Mothers and St Patrick's Day & Night...

...were two of tonight's musical themes. Here's the list:

Rory McLeod..When Mum And Daddy Made Me..
Mouth To Mouth

Karine Polwart..The News..This Earthly Spell
Martin Simpson..Mother Love..Prodigal Son
Mothers Of Invention..Theme to Burnt Weeny Sandwich..Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Renaud Garcia-Fons..Mahoor..Entremundo
Dick Gaughan..Song For Ireland..Handful Of Earth
The Walpot Brothers pictured..Thomas Burke..Butterfly Wings
Daily Planet..Kitchen Girl / Locks Of Dread..Millenium Live (At The The Lift)
Luka Bloom..You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time..Riverside
Altan..The Humours Of Castlefin / Nia's Dance / An Duidin..Local Ground
Sin'e..The Hard Hat Set..It's About Time
Bill Bloke..The First World Cup..Mud On The Snax
The Tango Band..Monahan Jig..Wind In The City
BKO..Smoking Bowl..Dirtmusic
Tamikrest..Tidite Tille..Adagh
Tal Wilkenfeld..Table For One..Transformation
Lulo Rheinhardt..Lady Bird..Project No. 1
Anibal Velasquez..Carruseles..Mambo Loco
Marta Sebestyen..Tavasz, Tavasz..The Best Of Marta Sebestyen
Richard Bona..Kalabancoro..Bona Makes You Sweat
The Roots Union..Rough Diamonds..promo
Joan Baez..San Francisco Mabel Joy..The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down
Marcus Miller..Cause I Want You..Marcus

Rough Diamonds...

...is a song we've played on rootsandshoots. Written by Tobias Ben Jacob and recorded by his band The Roots Union, it has reached the final of the International Songwriting Competition, judged by luminaries such as Tom Waites. It's a great song and this is great news! Congratulations, Tobias and the band. We'll play a new mix of Rough Diamonds on Monday's show - before it's all the rage on national radio!! Prizes and winners will be announced in April.

Check out The Roots Union on myspace here.

The photo shows Phillip, Hannah and Tobias performing last year on rootsandshoots.

Women's Music

played to celebrate International Women's Day
on Monday 8 March:

Jackie Oates..Staffordshire Maid..Jackie Oates

Shirley & Dolly Collins..Fair Maid of Islington..Love, Death & The Lady

Dalla..Three Knights..More Salt

Rebecca Worthley..Little Sister..Morning Comes To Those Who Wait
Alice Jemima pictured playing for Roots & Shoots..Something Cliche..Alice Jemima

So Long Angel..Hard Working Women..Falling

Marcel Cellier Presents.. Polegnala E Todora..La Mystere De Voix Bulgares Vol. 1

Xenos..Ani More Nuse..My Mother Said

Tal Wilkenfeld..BC..Transformation

Esperanza Spalding..Ponta De Areia..Esperanza

Griselda Sanderson pictured playing for Roots & Shoots..Spring Storm..Harpaphonics

Virginia Rodriguez..Male Dibale..Nos

Gotan Project..Amor Porteno..Lunatico

Sueno De Barrilete..Suni Paz..Think Global - Tango

Lal & Mike Waterson..Shady Lady..Bright Phoebus

Sharon King & The Nevernever Cowboys..Shiny shoes..Reckless Angels

Oi Va Voi..Travelling The Face Of The Globe..Travelling The Face Of The Globe

The Mamaku Project..Cirque Part 2..Karekare

Nina Simone..Gin House Blues..Capital Gold Blues Legends

Silly Sisters: Maddy Prior & June Tabor..Blood & Gold / Mohacs..No More To The Dance

Huseyin & Gunay Turkmenler..Hudayda..A Night In Istanbul

Sevval Sam..Soyleyemem Derdimi..Turkish Cafe

Anne Briggs..Tangled Man..The Time Has Come

Kathryn Tickell..Kilfenora / My Laddie Sits Ower Late Up

International Women's Day Monday 8 March

The men of rootsandshoots celebrate women's musical achievements

Roots and Shoots on St David's Day

M, M and R played...
Amsterdam Klezmer Band...Alter Ego..Remixed

Tango Fusion Club..Aromatango..Vol.1

Les Boukakes..A'Alawi..Awards For World Music 07

Mamanii Keita with Nicolas Rebac..Djekafo..fRoots 28

Dogan Mehmet..The Raging Sea..Looking For A New England

Ugur Isik..Alamanti (Rum)..fRoots 25

David Starfire..Shakti..Bollywood Brass
Jasman..Dimdanana..Putamayo Presents World Lounge
Sierra Maestra..Marieta..Tibiri Tabara

