Street Heat, Sarana and Billy and co

Lots of guests in the studio tonight and it was all great fun - at least I thought so!






Emma and Nick spoke to us about Exeter's Street Heat
Samba Band - who began in Exmouth, it seems. They are celebrating their 20th Birthday at Exeter Quay from 11:00 this Saturday 14 May with their Celebration of Samba. They will be parting with other south-west sambistas (a new word for me!).

We had a party in the studio later in the show when Detroit stars Billy Brandt and Sarana VerLin, along with local accompanists JJ Quick and Pete Chart. They performed no less than 5 songs - superbly...
Ain't Gonna Run, Exeter Town (written by Sarana after her visit last year when she fell in live with Exeter; yes, she does know it's a city!), Wind Through the Pines, Thirteen Days and Bats And Butterflies. We had a chance to compare the latter with the recorded version played earlier. The versions were both very good and quite different!
Many thanks to all the excellent musicians.

Recordings played
Genticorum..Tout Le Long Du Voyage..Nagez Remeurs
Grievous Angel feat. Billy Brandt..Perfect world..New Tricks
Sarana VerLin..Bats & Butterflies..Bats & Butterflies
Street Heat..Carnival Samba / Damba De Roda / Samba Reggae..Street Heat
Habib Koite & Bamada..Barra..Afriki
Carlou D..Nanioul..Muzikr
Asha Bosle & Shujaat Khan..Naina Lagai Ke..Naina Lagai Ke
Bob Marley & The Wailers..Natural Mystic..Exodus
Thirty years since Bob died. His music and the legend lives on!
S E Rogie..Kekeh Kefarana..African Dreams
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin..Old Adam The Poacher /
Catharsis / The Boy Who Couldn't Hoe Corn..Singing The Bones

Celticana and Salsa

This Monday 9 May, playing live on rootsandshoots, two of Detroit's most talented musicians, 
Sarana VerLin and Billy Brandt. 
They play their own original blend of Celtic and American music: "Celticana". They have won numerous awards in the folk, country and rock categories. It's great to have them on the show.

We also welcome members of Exeter's premier Samba band 
Street Heat 
who are celebrating 20 years of playing samba.

Exeter Respect 2011

Click here for details

Mayday Mayday

The start of Spring and International Workers' Day. We played a number of relevant tracks.

Dick Gaughan..The Workers' Song..A Handful Of Earth
Jackie Oates..The Pleasant Month Of May..Hyperboreans
Robert Wyatt..The Red Flag..Nothing Can Stop Us

Wig A Wag..Vents Contraires..Wig A Wag

Brigada Victor Jara..Tia Baptista..Marcha Dos Folioes
Victor Jara..Conto Libre..Canto Libre

Afro Cubism..Guantanamera..Afro Cubism

Orchestra Baobab..Bon Bon I..Bamba
Owiny Sigoma Band..Wires..Owiny Sigoma Band

Dub Colossus..Yeh Shimbraw Tir Tir..Through The Looking Glass

Mory Kante..Yeke Yeke..The Best Of Mory Kante

Mzikayafani Buthalezi..Themba..Homeland: A Collection Of Black South African Music

Jim Causley..Little Ball Of Yarn..Dumnonium

Clive Gregson..Fred Astaire..Happy Hour
Mongol Band..4 Year Old Horse..Mongolian Music

Traditional Chinese..Whispering With Zheng Harp & Mongolian Gong..Chinese Traditional Music

Billy Brandt & Sarana VerLin..Knock On Wood..Live From Billy's Basement
Carolina Chocolate Drops..Cindy Gal..Genuine Negro Jig

Woody Guthrie..This Land Is Your Land..My Dusty Road

The Wailers..400 Years..Catch A Fire

Jeff Nhore..Afara Koa Tsy Atao..African Beats: Essential African Grooves

Gotan Project..La Gloria..Tango 3.0

Khaled..Kebou..N'Ssi N'Ssi

Mariem Hassan..Magat Milkitna Dulea..Arabesque Arba'a 4

Bea Palya..Hoppa..Adieu Les Complexes

Lara Conley pictured playing for Roots & Shoots..In Peace..Apple Tree
Selim Sesler & Brenna Macrimmon..Pencerisi Yola Karsi
Billy Bragg..Thatcherites..Bloke On Bloke

On Easter Monday...

