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Roots & Fusion 779
1. Walk On Land – Chantel McGregor – Lose Control
2. Too Rolling Stoned – Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs
3. Walking In London – Roberto Diana – Raighes Vol 2
4. So Fine (live) – Sean Taylor – Live In London
5. Glistening Glyndebourne – John Martyn – Bless The Weather
6. Small Hours – Katie Spencer – Hurt In Your Heart
7. Solid Air – Sarah McQuaid – The Plum Tree and The Rose
8. Daffodils – Samantha Whates & MG Boulter – Flower Days
9. Vagabond – Tom Martin / Sam Payne – Two Lives
10. Sad Songs (acoustic) – Mississippi MacDonald – Oli Mac Presents
11. Townes Blues – Jinder – Nine Cent from Benelux
12. Dawn on the Longest Day – The Rowan Amber Mill – Summer Solstice single
13. On Demon Wings – Bohren and Der Club of Gore – Sunset Mission
14. Passing – Richard Davies – The Ethereal
15. Wasteland – Bernard Purdie – Purdie Good
16. North – Prince – N.E.W.S.
Roots & Fusion 778
1. Poverty Knock – Thom Ashworth – Head Canon
2. Hares On The Mountain – Bella Hardy – Love Songs
3. The New Way – Slowly Rolling Camera / Caoilfhionn Rose – single
4. I Wish – Bonfire Radicals – The Albino Peacock
5. The Woodlark & The Fieldfare – Odette Michell / Ninebarrow – The Queen of the Lowlands
6. Rhwng y Gwir a’r Gwirion – Nia Morgan – Nia Morgan
7. MacGill – Spafford Campbell – Tomorrow Held
8. Flower Days – Samantha Whates & MG Boulter – Flower Days
9. Mud – Yvonne McDonnell – single
10. My Half Moon – Quick – This I Know EP
11. Another Story – The Random Family – Caught In A Lullaby
12. Villager – Matt Deighton – Villager
13. If I Go – Sunday Morning – Four
14. Why I Came Here – The Little Unsaid – Selected Works
15. The French One – Holly Taymar & Christopher Bilton – Winter Never Mind
16. Carsten – Stephen Fearing – Out To Sea
17. No End (Solo Piano) – Sandy Denny – The Music Weaver
18. An Hour With Thee – Rachel Newton – Here’s My Heart Come Take It
19. Our Times – Eliza Marshall – New Birth
20. Idris – Ranagri – Voices
21. This Bitter Earth / On The Nature of Daylight – Dinah Washington / Max Richter – Shutter Island OST
22. Barber’s Adagio For Srings – William Orbit – Chilled 1991-2008
Roots & Fusion 777
1. A Change Is Gonna Come – Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon
2. Something Within Me – Take 6 – So Much 2 Say
3. Scoops – Ola Onabule & Nicolas Meier – Proof of Life
4. Afrocubanos – Joaquin Nunez & Habana Safari – Ruta De La Clave
5. À La Portugaise – Rossana - À La Portugaise
6. Distance Suite 1: Hope – Ladom Ensemble – Sofreh Tisch
7. My Foolish Heart – Jane Ira Bloom – Songs In Space
8. Innsmouth – Skorum – Innsmouth EP
9. Yomo’s Dream / As Bukowski Said – Voodoo Drummer – Hell’s Spells
10. Vapur – Selcuk Suna – The Space Between
11. Slop Jar – Charles Kynard – Woga
12. Is It Because I’m Black – Syl Johnson – Is It Because I’m Black
13. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
14. Mind Power – James Brown – Greatest Breakbeats
15. Sign O’ The Times – Prince – Sign O’ The Times
16. Trouble Man – Buddy Guy – Feels Like Rain
17. “B” Movie – Gil Scott-Heron – Glory
18. Hollywood – Red Hot Chili Peppers / Parliament Funkadelic – Classic P-Funk: Definitive P-Funk Mastercuts vol 1
Roots & Fusion 776
1. Sunshine – Bywater Call – single
2. Snakes and Sermons – Sam Kelly – Dreamers Dawn
3. The Lincolnshire Poacher – Sam Kelly - Dreamers Dawn
4. Waldeinsamkeit – EZRA – Froggy’s Demise
5. Sobreandando – EZRA – Froggy’s Demise
6. November Girl – Louis Stewart – I Thought About You
7. Midnight Sun – Angel Snow – single
8. New Birth – Eliza Marshall – New Birth EP