David Caldazo..Ese Soy Yo..El Ciclon De La Habana

Musa Eroglu..Bulut..Turkish Cafe
Akim El Sikameya..A Chaque Instant, Oran..North African Cafe
Alan Stivell..Land Of My Fathers..Brian Boru
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll pictured..Barnstaple to Umberleigh

Dalla..Tanst's Golowan..Rooz
Tango Band..Monahan Jig..Wind In The City
Sierra Maestra..Marieta..Tibiri Tabara

Salif Keita..Afriki..Soro

Richard Bona..Invocation..Reverence

David Caldazo..Ese Soy Yo..El Ciclon De La Habana
Salif Keita..Afriki..Soro
Richard Bona..Invocation..Reverence
Lal Waterson & Oliver Knight..Memories..A Bed Of Roses
Norma Waterson..Black Muddy River..Norma Waterson
Dan Berglund's Tonbruket..Waltz For Melissa..Tonbruket

Plantec..Kosmos..Plantec

Gil Scott Heron..South Carolina..From South Africa To South Carolina
Daby Toure & Skip McDonald..Past Time..Call My Name
Cachao..Al Fin Te Vi..Master Sessions Vol 1
Anibal Palazolo..El Jinete..Flamenco Entre Cuerdas

Exeter's Vibraphonic Festival 2010

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Tonight we had a feature on The Man They Couldn't Hang (in Exeter Jail). Find out more about John "Babbacombe" Lee here. For info on Fairport's album click on the cover picture.

What we played:

OUR NEW SIGNATURE TUNE:

The Tango Band..Tarantella..Berlin Nights

plus

Dan Berglund's Tonbruket..Song For E..Tonbruket

Holdsworth, Pasqua, Haslip, Wackerman..Protocosmos..Blues For Tony

The Devil's Interval..Two Crows..Blood & Honey

Helena Torpey & Steve Turner..The Veteran / The Artichoke..Sideways Air
Karma..Plinn..Karma

Vach' Inton,g..Que La Cyprine Coule A Flots..La Melodie De La Vache Folk

Fairport Convention..I Was Sixteen (Part 1) + John My Son + St Ninian's Isle / Trumpet Hornpipe + The Verdict (read by Philip Sterling Wall) + Little Did I Think + Newspaper Reading (read by A.L. Lloyd) + Breakfast In Mayfair + Wake Up John (Hanging Song).."Babbacombe" Lee

Daughters Of Elvin..Ondas Do Mar De Vigo..Galdrbok

Celtech..Hot Step..Celtech

Blue Asia..Abyssinean Dub..Putumayo Presents World Lounge 2002

Husnu Senlendirici..Harnandali..A Night In Istanbul

The Roots Union..Sketches..promo

Spiro..Underland..Lightbox

Songhai 2..Pozo Del Desseo..Beginner's Guide To World Music

Johnny Winter..Johnny B Goode..Johnny Winter Live

Flatville Aces..2 Step De L'Anse A Paille / Patassa 2 Step..Crawfish Trombones

Anghjula Potentini..Francesca Maria..fRoots 28

Stefano Saletti & Piccolo Banda Ikona..Tagama..Stari Most

Les Vagabonds De Gibolescu..Hora Les Vagabonds De Gibolescu

The Tango Band..All Kroked Up..Last Tango In Powys

Gjallarhorn..Kokkovirsi (Bonfire Song)..fRoots 28

Fernhill..Gladez & Katell..Llatai

Happy Birthday to Phonic

Phonic FM is 2 years old and rootsandshoots has been on Phonic EVERY Monday evening!

Enjoy and support the Phonic FM Birthday Bash this Saturday.
Details here.   

Tracks played on Monday 15 Feb were:

