21.1.13 - Moor Reason and Mali - the 2 could go together.

Certainly More Reason is needed in Mali, not sure I'd recommend Moor Reason to go there at the moment - you need your fingers to make more wonderful music like we heard on the show on Monday (21.1.13).

Lee Coatham, singer and guitarist and bass master Paul China, from Moor Reason came on to the show  to play some music from the band's new EP - recorded in the Sound Gallery recording studio next door to the Phonic studio.  

While the mad Mullahs of Mali are busy making life as miserable as they can for the people of Northern Mali Roots and Shoots featured Malian music in solidarity with the people there, although they will be very unlikely to hear it since those jolly Islamists have confiscated (stolen to you and me) radios, mobile phones, computers and TVs - anything that may broadcast music, from the population and threatened to cut off the fingers of any one found playing a musical instrument!

So while they are busy getting ready to mutilate musicians not to mention women, as is their wont, I  played Malian music to annoy a Mullah with, especially including some amazing women singers and musicians. It may be a futile gesture but I hope somebody noticed and maybe someone in Northern Mali will get the message that there is some hope around the corner.

 

Here's what we broadcast:

Live tracks from Lee & Paul from Moor Reason:

Song For Mya

No Moor Reason

Nothing At All

Tracks from the EP

Run

Careless, Young & Free

Shaded By The Leaves

Plus

The First World Cup.. Bill Bloke..Mud On The Snacks

The Maid On The Shore ..Solas.. Celtic Tides
Waiting For Rain ..Caroline Lavelle.. Spirit
No More Lonely Nights ..Charlie Musselwhite.. Stand Back!  
Out In The Traffic ..Wilko Johnson.. The Best Of Wilko Johnson Volume 2
Ta Se 'Na La ..Eithne NiUallachain.. Women Of The World: Celtic II
Jonkoloni..Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Segu.. Blue 
Tindo Quando .. Baaba Maal.. Songlines CD #86 (Aug/Sept 2012)
Li Ma Weesu ..Youssou N'Dour.. Songlines CD #89 (Jan/Feb 2013) 
Kamoukie ..Salif Keita.. M'Bemba
Kankeletigui..Djeneba Seck.. The Wassoulou Sound: Women of Mali - Volume 2  
Didadi Kana ..Nahawa Doumbia.. Bougouni 
Sosso ..Hadja Soumano Divas of Mali: Great Vocal Performances from a Fabled Land 
Too Late for Shadows (Live) ..Peter Knight's Gigspanner.. Doors at Eight (Live)
Derveshum Carnivalis..Terry Riley & Nice Opera String Quintet.. Atlantis Nath
Eighty One .. Bill Frisell, Ron Carter & Paul Motian.. Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian 

Sam Green and Joe James Live, thirty years of Wren Music and Wassailing

On Monday 14 January 2013 on rootsandshoots with presenter Martin Hodge, Sam Green and Joe James gave us a lively, exhilarating and highly entertaining set for us. Apologies that we did have some sound problems - I do hope they didn't spoil your enjoyment of the show.

Sam and Joe's songs were The Little Ditty, Slip Strings, Highway One and Wood For The Trees.

Sam and Joe have been touring extensively as part of the band Sam Green and the Midnight Heist and occasionally as a duo. The band are playing in Exeter at the Revelry (on the Quay) on Friday 25 January. More info about Sam Green and the Midnight Heist gigs and details of the launch tour for their new EP Miles Away on Facebook. Listen to their music on Soundcloud. 

Wassailing in the West Country includes plenty of cider to drink and to pour on apple tree roots to ensure a bumper harvest later in the year -along with shooting in the air to keep the evil spirits at bay. The apple-related and Wassail songs played were
Blur..Wassail Song

Lara Conley..Apple Tree..Apple Tree
Shirley Collins..Ashen Faggot Wassail..Adieu To Old England

The City Fruit Wassail Celebration organised by local group Harvest takes place at Mincinglake Community Orchard on Sunday 27 January from 15:00.

"Join us in an ancient ceremony to bless the apple trees, and cast out bad spirits to ensure an abundant apple crop in the following year. Dancing from Beltane Border Morris, music with Exwick Singers, mulled apple juice and cider, apple cake...and plenty of festive good cheer!" Facebook page here.