9. Under The Pines (Myles Cochran Remix) – Bróna McVittie – single
10. Star of the County Down (Thomas Gandey Remix) – Bróna McVittie – single
11. Stay With It Baby / When I Say You Owe Me Nothing – Joan Ure and Sheila K Cameron – Nothing May Come Of It
12. Niger Sundown – Dirtmusic – BKO
13. Nyaya Dzinonetsa – The Storm – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe
14. Mugara Ndega (Dub Version) – Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited – 12”
15. Toman Teti M’ba Akala – Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Radio Salone
16. Intercommunications – Dub Syndicate – Obscured By Version
17. Grand Designer – Adrian Sherwood – Grand Designer EP
18. Dubstance Dub / Orgon You Don’t – Mad Professor / Pama International – Rewired In Dub
19. Big All Around – Gregory Isaacs & Dennis Brown – No Contest
20. Exodus (live) – Bob Marley & the Wailers – Mojo Presents Sun Is Shining
Roots & Fusion 775
1. Porch Song – Mike Snowden – Roots & Fusion Session Sept 2012 – Robinson’s Brewery Boardroom, Stockport.
2. Rolling The Dice – Garron Frith – Roots & Fusion Session Oct 2012 – The Hat Museum, Stockport
3. Your Second Line – Mark Harrison Trio – Roots & Fusion Session – April 2013 – The Hope Inn, Heaton Norris
4. Sixteen Tons – Sean Taylor – Roots & Fusion Session Oct 2014 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
5. Oh My Head – Robert Brown – Roots & Fusion Session Sept 2011 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
6. Angra Manyu – Nick Edward Harris – Roots & Fusion Session July 2013 – Barista Café Bar
7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Sarah McQuaid – Roots & Fusion Session Nov 2015 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
8. I Told You My Troubles – Marina Florance – Roots & Fusion Session April 2017 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
9. Rainwater & Wine – David 9 Lunas – Roots & Fusion Session June 2015 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
10. Die By The Drop – Stark – Roots & Fusion Session Sept 2014 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
11. Anchor – Funke and the Two Tone Baby – Roots & Fusion Session Dec 2015 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
12. Kilgrimol – Blue Pig Orchestra Duo – Roots & Fusion March 2014 – Barista Café Bar, Stockport
13. Deaduns – Mike Rolland – Roots & Fusion Session April 2016 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
14. Dirty Old Town – Ruth Roshan & Mike Rolland – Roots & Fusion Session July 2015 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
15. Fragile – Ruth Roshan & Ben Walker – Roots & Fusion Session June 2013 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
16. Space Oddity – Red Dirt Skinners – Roots & Fusion Session Feb 2015 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
17. Brothers In Arms – Pauline Alexander & Edwin Gallacher – Roots & Fusion Session Nov 2013 – Barista Café Bar, Stockport
18. Lock Keeper’s Daughter – Neil Cousin – Roots & Fusion Session Feb 2017 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
19. The Right Thing – Trevor John – Roots & Fusion Session Sept 2012 – The Hat Museum, Stockport
20. Patch It Up – Robert Chaney – Roots & Fusion Session Nov 2016 – Pure Radio Studio, Stockport
Roots & Fusion 774
1. I Think I’m Coming Home – Hollowbelly – Roots & Fusion Session July 2012
2. The Devil, The Money & The Gun – Angelo Palladino – Roots & Fusion Session Nov 2012
3. Grapes of Wrath – Spider Mike King – Roots & Fusion Session April 2014
4. Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down – Justin Johnson – Roots & Fusion Session – Oct 2013