Dave Wood..Long Distance Love..Into the Light

Matt Norman..Mystery Jig / Moll In The Wad..Eight Days Light

Hoover The Dog..Swamp Fever..Distempo

Emil Cantedt..Polska..The Nyckleharpa

Donal Lunny..April the 3rd

Dolores Keane with Mick Hanly..My Love Is In America

Angel Brothers..Empty Chair..Angel Brothers

Celtech..Double Dutch..Celtech

Storvan..Ar Biniou..An Deiziou Kaer

Les Negresses Vertes..Orane..Mlah

Fatima Spar Und Die Freedom Fries..My Little Someone..Trust

Gadjologie..Blessed Relief..Gadjologie

Hi-Fi World Of Chinese Music: Erhu..#2

Blue Asia..Kun-Nu-Shu..fRoots 34

Mbilia Bel..Lisanga Bambanda..Bel Canto - Best Of The Genidia Years

The Tango Band..It's The Money That Matters..Last Tango In Powys

Poisson Rouge..track from demo

Wren Music..Birjina Gaztettobat Zegoen / Personent Hodie Medley..Midwinter

Peter Bellamy..Barbaree..Both Sides Then

Municipale Balcanica..Artigiana..Road To Damascus

Earl Zinger + Oi Va Voi..Gypsy..Laughter Through Tears

Esma Redzepova & Usnija Jasarova..Sao Roma..Mon Histoire

Taksim Trio..Gule Yel Degdi..Taksim Trio

Pendragon..Israeli Set..Continental Drift

Sandy Lopicic Orchestrar..Balkea..Balkea

Bert Jansch..Weeping Willow Blues..Legend

Music from around the world...

...including Devon, of course. This is what we usually play -  though admittedly there are certain countries that we have yet to feature. It's true that we don't play a great deal of Asian music - just because we don't have that much in our collections. So, it was good that both of us this week remedied this a bit by featuring Japanese and Chinese music. We'll do our best to widen our sphere of music even more. Promise!
So, on Monday 8 February Martin and Martin played...

Celtech..Multi Culture..Celtech

Angel Brothers..Days Like Diamonds..Forbidden Fruit
June Tabor..While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping..Always
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting..Roseville Fair..Albion
Oi Va Voi..Od Yeshoma..Laughter Through Tears
Fatima Spar Und Die Freedom Fries..Kizilciklar Oldu Mu..Zirzop
Mariza..Que Deus Me Perdoe..Fado Em Mim
Sixto Silgado..Merengue Faroto..Rough Guide To Colombia
Tango Band..People Are Strange..Sweet Knedlik
Benzaiten..Osawa Kitajima..Benzaiten
Rebecca Worthley..Rainy Day..Morning Comes To Those Who Wait
Wan Xiao Nan..Liang Zhu..Guzheng
Erkan Dedeoglu..Hicaz Pesrev..A Night In Istanbul
Maurice El Medioni & Roberto Rodriguez..Rai Rock Rumba..North African Cafe
Spiro..The Darkling Plains..Lightbox
Show Of Hands..Arrogance Ignorance & Greed..Arrogance Ignorance & Greed
Karma..Plinn..Karma
Hamon Martin..Les Dreys De Lits..Metamorphoses
Vananda Lovely Boys..Siyabamba Ngetango..African Renaissance
D J Mujava..Mugwanti..Ayobaness! The Sound Of African House
Gigi..Abay..Gigi
The Mamaku Project..Ascain..Karekare
Muzsikas..Forgacskuti Legenyes..Bartok Album
Taraf De Haidouks..Tiganeascu (Gypsy Dance)..Honourable Brigands, Magic Horses & Evil Eye
Macmaster/Hay..Rinn Mi Moch..fRoots 34
Gotan Project..Arrabel..Lunatica
E.S.T...Well Wisher..7 Days Of Trepidation

A musical trip to Turkey...

...with Murat Kaya in our studio tonight playing 4 musical pieces on the baglama, a Turkish instrument in the saz family. Excellent playing and singing!

The playlist:

Murat Kaya..4 #s including Haydar Haydar & Kaita..Live In The Studio

Richard Thompson..I Ain't Marching Anymore..The Life & Music Of Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson..1952 Vincent Black Lightning..Action Packed
Holdsworth, Pasqua, Haslip Wackerman..To Jaki, George And Thad..Blues For Tony
Edoardo Catemario and Oscar Casares..Tango Suite 1..Astor Piazzolla - Complete Works With Guitar
Ida Kelarova & Romano Ral..?
Ojos De Brujo..Donde Te Fan Metro..Aocana
Karl Denver..Wimoweh..The Best Of Karl Denver
Incwadi Yediphu..Moving Stars..African Renaissance
Eel Grinders..The Absent Piper..Aquamarine
Cengiz Ozkan..Deniz Daigasiz Olmaz..Turkish Cafe
Thunder Of The Swords..Harem..A Night In Istambul
Malouma..Mreimida..Donja
Bonga..Recordando Pio..Live
Steeleye Span..The Dark-Eyed Sailor..Hark! The Village Wait
Bellowhead..Unclothed Nocturnal Manuscript Crisis..Umbrellahead
Denise Marie..Long And Loud..Messenger From Aphrodite
Celtech..Hot Step..Celtech