices to hit the scene in many a moon. - LES SOEURS DALMASSO: VIOLINO TZIGANO
Utterly charming music from another era, from sisters with a tale to tell. - EPIFANI BARBERS: CINQ
Southern Italian taranta makes more headway in the modern multicultural world. - LAIS: WANHOOP VAN EEN WEES
Belgium's wonderful trio hit all the right folk/pop crossover spots. - BAZAR BLÅ: GRANNLÅTEN
They call it transglobal tripfolk: new music on the Swedish nyckelharpa. - JOAN FRANCÉS TISNÈR: ANGÈLAS
Gascon traditional singer takes an adventurous, tasty leap out there. - MAHALA RAI BANDA: ROMNI LATCI
The latest great gypsy brass band to come roaring out of Romania. - BOKA HALAT: SMALL COALS
English country dance music gets taken on a ride around the globe.
Full details of availability for the source CDs are to be found within the magazine.