We started in Bristol...

...with Spiro and ended in Devon with Panacea. In between we reached as far away as Australia.

Here's the full list. Artist..Track..Album
Spiro..The White Hart..Lightbox
Sam Carter..Next Of Kin..Folk Rising 2
Les Negresses Vertes..La Faim Des Haricots..Mlah
Bernard Loffet..Droneless / Les Marjolaines (Cercle Circassien)..Moteur!
The Fureys..The Curragh Of Kildare..The Spanish Cloak
Sherburn, Bartley & Scott..Do With What You've Got..Live at The Wharf
Staff Benda Bilili..Moziki..Tres Tres Fort
Think Of One..Feira De Mangaio..Awards For World Music 07Fanfare Ciocarlia..Kan Marau La..Queens & Kings
Marta Sebestyen..Szeress Egyet..The Best Of Marta Sebestyen
17 Hippies..Son Mystere..Sound Of The World 2007
La Bibournoise..Les Culottes De V'Lour..Genticorum
Panacea..Mosaic..Panacea
Goliards..Stroking Bees / Muiniera De Chao..Slipperty Stomp
Goliards are playing at the Ceilidh For Amnesty at St James' Church Hall, Mt Pleasant, Exeter on Saturday 7th November from 8pm
The Waifs..Sunflower Man..A Brief History Of The Waifs (Live)
Habib Koite..Barra..Bamada
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll pictured belowThe Robber + The Burdette / Family Jig
recorded live for rootsandshoots in July 09
Olivia Chaney..Some Rival..Looking For A New England
The Incredible String Band..Empty Pocket Blues..The Incredible String Band
Ojos De Brujo..Sultanas De Merkaillo..Awards For World Music 07
Ska Cubano..Bobine..Awards For World Music 07
Fanfare Ciocarlia..Born To Be Wild..Queens & Kings
Staff Benda Bilili..Marguerite..Tres Tres Fort
Mary Epworth..The Saddle Song..Looking For A New England
Panacea..Shimmer..Panacea

Baring Gould, Phonic Pub Quiz, a spooky evening and fine music

We began tonight's rootsandshoots with news of the Baring Gould Folk Festival happening in Okehampton this weekend with Spinach For Norman, Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll pictured below,
Jackie Oates, Matt Norman, Marilyn Tucker & Paul Wilson and
many other fine artists.

We also publicised some Phonic FM events: the Pub Quiz this Wednesday 21 October from 8pm at the Bowling Green in Exeter and the spooky Ghost Talks at the Music Room in Exeter Library from 7pm on Friday 30 October. Not be missed, unless - in the case of the latter - you are of a nervous disposition!
And we played some fine music...
Artist..Track..Album
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll..George Watson's Hornpipe..Beneath The Black Tree
Jackie Oates..The Pleasant Month Of May..Hyperboreans
Angel Brothers..Shifting Sands..Navigator 18
Hoover The Dog..Radnor Rant..Distempo
Besh O Drom..Dedei..Once I Catch The Devil
Beata Palya..Harom Arva..Adieu Les Complexes
Groupa..Sparve Lilia..Imeland
Aynor Dogan..Keca Kurdan..Turkish Cafe
Little Rumba..Food Of Love..The Big Picture
Aci Poyam..Yollari
Mihaelis Terzis..Ti Thalassa Ti Galani (The Blue Sea)..Roots Of Greek Music: Music Of The Islands
Riccardo Tesi..La Citta Vecchia..Presente Remoto
Pendragon..La Parida..Continental Drift
State Of Undress..Mudeford Mood..Livin' It, Lovin' It
Fairport Convention..Rising For The Moon..Rising For The Moon
Hoover The Dog..Al Gore's Enigma Variations / Shabaz Reel..Distempo
Winaj'h..Kriez Briezh Parano..Winaj'h
Gamelon Gong..Lagu Kebiar..Sprigs Of Time
Fairuz..Ya Honaina..Sprigs Of Time
Malijo & Party..Muliranwawo..Sprigs Of Time
Marilyn Tucker & Paul Wilson & Friends..Blue Muslin..Dead Maid's Land
Spinach For Norman..Ten Tors Hop / Petronella..Ready To Start Again
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba..Jamana Be Diya..I Speak Fula
Zeca Di Nha Reinalda, Joao Cirilio & Blick Tchutchy..Tchon Di Massa Pe..Putumayo Presents Cape Verde
John Patitucci Trio..Messaien's Gumbo..Remembrance

It's all happening this Friday

So we discovered tonight. No excuse for staying in unless you're listening to Phonic FM. Amongst other things on Friday, there's

d'Accord: from 8pm at Ide Village Hall near Exeter: Poisson Rouge pictured, Chabotee and friends provide great music for French/Breton dancing