Celebrated community folk arts organisation Wren Music is 30 years old. Find out about what they do in Exeter and other parts of Devon on their website. To celebrate their birthday we played

The EelGrinders..Georgina..Voyage

Rosa Rebecka..Can Vei La Lauzeta Mover..Songs for Mrs Beautiful

Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll..Barnstable to Umberleigh..Beneath the Black Tree

Solarference..Willow Tree

Matt Norman..The Cliff; Eight Days Late..Eight Days Late

Marilyn Tucker and Paul Wilson..Tom's Gone to Hilo..On the Tide

Other music played

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba..Jama Ko..Jama Ko

Waterson : Carthy..New Year Carol, Residue..Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man

Tamikrest..Tahoult..Adagh

The Albion Dance Band..Uncle Bernard's; Jenny Lind; The Hunt Is Up..The Prospect Before Us

Marcus Bonfanti..Bittersweet..Medicine Man

Bert Jansch..Blackwaterside..Legend - The Classic Recordings

Kouatchou..Combien De Temps..Change

Kouatchou is doing a song spot at the Exeter Green Party Winter Ceilidh with Sheer Hopody and caller Martin Hodge on Saturday 26 January in Exeter. Details here. 

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba feat. Taj Mahal ..Poye 2..Jama Ko

New Year, New theme tune

Hi all.
Thanks for listening if you did on Monday 7th Jan.
Plenty of global music to tittilate your ears I hope3. There is a new theme tune too, TheTango Band's Nic's Klez.
Also played were:
Sleepy Maggie..Ashley MacIsaac.. Celtic Tides  
Ó Boro Braindí Braindí 3:5..1 Áine Minogue.. Dublin to Dakar
Rusty nails..Kíla.. Dublin to Dakar  
De Funk ..The Bucket Band.. Rainy Daze
The Rights Of Man..Eileen Ivers.. Women Of The World: Celtic II  
Haram gui ..Urna.. Portrait ''Heavenly Bird'' 
Invocation.. Wu Man.. La Guitara - Gender Bending Strings
Ella Es Así..Peret Que.. Levante el Dedo
Tarifa ..Antonio Forcione.. Sketches of Africa
Bailaores ..Ojos de Brujo Rambla.. Rumble Rumba
Björkhalling..Stockholm Lisboa Project.. Aurora 
Rock Rumberu..La Troba Kung-Fú.. Clavell Morenet
Bakari ..Ahmed.. Dhaalu Raa
Quiero Mi Gente..Abelardo Carbono.. Diablos del Ritmo 1960-1985: The Colombian Melting Pot (Afrobeat - Puya - Cumbiamba - Terapia - Mapalé - Caribbean Funk)
Les Forgerons Aiment Le Vin..Brotto Lopez.. Le Bal  
La Courtisée (Mazurka) ..Dominique Forges Avec Banda Béro Y Viendrez-Vous.. Musique Á Danser
Folk Mondays..Stuart McCallum.. Echo Architect
Most mulik pontosan..Csik zenekar.. Ez a vonat, ha elindult, hadd menjen 
Papusha..Kal.. KAL 
The Radio Detective..Daily Planet.. Daily Planet: Live
La Bergera..La Lionetta.. Ballate 1978-1996
Bom Dia, Amor (Carta de Maria José)..Carminho Alma
An Longe O Mar..Madredeus..Essencia
Night Song..Rosa Rebecka..Songs For Mrs. Beautiful

A Happy New Year from Roots and Shoots!

Music played on New Year's Eve: continuing the Review of 2012 and looking forward to 2013!

