Alone

Monday 20 September 2010

Martin Henning was alone this week.
I played the following:
Moroccan Spirit..Derviche..Moroccan Spirit
El Tanbura..Sar A Lay..North African Cafe
Selim Sesler..Cripple's Air & Pebbly Paths Of Mucha..Selim Sesler
Sr Mandril..Reino De La Luna..Sr Mandril
Stanley Clarke Band..Labyrinth..Stanley Clarke Band
Melonious Quartet..Habenera Casalinga..Planetes Musiques
Digitacoya..De Trampa..Tango Fusion Club
Bollywood Bass..Mystic Whomp..Bollywood Bass
Forty Thieves Orkestrar..The Man Who Drinks..Electric Gypsyland 1
Taraf Gouamas..A Ya Bibi..Planetes Musiques
Romica Puceanu & The Gore Brothers..Doi TavarasiAm La Drum..Sounds From A Bygone Age
Zelwer..The Fiancees Dream..Electric Gypsyland 2
Compagnie Giulia..Al Alva Venid..Compagnie Giulia
Daughters Of Elvin..De La Grant Joie d'Amours..Galdrbok
Electric Light Orchestra..The Diary Of Horace Whimp..The Best Of E.L.O.
Shedloads Of Love..You Don't Miss Your Water..Love And Affection
Lazy..Station Blues..Too Little Too Late
Monkey Gland Blues Bad..Waste A Little Time..Demo
Dalla..Turning The Tide..Cribbar
Andy Clarke..Back Among The Mermaids..Gather To My Side
Daily Planet..The Lochs Of Dread/Cooley's Reel..The Big Scoop
Wig A Wag..Paskou..Wig A Wag
Plantec..Kejet..A'Raok
The Guo Brothers & Shun Tian..Fishing By Lamplight..Yuan

Count To Fire

It was a very special evening on rootsandshoots as we welcomed the highly talented and entertaining Will Odgers (lead vocals, guitar) and Joe Mansfield (violin, vocals) from Exeter-based band Count To Fire.

Will and Joe played live: Screen Play, In Another Life and City Lights. An outstanding performance. Many thanks to them.
From the band's highly regarded new album In Another Life we played Casablanca, I'm The Man You Need, Battles and Emotion Machine.

Count To Fire are playing this Saturday 18 September at 10pm in The Voodoo Lounge at Exeter Phoenix, one of 50 or more performers at the 2nd annual Acoustica Festival at the Phoenix. The evening before, Count To Fire play at an album launching party at  
The Old Firehouse in Exeter. They'd love you to join them there. You don't live in Exeter? Well, find them on Myspace or Facebook and book them to appear where you live, whether it be Torquay, Turkey, Togo or wherever!

We also played:
Guichen Brothers..Les Autre Mondes..Dreams Of Brittany
Dalla..Polperro Furry..Cribbar
The Mountains And The Trees..Travellin' Song..I Made This For You
E.L.O..Telephone Line..Best Of E.L.O.
Daughters Of Elvin..Donna Pas Vos Ay Chausida
E.L.O...Confusion..Best Of E.L.O.
Monkey Gland Blues Band..Maggie McGill..MGBB
Shedloads Of Love..Feeling Alright..Love And Affection
Guo Brothers..My Second Life..Yuan
Charbel Rouhona..Hikayat Kel Yaoum..Salamat
Mahala Rai Bauda..Lest Sxy..Electric Gypsyland
True Blue..Scumbags & Skallywags..Demo
Daily Planet..Boss..The Big Scoop
The Roots Union..Badlands..From The Gutter To The Stars
Stanley Clarke..Bass Folk Song No.6..The Stanley Clarke Band

On Monday we are delighted to welcome the local trio Count To Fire to the Phonic FM studio. They have been getting accolades for their music from both sides of the pond:

“For such a ‘young’ band, Count To Fire show exceptional maturity in both their sound and lyrics.”
whisperandhollerin.com

“One of the most impressive things about Count To Fire is that while most of their influences come from across the pond they don’t go out of their way to sound American like so many of their other British alt-country counterparts.”
americana-uk.com

“Will Odgers has a gorgeous, reflective voice like Bon Iver, and the songs are similarly evocative. Spare musicianship never overplays its hand, using a rare economy that carries the full emotional spectrum. A band who need bringing into the spotlight.”
John Earls, Channel 4.

