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fRoots Playlist
The seal of quality! The ten best new albums on the fRoots player this month. Some are so hot off the press that they aren’t even reviewed yet, but you can listen to tracks on fRoots Radio.
 
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KRISTI STASSINOPOULOU & STATHIS KALYVIOTIS
Greekadelia
(Riverboat)
Greek folk music goes further out there.

 
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JAGWA MUSIC
Bongo Hotheads
(Crammed)
Hi-energy Afro punk from Tanzania.

 
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LISA KNAPP
Hunt The Hare
(Ear To The Ground)
The English May EP, w. Alasdair Roberts

 
 
 
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THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS & FRIENDS
Folk Songs II
(Static Caravan)
All-star alt-trad cast make a beauty.

 
 
 
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BEN ZABO
Ben Zabo
(Glitterhouse)
Funky Malian Afrobeat: balafons ahoy!

 
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MARIEM HASSAN
El Aaiún Egdat
(NubeNegra)
More high-octane Saharaoui blueswailing.

 
 
 
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LOXANDRA
Meyhane: Kafe Aman
(Polyphonon)
Classy Ottoman Greek cafe music revival.

 
 
 
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THE OLD DANCE SCHOOL

(Transition)
Trained musos make funky folk shock…

 
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THE HERITAGE BLUES ORCHESTRA
And Still I Rise
(Raisin’ Music)
The electric descendents of Son House…

 
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EBO TAYLOR
Appia Kwa Bridge
(Strut)
Ghanaian Highlife veteran on great form.

 
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Earlier Playlists
Lists of all new CDs received.

 

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