Jiggerypipery..Jerry's Jig..Jiggerypipery

Dave Wood..Go Ahead Buddy..Into The Light
David Celia..Severine..I Tried
Simon & Rhys..Canvas Sky..Angles
Dartmoor Pixie Band..Westward Ho!..The Pixies Strike Again!
Brendan Power..Jig Jazz
Lampliter..Mercury Rising..Lampliter
Kouatchou..Smile..Change
Galley Beggar..Sun God..Reformation House
Eric Ness..Sunshine..Working Song..Blah Blah Blah
Emily Portman..Hatchlings..Hatchling
Sondorgo..Opa Cupa..Tamburising: The Lost Music Of The Balkans
Diabel Cissokho.. Karambaya..Kanabory Siyama
Ben & Alfie..Hot Ginger..Milestones
Seth Lakeman..Blacksmith's Prayer..The Punch Bowl
Fanfare Ciocarlia..Duj Duj..Queens & Kings

Mecale..Tigane..Brazilian Sampler CD from Bahia

Count To Fire..Stormy Heart..In Another Life

Dick Gaughan..Song For Ireland..Handful Of Earth

Rosa Rebecka..Unbearably Grateful..Songs For Mrs Beautiful

The New Years Eve Roots and Shoots show...

..is presented by Martin Hodge. It will be a special show featuring artists who have guested on rootsandshoots on Phonic FM and looking forward to a good musical year in 2013.

How many of the artists in the pics can you identify?

For answers, listen to the show!

Roots and Shoots on Christmas Eve

Season's greetings from rootsandshoots!!

Music played on our Christmas Eve show with Martin Hodge:
Staff Benda Bilili..Libala Ya Mungwa..Bouger Le Monde
Etran Finatawa..Gouma..Songs For Desert Blues
Step 2 Ceilidh Band..Rochdale Coconut Dance
Sam Lee..On Yonder Hill..Ground Of Its Own

Alice Jemima pictured..Driving Home For Christmas
Eric Ness..Good Vibes..Blah Blah Blah

Dylan Thomas..A Child's Christmas In Wales (excerpt)

Abartawe Cast of "A Child's Christmas In Wales"..From The Mountains To The Sea

The Touré-Raichel Collective feat. Cabra Casay..Ane Nahatka..The Tel Aviv Session
Ravi Shanka..Raga Khamaj

The Monkees..Riu Chiu

Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band..Melima

Ben & Alfie pictured..Snowfall..from new album soon to be released


















Assembly..What We All Need..single from South West Music School. Downloadable here!
Billy Brandt & Sarana Verlin..Wind Through The Pines..Live From Billy's Basement
Le Vent Du Nord..Toujours Amants..Tromper Le Temps
Tom Paley's Old-Time Moonshine Revue..A Horse Named Bill..Roll On, Roll On
Reg Meuross..A Child Was Born
Sounds Of The Sirens..Christmas Dave..recorded live at Phonic FM's 2012 Christmas Party at Exeter Phoenix
Rosa Rebecka..Not A Lullaby..Songs For Mrs BeautifulThea Gilmore & Sandy Denny..Frozen Time..Don't Stop Singing
Fanfare Ciocarlia..Moliendo Cafe..Iag Bari

Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin..The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn..Singing The Bones
Mariachi El Bronx..48 Hours..Mariachi El Bronx II
The Carrivick Sisters..Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Eel Grinders..Droneless..Aquamarine

The Solstice is coming!!

Monday 10th December...my last Roots and Shoots broadcast of the year. I'm away 'til the 7th of January 2013. Martin Hodge has kindly offered to take the chair and will present Roots and Shoots on 24th and 31st December.
In this week's show I played some of my most memorable music of the past year's shows including some music from guest musicians who have played live in the studio over that period.
They were:-
(Please note that I have changed the order in the listings to, 'track name..artist..album name')
 
