Tremendous fun and creativity in the Phonic FM studio tonight! Many, many thanks to Ainote-San - the trio from Whaletone Opera - plus Dmitri Babichev who entertained us all. I was secretly hoping that they would all jam together and, after their individual sets, that's just what they did - superbly. I hope these pictures give some flavour of what went on in the studio. See Ainote-San at Ryan's Bar, Abbey Road, Torquay tomorrow (Tues) and at Barbican, Plymouth Friday. Martin Hodge
Recordings played Artist..Track..Album TO BE COMPLETED Terem Quartet..Sinfonia Lubova..Terem Besh O Drom..Gyere Ki Te Gyongvirag..Once I Catch the Devil Gris Sanderson & Harpaphonics Ensemble..Alpha..Massive Respect Panacea..Maijah/The Serpent Jan Miyake..Easturn (feat. Dahfer Youssef & Cosmic Voice Of Bulgaria)/The Here & After (feat. Lisa Papineau)..Stolen From Strangers Jim Moray..Lord Willoughby..Jim Moray ZigaZag! Cajun Band..Evangeline's Playboys' Special..Bayou Tapestry
On rootsandshoots this Monday 13 July (even though in Russia, Monday 13th is unlucky!) we are expecting 2 guests to perform for us... Dmitri Babichev, a superb Russian singer, guitarist plus members of Whaletone Opera: expect the unexpected. Possibly music from paper bags, balloons, even recognisable instruments and anything that's around in the studio (help!!) Voices too - like you've never heard before...
...unless you were at the excellent Respect In The Park yesterday where we meet them in the Acoustic marquee. What a great time we all had at Respect. Well done Paul Giblin and the Respect team.
On Monday, in the 1st half, Martin Henning played: Artist..Track..Album Wig A Wag..Miltamm..Sarah Ha Safar
Guichen Brothers..Liors Ar Leur..Freres
Barzaz..Dans Plinn..Ec'honder
Peat Bog faeries..Macedoneon Woman..Mellowosity
Cauld Blast Orchestra..The Black Rock..Durga's Feast
Gotan Project..Gotan Project..Lunatica
Amestoy Trio..Fantomas..Sport & Couture
Oi Va Voi..Travelling The Globe..Travelling The Globe
Les Vagabonds De Gibolescu..Sliba..Tsiganes A Et Konus
Fatima Spar And The Freedom Fries..Sarabande..Trust
Municipale Balcanica..Gypsy Train..Road To Damascus
Bruhan Ocal & The Trakya All Stars Feat Smadj..Supheli Ask..Turkish Cafe
Then we had the rootsandshootsGardening Tips for July:
Sink pots of compost amongst strawberry plants and roots runners.
Burn old strawberry plants before planting with new stock, preventing disease and viruses from spreading.
On trained fruit trees, cut back the sideshoots by half.
Apple and pear trees will shed some fruit. This is quite natural. It's the tree’s way of restricting the amount of fruit that develops.
Give your apple trees a Summer pruning to encourage swelling of the fruit.
Feed tomato plants regularly. A good organic liquid feed can be made by soaking plenty of comfrey in water.
Continually nip out side shoots from tomato plants. These reduce the amount of food available to fruit bearing branches. Nip out the growing tip after the plant has produced 4-5 trusses of tomatoes.
Continue to earth up potatoes to stop the tubers being exposed to light and turning green.
Ensure that soil in hanging baskets and patio planters is kept moist. Remove fading and dead flower heads from plants to encourage new flowers.
Move houseplants outside for some summer sunshine.
Happy gardening from Roots and Shoots
In the 2nd half Martin Hodge played: Artist..Track..Album June Tabor..A Proper Sort Of Gardener..fRoots9
Warsaw Village Band..tO yOU kASUNIA..fRoots 21
Toni Iordache..Ca La Breaza..Princes Amongst Men
Eleftheria Arvanitaki..Ta Kormia Ke Ta Maheria..fRoots 10
Re Niliu..La Citta Del Sole..Routes
Taksim Trio..Bicare..Taksim trio
Astrid Hadad..La Tequilera..fRoots 7
Jun Miyake..Easturn..Stolen From Strangers
Toumani Diabate..Lanjoura..Jarabi
Jim Moray..Fair And Tender Lovers..Jim Moray
Little Devils..The River..This Is How It Starts
Jackie Oates..Lavender's Blue..Jackie Oates
Nitin Sawney featuring Ojos De Brujo..Shadowland..London Undersound
Saturday 11 July 12.00 - 18.00 rootsandshootspresenters will be playing discs between acts on the Acoustic Stage at Respect In The Park at Belmont Park, Exeter. A day of events celebrating diversity in our community. Live acts includeZubopgambiapictured, Harpaphonics, Roots Union, FOS Brothers, Whaletone Opera and lots more. And it's all FREE! Details here.