“They sounded good because they are good.”
DJ Lee Rawlings after Count To Fire played live on his Spitting Feathers show.

Producer Colin Cripps rated the trio so highly that he invited them over to his studio in Canada, where their new album In Another Life was recorded. It was released on 6 September. You can hear tracks on

http://www.myspace.com/counttofire

Catch Count To Fire live on Roots and Shoots on Phonic FM between 6 and 8pm on Monday 13 September.

Not to be missed.

M & M's Monday mix

Tracks played were as follows:
Oskorri..Zazpi Jauziak..Hi Ere Dantzari
Oskorri with Martin Carthy..Nafarroa..Carthy In Company
Sr Mandril..El Otro Joe..Sr Mandril
Kassav..Zouk La Se Sel Medikaman Nom Ni..Best Of Kassav
Chloe Hall..Outside..Outside
Roy Bailey..Anna Mae..Folk Against Fascism Vol 1
Daily Planet..The Big Scoop..The Big Scoop
Stanley Clarke..Bass Folk Song No. 10..The Stanley Clarke Band
Nico Saquito..A Orillas Del Cauto..Rough Guide To The Music Of Cuba
Okan Murat Oz Turk..Gerizler Basi..Music From The Tea Lands
Shriekback..Hylife Dbl Plus..Cormarant
Brenna Maccrimmon..Semslyemin..Rough Guide to Turkish Cafe
Jaime Leigh..Pretty Polly not avail. commercially
Compagnie Giulia..Lamento Di Tristano / La Rotta..Compagnie Giulia (A tribute to Mike Edwards)

Dalla..Maggie May..Cribbar
Mary O'Shea..Forget-Me-Knot..Dolly O
Mulatu Astake..Ethio Blues..Mulatu Steps Ahead
Shedloads Of Love..Loneliness..Love And Affection
The Roots Union..From The Gutter To The Stars..From The Gutter To The Stars
Oi Va Voi & Taraf De Haidouks..A Rom And A Home..Electric Gypsyland
Les Desterrados..Buenos Noches..Les Desterrados

Bank Holiday

Tracks played this Bank Holiday were ...
Dalla pictured..The Sundial / The Wabe / An Dufunyans
Reynoir Casimir Dit Negoce & Signature..Voici Reyoir..Planetes Musiques
Mulatu Astake..Boogaloo..Mulatu Steps Ahead
Anthony Jackson & Yiorgos Fakanas..Parhellia..Interspirit
Smadj & Orhan Osman..Hat..S.O.S.
Kocani Orkestrar..L'Orient Est Rouge..Electric Gypsyland Vol 2
Selim Sezler..Lovers Bliss..Selim Sezler
Les Desterrados..Mi Suegra, La Negra..Les Desterrados
Karim Zaid..Selmoni..Dawi
Robert Diaz..Floresta..Tango Fusion Club
Ria Parfit..Jar Of Fishes..Ria Parfit
Oi Va Voi..Waiting..Travelling The Face Of The Globe
Guo Brothers..Dancing And Singing In The Village..Yuan
Guichen Brothers..Taoliou..Dreams Of Brittany
Gore Brothers..In Grading Cu Tafani..Sounds From A Bygone Age
DJ Click Vs Mahala Rai Banda..Romano Dance..Electric Gypsyland
Lazy..Vibrations..Too Little Too Late
Alasdair Roberts..Down Where The Willow Wands Weep..Froots No. 21
Andy Clarke..Oxen Ploughing..Gather To My Side
Whapweasel..Toots Suite..Pack Of Jokers
Oumou Sangare..Yo Djeli..Froots No. 32
Nicola Conte..Missione A Bombay..World Lounge
Eleni Tsaligopoulou / Imam Baildi..Ta Paldia Dis Geitonias Sou..Froots No 33
Moroccan Spirit..Jim I Nim..Moroccan Spirit