Our guest, multi-talented Paul Whittall in concert with Goliards at Crediton Arts Centre. The evening entitled Stroking Bees and Chasing Hares begins at 7.30pm
 
Rootsy, rocky, fiddlesome band State Of Undress: Barnfield Theatre, Exeter from 8pm

We played the following Artist..Track..Album
Angel Brothers..Tongues Of Fire..Angel Brothers
Tom Jenkinson..#7..Squarepusher - Solo Electric Bass 1
Oi Va Voi..Dusty Road..Travelling The Face Of The Globe
Seth Lakeman..The Punch Bowl..The Punch Bowl
Ruth Notman..Limbo..Threads
Richard Bona..Djembe & I Wish & TrainsBona Makes You Sweat
Little Rumba..Skacastic..The Big Picture
Fatimar And The Freedom Fries..Tuckebold..Trust
Staff Benda Bilili..Avramandole..Tres Tres Fort
John Stewart..Baby It's You..Sowing The Seeds
Chet Atkins And Les Paul..Caravan..Chester And Lester
Art Tatum..Cherokee..The Best Of Art Tatum - The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces
Dreamcatcher..Life..And The World's All Yours
Paul Whittall..Fish In The Sea/God's Eye/The Sea Returns Its Treasures
Poisson Rouge..Schottishe..2nd Rush
Startijenn..Torts Jigs..Pakit Holl 1
Arvest..Fantazi..Fantazi
Joseph Taylor..Sprig Of Thyme..Sprigs Of Time
Sacasas feat. Ruben Gonzales..Rumba Negra..Sprigs Of Time
Mighty Sparrow..The Queen's Canary..Sprigs Of Time
The Jazz Mandolin Project..Ode To Dark Eyes..Jungle Tango

And, of course, we featured the rootsandshoots GARDENING TIPS for this month...

• It’s the time of year to gather up the remaining harvest and tidy up the garden in readiness to get started on next year's crops and flowers.

• If you have a greenhouse, check that heaters are working properly.

• Your potatoes should have been stored in a cool, dark place in hessian sacks or something similar. It’s a good idea to check through each one carefully as any diseased potatoes can affect the others. Remove any that feel spongy, have fungus on them or are discoloured.

• Herb gardens should be tidied up. Take out annual herbs. Perennial herbs can be cut back hard to encourage new growth in spring.
• Winter lettuces can be grown under cloches or in a cold frame.

• Your rhubarb will need attention. Remove dead or drying foliage from the crowns to stop rot setting in. If you have large clumps of rhubarb you can divide them into chunks as long as there is a bud on each piece. Give your rhubarb plants a good mulch of well-rotted manure for protection over winter and to feed them in the spring.

• Replace borders filled with dying bulbs by winter flowering pansies, small flowered violas, wallflowers or spring flowering bulbs.

Happy gardening from rootsandshoots

Surprise visit

We were delighted this Monday when Phonic's Tezza introduced us to singer songwriter Kate Walsh who was performing at Exeter Phoenix and we did an impromptu interview live with her onair. She performed a song, As He Pleases, from her new album Light & Dark too. A lovely and talented person. Thanks, Kate and Gazza. Check out Kate's website here. Listen to Tezza's Collision show (upfront indie and alternative music) on Phonic FM on Thursday 18:00 - 20:00.

We also played: Artist..Track..Album

Guichen Brothers..La Tournee Des Grand Ducs..FreresDick Gaughan..Erin-Go-Bragh..Handful Of Earth
The Eel Grinders..Starburst..Voyage
Richard Bona..Sen Sen Sen..Bona Makes You Sweat
Bill Bruford..If You Can't Stand The Heat.....Feels Good To Me
Celina Gonzalez..Camina Y Yen..Virgin Directory Of World Music Compay Segundo..Macusa..Beginner's Guide To World Music
Food Of Love..Little Rumba..The Big Picture
Oi Va Voi..Wonder..Travelling The Face Of The Globe
Martin Simpson..The Wind & The Rain..True Stories
Shirley & Dolly Collins..Nellie The Milkmaid..Anthems In Eden
Gnawa..Tete A Tete Avec Baghdad..Diffusion
Jon Hassell..Tribal Secret..Earthquake Island
Geoffrey Oryema..Market Day..Beat the Border
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba..Torin Torin..I Speak Fula
Steve Winham..Still Be Showers..Where Now?
Beirut..Nantes..The Flying Club Cup
Fleet Foxes..Tiger Mountain Peasant Song..Fleet Foxes
Les Claypool..Pretty Little Song..Of Fungi And Foe
Balkan Beat Box..Hermetico..Nu Med
Budapest Klezmer Band & Liszt Chamber Orchestra..Legycsapo Tanc (Fly Flap Dance)..Klezmer Suite

Something old, something new...