Thursday 23rd July 19.30 - 22.30 Ceilidh with excellent lively local band Sheer Hopody. rootsandshootsown Martin Hodgewill be leading the dances. It's at St James' Church Hall, Mt Pleasant Rd., Exeter. Only £5 at the door. More info here.
Rory McLeod..Punchinello's Confession..Lullabies For Big Babies So Long Angel..Hard Working Woman..Falling Tal Wilkenfeld..Serendipity..Transformation Gigi..Abet Wubet..Gigi Cheb Balowski..El Dia..North African Cafe Cengiz Ozkan..Deniz Dalgasiz Olmaz..Turkish Cafe Sezen Aksu..O Sensin..Dugun Ve Cenaze Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries..Istambul..Zirzop Oi Va Voi..Magic Carpet..Travelling The Face Of The Globe Municipale Balcanica..Radish 1am..Road To Damascus The Rumbajax..Terry and Shirley..How Come We Never Dance? Amestoy Trio..Besame Much..Sport and Couture Jun Miyake..Le Mec Dans Un Train..Stolen From Strangers Nitin Sawhney..Days Of Fire..London Undersound Little Devils..The Stranger's Waltz..This Is How It Starts Jim Moraypictured right..Lord Willoughby..Jim Moray Shirley & Dolly Collins..Never Again..Within Sound Richard Thompson..Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself..You? Me? Us? Toumani Diabate..Cheikhna Demba..Jarabi Vieux Farka Toure..Cherie Le..Fondo Bossacucanova featuring Roberto Menescal..Onde anda Meu Amor..Uma Batida Diferente Susana Baca..Afro-Blue/Zum Zum..Espiritu Vivo Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill..The Clare Reel..Welcome Here Again
We in the rootsandshoots team had a great - if, occasionally, nailbiting - time on Monday when the show went out live from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe Bar. The music was superb!!
Thanks are due too to our audience and to the many others who helped out - including Geoff the runner, JC the technician, and the Phoenix bar staff - and to Phonic FM board members Patrick and David for their help, encouragement and support. Also to Tony for publicity via the www.phonic.fm website and to all the DJs and presenters on Phonic FM who put out our trailer for the event/show.
We are, of course, grateful to all our listeners - a special thanks to those of you who got in touch to say how much you enjoyed what you heard!
Cheers, Martin, Martin and Rich Your rootsandshoots presenters
ps Recorded music played: Artist..Track..Album Bob Brozman..Kolopa..fRoots 10 Freddy Sierra & Fligio Vega..Julia Cristina..Vallenato Habib Koite..Wassiye..May Ya Djelimady Tounkara..Gnima Diala..World 2002 Arsenio Rodriguez..Mami Me Gusto..Mami Me Gusto Mariem Hassan..Id Chab Flaco Jiminez..Viva Seguin..South Of The Border (The Sound of Tex Mex) Buffy St Marie..Rollin' Mill Man..She Used To Want to Be A Ballerina Sheila Chandra..Speaking In Tongues III..The Zen Kiss
Many thanks to Saffron for coming in to tell us about the origins of Ceroc dance and about how you can do it in Exeter.
Join Saffron for Ceroc - a fusion of salsa and jive - at Exeter Corn Exchange every Tuesday from 19.15. More information here.
Here's a list of the music Saffron played: Artist..Track..Album Alex Fox..La Galleguita..Latin Guitar Creol Dinah Washington..Is You Is..Mix Sarah Vaughn..Fever..Adam Freeland Mix
Martin Hodge & Rich played... Artist..Track..Album Poisson Rouge..Principessa..Made In Dawlish Not available commercially Martin Simpson..Batchelors Hall..Prodigal Son Eliades Ochoa..Yiri Yiri Bon..Tributo Al Cuarteto Patria Greg Brown..Mose allison Played Here..fRoots 10 Vieux Farka Toure..Al Haira..Fondo Baka Beyond..An T-Oighr'Og..Baka Beyond The Forest Issac Delgado..Malo Que Tiene La Habana Issa Bagayogo..Koroto..Tassoumakan Panacea..Maijah..demo Jackie Oates..Bourrees..The Violet Hour Sharon Shannon..Kids..fRoots 9 Virginia Rodriguez..Canto De Pedra Preta..Mares Profundos Nuova Agricola Associazione..Vacri..fRoots 21 Pavel Sporcl & Romano Stilo..Russian Fantasy..Gipsy Way Okna Tsahan Zam..Edjin Duun..Shaman Voices Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll..Coronation day..Beyond The Black Tree Gris Sanderson with Sam Yeboah & James Dumbelton..The Charmer..Harpaphonics
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Tremendous fun and creativity in the Phonic FM studio tonight! Many, many thanks to Ainote-San - the trio from Whaletone Opera - plus Dmitri Babichev who entertained us all. I was secretly hoping that they would all jam together and, after their individual sets, that's just what 
they did - superbly. I hope these pictures give some flavour of what went on in the studio. 