New Roots

Quite a number of new albums / recordings were featured this week, some yet to be released. Many thanks to artists, promoters and others who send us recordings either as CDs or downloads. Keep 'em coming!

We played:
Guichen..Danses Sauvages Sur L'ile Tome..Dreams Of Brittany
Dalla..Taslla Rooz..Cribbar
Lobi Traore..Alah Ka Bo..Rainy Season
Syriana..The Road To Damascus..The Road To Damascus
Bombay Talkie..Chargiye..Bangra Fever
Mutatu Astake..The Way To Nice..Mutatu Steps Ahead

Tobias Ben Jacob..When I Cross The Borderline..Hard Times In Old London City 
Left: Album cover
Phillip Henry with Hannah Martin..Witchita..Live In the Living Room
The Mamaku Project..Oracle Of Rain..Karekare
Les Yeux Noir..Trionica..BalamoukThe Imagined Village feat. Billy Bragg..England Half England Meets John Barleycorn..Folk Against Fascism Vol.1

The Roots Union..Song To Light Your Candle By..From the Gutter To The Stars

Dave Swarbrick with Beryl Marriott..The Heilanman / Drowsy Maggie..Swarbrick In memory of Beryl Marriott 1928 - 2010

Hoover The Dog..Dead Dogs..Distempo

Andy Clarke..Green Broom..Gather To My Side

James Hollingsworth..Sooner Or Later..Live At St George's Hall, Bristol

Claude Bourbon..Ghosts..We'll Meet Again

Smadj + Orhan Osman..Selin Icin..S.O.S

Selim Sezler..Festive Village..Selim Sezler

Count To Fire..Screen Play..In Another Life

David Krakauer Band..Sirba..Live In Krakow

Wig A Wag..Kele..Wig A Wag

Joe Le Taxi..Watch That Dog..Dance All Night

Mariza..Ha Festa Na Mouraria..Live At Womad 2002

The Valera Miranda Family..El Vendedor De Agua..Rough Guide To The Music Of Cuba

Dolly-O

That's the name of the album just released by the talented young singer songwriter musician who joined us in the studio this evening, Mary O'Shea.
£1.50 of each album sale will go to a Philippine charity her uncle runs. The charity is Cenon C. Perez Educational Programme Inc. with a mission statement to "build and promote child literacy by providing financial assistance for deserving children." The 7-track EP is only £7 (an EP but tracks are long - it's as long as some full CDs!) and it's excellent - Mary has a wonderful voice and it has beautiful accompaniment and is exquisitely produced. You can buy Dolly-O from Mary's website.
From the album we played...
Unjaded, Narcissus En Echo and Jude Indigo.



Thanks to Young Tom pictured for singing us a good self-penned song too. 

We also played:

Los Camperos de Valles..El Perdiguero..The Muse
Mauricio Pereira..Imbarueri..Beginner's Guide To World Music
Joe Le Taxi..Mardi Gas Song..Dance All Night
Some Sort Of Threat..Most Frantic, Where's The Armour?
Rees Wesson..Bonsoir Moreau..Nice and Lovely
The Abramson Singers..Fool's Gold..The Abramson Singers
Mulatu Astatke..Green Africa..Mulatu Steps Ahead
Tinariwen..Amidmin..Amassakoul N Tenare
Les Yeux Noir..Joc De Loup..Balamouk
Kroke..Ajde Jano..Trio
Oi Va Voi..Dusty Road..Travelling The Face Of The Globe
Amsterdam Klezmer Band..Terk..The Cultures Of Rhythm
Wig A Wag..Marv Eo Massoud..Wig A Wag
Dalla..Falmouth Packet / The Chainlocker..Cribbar
Andy Clarke..Andy's Gone..Gather To My Side
Arvest..Goullo..Tri Diaoul
Reg Meuross..Angelina's Coming Home..All this Longing
Jacky Molard & Foune Diarra..N'Diale.. N'Diale