5. Rick Stuart’s Blues – Andres Roots Roundabout – Roots & Fusion Session – Oct 2012
6. Chopping Wood – Jo Bywater – Roots & Fusion Playing Out – Jan 2014
7. Berkman House – John Fairhurst – Roots & Fusion Session – May 2010
8. Hands – John Smith – Roots & Fusion Session – March 2010
9. Numbers – John Ainsworth – Roots & Fusion Session – Jan 2016
10. Colours In the Dark – Alex Chow – Roots & Fusion Session Sept 2013
11. Renegades – Anne Sumner – Roots & Fusion Session – Nov 2016
12. Hollow I Am – Ange Hardy – Roots & Fusion Session – June 2016
13. Free Like Smoke – Tiki Black – Roots & Fusion Playing Out – June 2014
14. Seven Buttons – Patsy Matheson – Roots & Fusion Session – April 2012
15. Tearing Me Down – Lucy Zirins – Roots & Fusion Session – April 2009
16. Monster Show – Dan Drury – Roots & Fusion Playing Out – Feb 2014
17. Let These Stories Bleed – Jake Mattison – Roots & Fusion Session – April 2013
18. Lay My Rifle Down – Ben Walker – Roots & Fusion Session – Feb 2012
19. Willow Tree – Galley Beggar – Roots & Fusion Session – June 2012
20. King Willie – Lucy Ward – Roots & Fusion Session – May 2016
21. No Town – Michelle Holding & Bonz – Roots & Fusion Session – June 2015
22. I Could Not Care Less – Apple Rabbits – Roots & Fusion Session – April 2012
23. Morning After The Longest Day – Mano McLaughlin – Roots & Fusion Session – July 2015
24. Waving At Strangers – Andrew Keeling – Roots & Fusion Session – Jan 2015
Roots & Fusion 773
1. Cal-Sag Road – Michael McDermott – Out From Under
2. Revenuer – Rod Picott – Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows
3. Where You Gonna Go – Drew & Ellie Holcomb – Memory Bank
4. Ancient Rain (live) – Mary Coughlan – The Whole Affair
5. Ancient Highway (live) – The Van Morrison Alumni Band feat Jo Harman – exclusive
6. Raam – Mind Is Gone – Mind Is Gone
7. Mythaka – Doug Wyatt – Days of Gypsy Nights
8. Mavya at the Lacus Yom – Kuunatic – Wheels of Ömon
9. Passage – Tenzin Choegyal – Snow Flower
10. Liement Me Deport (remix) – Dead Space Chamber Music – Dead Space Chamber Music
11. Screen Memory – Futures We Lost – Futures We Lost
12. Terra – Kiffie – Signals From Sol EP
13. Earthrise – Applefish – Astrostat
14. Quichotte pt II – Tangerine Dream – Pergamon: Live at the Palast Der Republik
Roots & Fusion 772
1. rootfusion – Geiger von Müller – Slide Sonatas II
2. The Wind Cries Mary – Andres Roots – Royal Spa Blues
3. Django – Andres Roots – Royal Spa Blues
4. Goin’ To California – Blues Against Youth – Blues Against Youth
5. Emissions – Blues Against Youth – Blues Against Youth
6. Tailwind – Jarkka Rissanen & Sons of The Desert – Mixed Waste
7. Howling Around My Happy Home – Daniel Norgren – Buck
8. Stinkhorn – Ben McElroy – Beacons of the Wilderness
9. Blown Leaves – Park Jiha – All Living Things
10. Honey Suckle On The Vine – Liz Overs – Nightjar
11. Hurt In Your Heart – Katie Spencer – Hurt In Your Heart EP
12. Sail Along The Distance – The Rising Souls – The Rising Souls
13. Dust In The Wind – Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything.?
14. Pieces of a Man – Gil Scott-Heron – Ghetto Style
15. Dancing Girl – Terry Callier – Essential: The Very Best Of
16. Someday We’ll All Be Free – Jo Harman – single
