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fROOTS (that's eff-roots, formerly Folk Roots) is one of the primary editorial sources for information not only on the music you love, but the music you don't know you love yet! Their insightful (and often inciteful) articles and reviews leave no stone unturned in their quest for unique, genuine roots music from around the world. These CDs are by some of the artists recently featured in the pages of fROOTS, with quotes from the magazine. If you are ready to really explore the world, you can do no better than to consider subscribing to fROOTS, the magazine that covers Local Music From Out There

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CDs from recent editions of

 various - Gastonia Gallop
Franco and TPOK Jazz - Francophonic
Karl Skaarup - Musiker
Kandia Kouyaté Ngara
Ti-Coca & Wanga-Nègès - Haïti Colibri
Other CDs for fRoots readers


Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People - various - Topic records - 77.99
A phenomenal self-tribute to one of the world's great record labels. 7 CD set, 144 cuts recognizing Topic's presence as the oldest independent record label in Great Britain. Packaged in a 10" x 10" hardback book filled with full-color illustrated pages depicting the label's story since its inception in 1939 to present day, with complete recording history, essential recording profiles and artists. VERY highly recommended. Non-US buyers MUST contact me first to arrange for special shipment.


Kefir - Kefir Kvartet - 16.99
Unusual new music produced in a folk-rooted tradition, but a full out experiment in mixing unique new sounds with the old. Instruments include bouzouki (Greek and irish), guitar, percussion, violin, melodica, cittern and bass. Highly recommended for the adventurous ear.

Ajvar and Sterz - Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro and Matthias Loibner - 17.99
Nataša Mirkovic-DeRo is a folk, rock, jazz, opera singer and ethnomusicologist from Sarajevo, Bosnia; Matthias Loibner is a truly innovative hurdy gurdy player from Austria, founded of the band Deishovida and has worked with Ross Daly. They interpret old songs and instrumental pieces from the Balkans - wedding music, dances, ballads, romances, drinking songs, children's songs and lullabies - and give them exciting, new life but with respect for traditional roots. The duo received an Austrian World Music award in 2005.

CDs from the pages of fRoots


Musiker/Musician - Karl Skaarup with Kristian Bugge - 16.99
Traditional Danish folk music presented by an 85 year old master on the accordion, accompanied by fiddle


Soot - Boot - 18.99
Boot is Hållbus Totte Mattsson (mandora, Baroque lute, from hedningarna), Ola Bäckström (violin, bouzouki, well known fiddler and member of Swap) and Samuel Andersson (percussion, hurdy-gurdy, octave violin; from Hedningarna, Godrun), three well respected Swedish musicians who are familiar with tradition in a powerful new trio recording.

Francophonic (Vol 1, 1953-1980) - Franco and le TPOK Jazz - 22.99
Subtitled "The Greatest, A Retrospective" and Franco truly can be called one of the greatest musicians to hit sub-Saharan Africa in the 20th Century. From his very first session thru some of his monster hits, this 2 CD, 28 Track set has it all. Incoudes an excellent 48 page illustrated booklet written by Francophile Ken Braun.

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