Svengarry..Devonbird..Live Roots and Shoots session 3.12.12
Woodwose..Wildest Dreams..Dancing Stones
#2..EST..EST
Tip Top Hornpipe / Tip Top Polka..Malcolm Woods..Amongst Friends
Mrs. Beautiful's Guitar..Rosa Rebecka..Songs For Mrs Beautiful
Oh Ma Belle..Maurice El Medioni meets Roberto Rodrguiez..Pirhana Latin Noir
Little Girl..Moor Reason..Moor Reason Demo
The Guy I Never Knew..Los No Boss..Los No Boss
Manoir de mes rêves ..Evan Christopher ..Django à la créole
Jean Pierre ..Marcus Miller.. Marcus 
El Tiempo Es Circular (feat. Aline Esquivel & Alex Bershadsky)..Zane Tate ..El Tiempo Es Circular
A Mi Padre..Pepe Haro & Rubem Dantas..Sentires y Quereres
Wedding ..Ahmad Al Khatib & Youssef Hbeisch.. Songlines CD #83 (April/May 2012)
Ils Se Sont Endormis (Valse Trois Temps)..Corinne Renaud, Catherine Grimault, Eric Thézé & Gérard Gordon.. Brume 
Les Trois Marches - Gavotte De Grenoble..Sous Le Pont.. Sous Le Pont
Hir, hir! - Ton simpl plin..Startijenn.. 'Kreiz da fas!
Hir, hir! - Bal plin ..Startijenn.. 'Kreiz da fas! 
Hir, hir! - Ton doubl plin ..Startijenn.. 'Kreiz da fas! 
Ça m'turlupine ..Swing Gadjé.. Partir
Stick Stock..Emily Portman.. Songlines CD #82 (March 2012) 
Stuck in a Hole?..James  Dumbelton.. Dawn Chorus (3rd mastered version)  
Without Reason..FOS Brothers.. Without Reason + 2 bonus hidden tracks 
Gedawo ..Abyssinia Infinite, featuring Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw.. Zion Roots
Boro, boro ..Kal.. KAL
Ostalgie On Eastern Christmas (Clap Dance)..Sandy Lopicic.. Soundtrack Without a Movie, Vol. 1
My Taobuxiaor (Mini Taobuxiaor)..Hanggai Band.. Hanggai (Mongolian) 

So Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!
Martin Henning

FOS Brothers

Tonight - 10th December 2012- the studio was filled with the sound of two of the FOS Brothers, Sam & Dave McCrory playing a few songs live in the studio. We even got a bit Christmassy with them singing a carol!
The tunes they played were:
Tom Payne's Bones,
McCanns Continental Ceilidh,
Does This Train Stop On Merseyside
and our Christmas carol, In the Bleak Mid-Winter.

Other tracks played were:

FOS Brothers.. Without Reason..FOS Brothers
Watmon Cultural Group ..Lweny Dong Pe..World Routes - [Disc 1]
Tarang..Homage .. Sound Of South Asia (Songlines #83 Bonus CD)
Rupak Kulkarni ..Raga Bhimpalasi ..Sound Of South Asia (Songlines #83 Bonus CD)
Hamon Martin Quintet ..Dañs-tro zarico (Ton simpl)..Du silence et du temps
Hamon Martin Quintet..Le Fao (Tamm kreiz) .. Du silence et du temps 
Hamon Martin Quintet ..Roscoper (Ton doubl)..Du silence et du temps
Duo Thébout ..BB..Le Pingouin Ivre
MGoran Bregovic  ..Borino Oro ..Soundtrack
Gadjo..Charlotte.. Gadjistan Zizany
Jan Hrubý, Tomáš Procházka & Jazz Q Martina Kratochvíla ..Citadela..Elegie
Alex Bershadsky ..Underdog..Junk
Look East ..Alex Bershadsky ..Origins
C.K. Mann ..Okuan Tsentsen Awar ..Ghana Funk
Pura Fé ..4 Daughters..Rough Guide To Native America
Show of Hands ..Seven Curses..Wake the Union (Bonus Track Version)
Nuala Kennedy ..Love at the Swimming Pool ..Noble Stranger 
Spiro ..The City and the Stars .. Kaleidophonica
Aynur Dogan ..Ehmedo .. Crossing The Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul 
Baba Zula ..Kelebekler Kuslar..Gecekondu 

Devonbird

Tonight - Monday 3rd.December 2012 - local band Devonbird came on to the show and sang & played some wonderful music for us. For more information about the band please visit www.devonbird.co.uk
Mick emailed to ask if there was a CD available. There will be as the band are beginning recording one in January.
So watch this space and keep listening to Roots and Shoots on Phonic FM on air 106.8fm in Exeter and on line at www.phonic.fm everywhere else worldwide, every Monday 6pm - 8pm.