Acoustica Fayre

Many, many thanks to Acoustica Fayre for playing for rootsandshoots 
this evening. Jaime and Martyn, you were great. Thank you 
to Young Tom for looking in too and for taking this picture.
From Jaime's album we played the title track Finding My Ground. Live the duo performed...
There Was A Maiden Walking; The Likes Of You And Me; Wandering Sons and Take Me Back To The Island.
You can hear more of their music on myspace here and here.
Other recordings played:
Dalla..Fly Cellar / Unity /Heva Cornisce..Cribbar
Andy Clark..Limbo / Purgatory..Gather to My Side
Guichen Brothers..Dreams Of Brittany / L'Heure Bleue..Dreams Of Brittany
Wig A Wag..tbc
Arvest..Tri Diaoul..Tri Diaoul
David Pasquet..B.I.E.N...Sa Difference
Phillip Henry..Witchita..Live In The Living Room
Reg Meuross..Send Me An Angel / Big Wheels..The Goodbye Hat
Martin Simpson with Andy Cutting..Lakes Of Champlain..Prodigal Son
Spontus..Tour De Cote..Spontus
Pengollo..Skot An Yar..Da Bep Tu
Ined Noz..Bel Ete..Nevez Stil
Dalla..Ann Tremellan / Farewell Maidens All..Cribbar
Count To Fire..Stormy Heart..Another Country 
The Dillards..Lonesome Indian..Backporch Bluegrass

Live duo on Roots & Shoots

This Monday 9 August rootsandshoots welcomes the exciting new local musical duo Acoustica Fayre -  
Jaime Leigh (pictured)  
and Martyn Cornelius -  
playing live for us. Listen in between 18:00 and 20:00
when there will be three Martins/Martyns in the studio!

The Hodge clan

Conrad and Gavin joined Martin Hodge in the studio for this Monday's rootsandshoots. 

The playlist was a joint effort and included some people appearing at the current Sidmouth Folk Week.

We played...

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba..Amy..I Speak Fula

Mawkin : Causley..New York Trader..Cold Ruin

Billy Bragg..The World Turned Upside Down..Brewing Up With Billy Bragg

Szaszcsavas Band..Gypsy Slow Csardas

Jill Jack..Tides..Songwriter Sessions

Jaime Leigh..Change..Finding My Ground

Eliza Carthy..Jackie Tar..And We'll All Have Tea

Wood Wilson Carthy..Scarborough Fair..Classic Carthy

Jean Michel Jarre..Oxygene (Part 1)..Oxygene

Jose Zeca Neves..Injuria..Putumayo Presents Cape Verde

Staff Benda Bilili..Moto Moindo..Tres Tres Fort

Jackie Oates..Flower Of Northumberland..Jackie Oates

Paul Simon feat. Ladysmith Black Mombaza..Diamonds On The Souls Of Her Shoes..Graceland

Toumani Diabate..Ismael Drame..The Mande Variations

Yann Tiersen..La Valse D'Amelie..Amelie

Ennio Morricone..On Earth As It Is In Heaven..Original Soundtrack From the Film The Mission

Andy Cutting with Ian Carr..Cuckoo's Nest / Old Molly Oxford..Andy Cutting

Bellowhead..Rambling Sailor..E.P.Onymous

Paul Simon..I Know What I Know..Graceland

Richard Thompson..I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life..Mirror Blue

Jason Steele..Bones Are Breaking..Fire Begot Ash