...we played..
Pascale Comelade..La Chantelle Verte..Espontex Sinfonia
Boreale..Mama..Mousson
Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar..Ananta..Together

Asha Bhosle & Shujaat Khan..Humre Naina..Naina Lagai Ke
So Long Angel..Whisper Of Rain..Would It Matter

JJ Clarke..Lonely Summer Rain..Man Overboard
The Eel Grinders..Boxing Hares..Voyage

Martin Carthy..Eggs In Her Basket..Right Of Passage

Seth Lakeman..The White Hare..Freedom Fields

White Hare pic courtesy of http://www.zastavki.com/
Loudon Wainwright III..Be Careful There's A Baby In The House..Album 2

Bela Fleck And The Flecktones..Lochs Of Dread..Live Art
Alain Caron..Soleil Rouge..Septentrion
Angelique Kidjo..Le Monde Comme Un Bebe..Oyaya!

Claude Bourbon..Ghosts..We'll Meet Again
Harom Bacha..Speena Kantara..Listen To The Banned

Selim Sesler..Kaloz Air..Anatolian Wedding
Jim Causley..Georgie..Dumnonium

Waterson : Carthy..St George..Holy Heathens & The Green Man
Los Desterados..Kohkav Tzedek..Miradores

Astor Piazzola..Tanguedia..Luna
Galley Beggar..Rowan..Reformation House

Bassakou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba..I Speak Fula..I Speak Fula
Abyssinian Infinite..Aba Alen Lemenia..Zion Roots

The Tango Band..Nick's Klez..Wind In The City
Seu Jorge..Changes..The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble..Rampi Rampi..Buskers' Ballroom

Just us

Just Martin and Martin in the studio this week.
Reg Meuross was unavailable to play for us and will be scheduled on a later rootsandshoots.

We played:
Reg Meuross..The Shoreline And The Sea..All this Longing

AfroCubism..Nima Dilaya..AfroCubism
Angel Brothers..Empty Chair..Angel BrothersZouk All Stars..Areter..TrissXenos..Turkish Film Zurnu..My Mother Said
Owiny Sigoma Band..Hera..Owiny Sigoma Band
Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar..Jogi..Together
Ahmad Zahir..Leili-Jan..Rough Guide To The Music Of Afghanistan
Tihan Jah Fakoly..Quitte Le Pouvior..Listen To The Banned
Dub Colossus..Wey Fikir..Addis Through The Looking Glass
Syriana..Love In A Time Of Chaos..The Road To Damascus
Oi Va Voi..Black Sheep..Oi Va Voi
Meritum..Miszcz..Polska Roots
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin..Courting Is A Pleasure / Southill Hornpipe
Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar..Joy..Together

Fleur De Lys..J'ai Les Maus/Que Ferai..Jalousie..Cortoisie..Et Amour
Phil King..The War I Cannot Win
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan..The Floating Mountains..Twice Reflected Sun
Michael Manring..Maquam From Ataisz..Inner Smile
Jeff & Vida..Little Sara..Selma Chalk
The Creole Choir Of Cuba..Chen Nan Ren..Tande-La
Boreale..Gyroaqua..Mousson
Orhan Gencebay..Hatasiz Kul Olmaz..Crossing The Bridge - The Music Of Istanbul

Ex-Swedes

Beautiful harmony singing from Ex-Swedes this evening.

The Swedish / Finnish group comprise Rosa Rebecca (accompanying the second song on guitar), Ulrike, Gita, Annika, Anette and Maggie. They sang two songs: Jag Vet Endeglig Rosa (trad. Swedish arr. Rosa Rebecca) and Cecilia Lind (Cornelis Wreeswiik arr. Rosa Rebecca.

Thank you very much to Ex-Swedes for entertaining us.

They introduced us to two albums by Swedish singers / musicians and from them we played:
Amanda..Fragile..Amanda
The Real Group..Dancing Queen..Get Real

Other music tracks played: 

Dan Bergland..Waltz For Matilda..Dan Bergland's Ton Bruket
Cherbel Rouhana..Bashraf Min Wahi El Hadar..Salamet
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole..Somewhere Over The Rainbow..Facing Future
Jim Causley..Sidbury To Stockland Set..Dumnonia
Amestoy Trio..Occitchernia..Le Fil
Oi Va Voi..7 Brothers..Laughter Through Tears
Mohammed Reza Shajarian..Ham Avazi Shushtari..Masters Of Persian Music - Faryad
Tamikrest..Fassous Tarahnet..Toumastin
Wig A Wag..Son El Menfi..Sarah Ha Safar
David Pasquet..A7P..Sa Difference
Simon Major & Hilary James..Cat Nav: Songs & Poems Of Les Barker
The Simon Mayor Quintet..A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square..Mandolinquents
Groupa..Forsta Juni..Ephats Drom
Evan Christopher..Melodie Au Crepuscule..Django A La Creole
Esquina..Un Pacer..Tango Corto Maltese
Gala Shimal..Bu Gala Dashi..Rough Guide To Turkish Cafe
Antony & Bryce Dessner..I Was Young When I Left Home..Dark Was The Night
Dub Colossus with Musicians From Ethiopia..Medina..Dub Colossus Rockers Meet Addis Uptown
Plantec..Krog..A-Roak
Karma..Baleu..Mouvements