Some brand new releases and some golden oldies...

Tonight we played: Artist..Track..Album

Just East Of Jazz..Ishta Taist..Swerve

Little Rumba..Tango Serpiente..The Big Picture

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba..I Speak Fula..I Speak Fula
Tarika..Taraina..Bibiango

Cuarteto Martinez Zarate..Verano Porteno..The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Arvest..Ma Flanedenn..Fantazi
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick..Byker Hill..Classic Carthy
Jackie Oates..Isle Of France..Hyperboreans

Oi Va Voi..Dissident..Oi Va Voi

Brenna Maccrimmon..Sensiyemin Ucu Kare..Kulac Misafiri

Mustafa Sandal..Kalmadi..Turkish Groove
Richard Bona..Kalabancoro..Bona Makes You Sweat
Esperanza Spalding..Samba Em Preludio..Eaperanza

Angel Brothers..Days Like Diamonds..Forbidden Fruit

Faubourg De Boignard..L'Effet Secondaire..Terra Galica
Alphornduo Aemittal..Fruhlingstraum..Music From The Old World: The Alps
Davy Spillane & Donal Lunny..Whistling Low/Errigal..Common Ground

Sine..The Hard Hat Set..It's About Time

Startijenn..Pakit Holl!..Pakit Holl!

Johnny Clegg & Savuka..Third World Child..The Best Of Jaluka/Savuka
Brendan Power..Paddy Clancy's Jig/Moyasta Junction..New Irish Harmonica
And we played 2 tracks by Phillip, Tobias and Hannah from The Roots Union (pictured here) recorded live in the studio in April this year: Song To Light Your Candle By and Love is The Revolution.

Starting in Devon...

On this Monday's show we began musically in Devon and soon moved out to experience a wide variety of music from other parts of the British Isles - then from here, out into the big wide world. We hope you continue to enjoy our selection.
Artist..Track..Album
Seth Lakeman..Band Of Gold..Freedom Fields
Andy Irvine..My Heart's Tonight In Ireland..Common Ground
Martin Cole..Gymnopodie..Made In Cornwall
Gadjologie..Debilus Profundicum Blues..Gadjologie
Karine Polwart..The Learig..Fairest Floo'er
Fernhill..Pontypridd..Llatai
Celtech..Laride..Batcombe Vale
Little Rumba..Rustum and Sharkey..The Big Picture
Ojos De Brujo..Quien Engana No Gana..Bari
Faltriueira..Lambrada De Cortellas..fRoots 21
Swans In Flight..Paradise..Swans In Flight
Oi Va Voi..S'Brent..Travelling The Face Of The Globe
Wan Xiao Nan..Zhan Tai Feng..Guzheng
Mamer..Mountain Wind..Eagle
Alice Jemima..Technicolour Postcard..Alice Jemima
Spooky Men's Chorale..Satisfaction..Tooled Up
Kocani Orchestra..Sunet Ora..Princes Amongst Men
Muzsikas..Maramorosi Tancok..Bartok Album
Startijonn..'Ba'Kerchef..Pakit Holl!..
Tri Yann..Derobee De Guingamp..Le Meilleur De Tri Yann
Maurice El Medioni & Roberto Rodriguez..Oh! Ma Belle..Awards For World Music 2007
Ana Firmino..Chico Malandra..Putumayo Presents Cape Verde
Banditaliana..Pomodhoro..Banditaliana
Gigi..Zomaye..Gigi
Rory McLeod..Miners' Picket Dance..Mouth To Mouth

In the studio...

In the Studio for Roots and Shoots on Monday 14th September were Martin Henning and Rich Cooke.
Tracks Martin played were: Artist..Track..Album

Angel Brothers..Punjab To Pit Top..Forbidden Fruit
Swans In Flight..Young Heart..Swans In Flight
Maurice El Medioni & Roberto Rodriguez..Rai Rock Rumba.. North African Cafe
Abyssinia Infinite..Embe Ashafergne..Zion Roots
Luis Rizzo Trio..Adios Nonino..The Music Of Astor Piazzola,The Spirit Of Buenos Aries
Amestoy Trio..Barnaka..Sport & Couture
Banditaliana..Vento Del Madagascar..Banditaliana
Municipale Balcanica..L'Aria Migliore..Road To Damascus
Marcus Miller..Jean Pierre..Free
Fatima Spar Und Die Freedom Fries..Kibirli Ceviz..Zirzop
Beirut..After The Curtain..Gulag Orkestrar
Dr. John..Bruha Bembe..Creole Moon
Guichen..Soleil Rouge..Freres
Karma..Baleu..Mouvement(s)
Tracks played by Rich Artist..Track..Album
Ida Kelaroba..?
Kurdish music
King Selewa..Trinidad..Calypso Invasion
Meczla Latina..Los Roques..Salsa Dura
Lura..Um Dia..Eclipse
Daby Toure & Skip McDonald..Past Time..Call My Name
Los Van Van..Te Pone La Cabeza
Ojos De Brujo..Tudos Mortales..Aocania