The band played 4 live pieces - please let me know if I've got the spelling wrong, band!-:
Glengarry
Jig set ;  Lanigan's Ball, Connaught's, Lilting Banshee
Fairleigh Well Old England
Cruel Cropinga

Other recorded music played on the show was as follows:
Devonbird..Masters In This Hall..Demo
Devonbird..Hangman's Daughter..Demo

Cab Calloway..Minnie the Moocher .. Blues Brothers
Josie Lloyd ..Fever..Josie Lloyd's Album 
Louis Jordan ..Keep a Knockin' But You Can't Come In ..The Ultimate Collection
Little Rumba ..Menai Straits ..We Could Be Anywhere
Rupak Kulkarni ..Raga Bhimpalasi ..Sound Of South Asia (Songlines #83 Bonus CD)
Bonga..Maiorais.. Maiorais
Federico Aubele ..Ojalá (feat. Natalia Clavier) ..Berlin
Mendes Brothers ..Helena..Palonkon
Waldemar Bastos ..Minha Familia ..Pretaluz [blacklight] 
Hanggai Band ..Vagabond (Yuan Zou de Ren)..Hanggai (Mongolian)
Hassan Hakmoun ..Lala Aisha..The Rough Guide To The Music Of Morocco
Belshazzar's Feast ..Primus Hornpipe..Find The Lady
Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston ..One Good Year ..Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston 
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin ..Three Witches ..Singing The Bones
Spiro..Spit Fire Spout Rain .. Kaleidophonica
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys ..Grand Isle..Louisiana Legends (Songlines #86 Bonus CD) 
Brotto Lopez ..La Candela ..Le Bal 
Bal O' Gadjo ..Zuip ..En Route
Lúnasa..The Shore House .. Lá Nua
Traditional Japanese Music Ensemble ..Kappore..Traditional Japanese Music - Japanese Traditional Music with Japanese Koto and Japanese Flute Music
Doug Johns ..Southwest Song ..Pocket Fulla Nasty
Doug Webb, John Beasley, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Roastom Khajikan & Vinnie Colaiuta ..Marrakech ..Paris Blue

Deptford and Jason McNiff

Yes Goran Bregovich is from Sarayevo, Bosnia not Poland as I said on air! Thanks Martin.
Jason Mcniff's album is out soon. Today's broadcast was a world exclusive premier of the track mentioned below.
For more information about Jason and his new album give him a google! Seems to be a lot of songs about Deptford (S.E. London) at the moment.
The Monkey Gland Blues Band have recorded one about Okehampton. Any one got any songs about Exeter that I could put on the show?

Tracks played tonight were:

Jason McNiff..If Ghosts Should Walk In Deptford..Deptford Days    
Paddy Roberts ..The Ballad of Bethnal Green .. Paddy Roberts
Goran Bregovic ..Yeremia ..Alkohol (Bonus Track Version)
Kal..Papusha.. KAL
Balfa Toujours ..Chicot Two-Step..Deux Voyages 
The Bonzo Dog Band ..The Equestrian Statue ..Gorilla
Levon Helm ..Feelin' Good..Dirt Farmer
Corinne Renaud, Catherine Grimault, Eric Thézé & Gérard Gordon..Ils Se Sont Endormis (Valse Trois Temps).. Brume
Esquisse..Rond De Loudeac - 15b3..Esquisse Live   
La Machine ..Track 08..La Machine  
Sous Le Pont ..Avant L'orage - Scottish..Sous Le Pont
Daily Planet ..The Big Scoop..The Big Scoop
One String Loose ..A Savage Scenario ..Kumquat
Ola Belle Reed ..Going to Write Me a Letter..Ola Belle Reed and Family
Alex Bershadsky ..Closer..Anonymous
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones ..Bottle Rocket ..Rocket Science (Deluxe Edition) 
Dan Berglund ..Stethoscope..Dan Berglund's Tonbruket
Buika..La Falsa Moneda.. Niña de Fuego
Burkina Electric ..Sankar Yaaré ..Paspanga 
Burhan Öçal ..Tim Tim ..Karadeniz
Esquina..Silbando .. Tango - Corto Maltese
Mendes Brothers ..Atéquemfim..Para Angola Com Um Xi Coração
Étoile de Dakar ..Lay Suma Lay ..Xalis (feat. Youssou N'Dour)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Segu ..Jonkoloni ..Blue 
Tango Band..Swardfish Trombones..Live at Hay Festival
Bay-Bay 6:20 Najm El Farah Essafi The Rough Guide To The Music Of Morocco Traditional