Live music on Roots and Shoots

11 April Ex-Swedes 

acapella music from Swedish singers living locally, led by Rosa Rebecka

18 April Reg Meuross 
singer, songwriter, guitarist

9 May Sarana Verlin, Billy Brandt & bass player 
rootsy music from Detroit

16 May James Hollingsworth 
singer, guitarist, songwriter on a return visit

30 May Eric Ness 
musician from Norway playing at Exmouth Festival

More artists being added all the time!

Superb string sounds

Steve Tyler and Andy Clarke visited us on rootsandshoots this evening.
These two fine local musicians have recently come together for a musical collaboration which has resulted in some wonderful music.
They played some of this live and we chatted about their joint musical project . And we also played 2 tracks from their eponymous CD.
The music they played live in the studio was as follows:
1 Brude McBrile

2 Wreck Off Scilly

3 Zomerverdriet / Le Caillon

4 Limbo / Purgatory.

Recorded tracks by the duo were:

My Lady's Coach and Hostess's Daughter

Check out Steve & Andy's myspace page here.

Other music played: 

Samuel Aguilar..Reflejos..Musica Para Los Jameos Del Agua

Jim Causley..When I was Young..Dumnonia

Phil Bird..Wild Fuscias..Shape The Day

Mahala Rai Banda..Spoiteresa..Electric Gypsyland Vol.2

Fanfare Ciocarlia..Kan Marou La..Queens & Kings

Tamikrest..Aratan N Tinariwen..Toumastin

Norma Waterson..My Husband's Got No Porridge In Him..Cat Nav: Songs & Poems Of Les Barker

Martin Carthy..Hard Cheese Of Old England..Guide Cats For The Blind: Songs & Poems Of Les Barker

Chumbawamba..I Drive A Four By Four Foor Door Fortress..Cat Nav: Songs & Poems Of Les Barker

Jet Harris..Man With The Golden Arm..Diamonds And Other Gems

Pascale Comelade..La Cnantelle Verte Et La Cuite

Watcha Clan..Im Nin' Alu..Radio Babel

Susheela Raman..Raise Up..Believe

Esquina..Sibando..Tango Corto Maltese

Motion Trio..Train To Heaven..Polish Spirit

Serana VerLin..Today..Bats & Butterflies

The Pogues..Wild Cats Of Kilkenny..Rum, Sodomy & The Lash

The Goonies are here!

28 March 2011

This evening the show was honoured with The Goonies live in the studio.
Jodie Ford and Holly Gilbert-West - The Goonies - came into the studio to sing and play for us live.
The duo from Hatherleigh sang and played 4 songs beautifully for us:
1 Details Of The Fabric
2 Follow You In The Dark
3 The Show
4 Birds
The Goonies will be performing at the next open mic at The George, Hatherleigh on the 21st. April and again at Chagstock Music Festival 22nd - 24th July 2011

Other tracks played were as follows:
Alacran..Reflejo De Luna..Tango Club Night Vol 2
Daughters Of Elvin..Onlasa Do Mar De Vigo
 





M'Bilia Bel..Nadina..Bel Canto
Amestoy Trio..Matinette..Le Fil
Municipale Balcanica..Contessa..Road To Damascus
Amir Beso..Balkan Nights..Fantamorgaena
Oi Va VoiWorry-Lines..Oi Va Voi
Arvest..Une Sombre Histoire..Tri Diaoul
Budapest Cafe Orchestra..Moldavie..Pocketful Of Rosin
Aymur Dogan..Kece Kurdan..Rough Guide To Turkish Cafe Music
Joe Le Taxi..Scorpio Woman..Live At The Zydeco
Monkey Gland Blues Band..Maggie McGill..Demo
Boreale..Bulistan..Mousson
Malicorne..Landry..Quintessance
J.J.Clarke..One More For The Road..Man Overboard
Tango Band..Kandahar..Berlin Nights
Osawa Kitajima..Benzaiten..Benzaitan
Peat Bog Faeries..Angus MacKinnon..Melloecity
Munoz..Ate O Fim..Nova Musica Do Brasil
E.S.T...7 Days Of Falling..7 Days Of Falling