Monday 7 September show

Tracks played this Monday were as follows:
Track..Artist..Album
The Poacher..Sine..It's About Time
Gavotte / Baching Mad..Hoover The Dog..Scratch 'N' Sniff
String's Jig..Guichen..Freres
Once..Angel Brothers..Forbidden Fruit
Did They Ever Tell Cousteau..E.S.T. 7 Days Of Falling
Berimbass..Renaud Garcia-Fons..Arcoluz
Wayak..Les Orientales..North African Cafe
Bu Gala Dasli Gala..Shimal..Turkish Cafe
Rustic Head..N.U.M.B...Massive Respect
Red State Girl..Les Claypool..Of Fungi And Foe
One Life One Hope..Swans In Flight.. Swans In Flight
Caravan Club Version..Municipale Balcanica..Road To Damascus
Just One More Chance..Les Paul & Mary Ford..The Very Best Of
Joseph Joseph..Fatima Spar And The Freedon Fries..Zirzop
Anita..Banditaliana..Banditaliana
Facce..Rosa Paeda..Facce
Jazzy..Riccardo Tesi..Presente Remoto
What Eliot Said..Megan Henwood.. What Eliot Said
Toots Suite..Whapweasel..Pack Of Jokers

A track from a live session here in the studio was also played featuring Becki Driscoll and Nick Wyke: Coronation Day

Positive feedback for Rosa

There was extremely positive feedback via email to the performance Rosa Rebecka gave for rootsandshoots tonight. Congratulations, Rosa.
She sang and played for us: Grey, Boundless, Till Österland Vill Jag Fara and Purple.
Check out Rosa's website for details of her music and performances.
We look forward to the release of Rosa's new CD and will let you know when it comes out - and, of course, play tracks on the show.

Recordings played: Artist..Track..Album
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba..Tabil Te..Segu Blue
Tarika Sammy..Jono..Balance
Molara..Omalara..Massive Respect
Salif Keita..Y'ambo..M'Bemba
Hamon Martin Quintet..Roc'h Ar Salut..L'Habit De Plume
Angel Brothers..Denaby Deliverance..Forbidden Fruit
Marie Ni Criochain..Tumble Back The Years..Ocean Of Blue
Peatbog Faeries..Shifting Peat & Feet..Welcome To Dun Vegus
Astor Oioazzola..Violentango..The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
The Tango Band..Wolf..Live At Hay Litery Festival 2001
Project Brassens Quartet..La Non Demande En Marriage..PBQ
Radio Tarifa..Rumba Argelina..Froots #5
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting..Country Gardens/Rambling Comber..Knock John
Sarazino..Cochabamba..Putumayo World Party
La Sinora Dinamita..Maruja..Exitos Explosivos
Mahwash & Radio Kabul Ensemble..An Impassioned Nature..Ghazals Afghans
Sabah Habas Mustapha..Singe Tema..Froots#3
Poisson Rouge..Ronde De St. Vincent..PR Preview CD

With September coming in, we gave out the rootsandshoots Gardening Tips…

• You can extend the growing season of herbs like parsley and chives by potting the plants and taking them indoors.
• To help with weeding in the spring, remove as many weeds from your strawberry beds as you can now.
• Green tomatoes picked now can be ripened on a sunny windowsill. To help them ripens put red tomatoes or other ripe fruits such as bananas alongside them. Or to hasten the ripening process, put the tomatoes inside a brown paper bag.
• Some fruit trees and plants can be pruned in September. Blackberries, summer-fruiting raspberries and blackcurrants fruit on last season’s growth. Prune fruiting branches after the fruit has been picked, leaving the strongest young branches.
• With autumn-fruiting varieties, wait until late winter to cut them to the ground to make way for new canes that will grow from the base and fruit the same year.
• Continue to deadhead faded flowers.
• Potted hyacinths can be grown indoors. Keep the pots in a cool, dark place and water from time to time.
• Renovate the lawn: rake it vigorously to remove any dead or dying grass.
• While the soil is still warm, reseed any bare patches in the lawn that have appeared over the summer.

Happy gardening from rootsandshoots.

Rosa Rebecka on Roots & Shoots

"In concert, Rosa Rebecka's haunting and intimate songs are alternated with traditional music."

Rosa will sing and play for us on Monday 31 August.