17. Sweet Night – Malenka – Creature Of Devotion EP
18. More Light – Laura Teller – More Light
19. Orkney Hymn – IyatraQuartet – Wild Green
20. Saffron – IyatraQuartet – Wild Green
21. Findlater Castle – Gary Brunton – Look North
22. Dusk – Tenzin Choegyal – Snow Flower
Roots & Fusion 771
1. How Soon Is Now – Bird – Heads or Tails
2. You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
3. Lust, Desire and Blood – Simon Jones – Lust, Desire and Blood
4. An English Village – Andy Smith – An English Village
5. The Cruel Ship’s Carpenter – Harp and a Monkey – single
6. Professor Yaffle’s Treacle Jam – The Rowan Amber Mill – Never Meant to Displease the Fields and the Trees
7. Keep Yourself Alive – The Rowan Amber Mill – Never Meant to Displease the Fields and the Trees
8. Byrd one Brere (Bird on a Briar) – Dead Space Chamber Music – The Black Hours
9. Uncontainable Night – Anthéne & Simon McCorry – You, Darkness
10. Bushes and Briars (2003 remake) – Kiffie – single
11. Untitled – Kiffie – demo
12. Vagabond – Tom Martin w/ Sam Payne – Two Lives
13. Who By Fire – Barb Jungr – Hard Rain: The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen
14. The New Way – Slowly Rolling Camera w/ Caoilfhionn Rose – single
15. Birdly Serenade (feat. Ekep Nkwelle) – David Murray Quintet – Birdly Serenade
16. How Long Has This Been Going On? (feat Lonette McKee) – Herbie Hancock – Round Midnight OST
17. Dulcettia – Ronan Guilfoyle – At Swing, Two Birds
18. Tiwista – Samuel Yirga – Guzo
19. Also Sprach Zarathustra – Deodato – Prelude
20. Utopia Theme – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
Roots & Fusion 770
1. No Words We Need – Ma Polaine’s Great Decline – Got Me Out Of Hell
2. Bloody Rose – Sue Harding – The World
3. Kiba no Ballad – Meiko Kaji - Yadokari
4. Satin – Marie Pier – Cello Lounge
5. Auchindoun – Fiona Soe Paing – Sand, Silt, Flint
6. The Hole – Townes Van Zandt – No Deeper Blue
7. Behind The Limestone Wall – Flæne - Spoor
8. Hum Hum – Dirtmusic – single
9. Night of the Moon – Steve Von Till – A Life Unto Itself
10. Diaraby Magni – Vieux Farka Touré – Fondo
11. Eastern Dub – Nat Birchall – Drums in Dub
12. Black Up – Karl Bryan & Count Ossie – Studio One Scorcher
13. Durugubei Mani – Aurelio – Landini
14. Anyway Back To Me – Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles – Emergency of the Female Kind
15. Northern Frisk / Red Haired Boy / Moth from Upstairs – Gigspanner Big Band – Turnstone
16. Octopus Circus – Trip – In Terra's Keep
17. Wild Green – iyatraQuartet – Wild Green
18. Above and Below – Noéta – Elm
19. Crown – Myrkur – Mareridt
20. Gefera – Thurnin - Harmr
Roots & Fusion 769
1. Compliance – Tracey Browne – The Doctrine of Song
2. Habibi (My Darling) – Orange Blossom – Everything Must Change
3. Li Maama – Bab L' Bluz – Swaken
4. Hezalli – Bab L' Bluz – Swaken
5. The Eternal Olive Tree – Anouar Brahem – After The Last Sky
6. Awake – Anouar Brahem – After The Last Sky
7. Wolken / Clouds – Simon Grote – Stueke / Pieces
8. Ask or Tell – Matthew Kilner – The Spaces in Between
9. Narny – EZRA – Froggy’s Demise
10. Basically a Blues – EZRA – Froggy’s Demise
11. The Way It Goes – Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
12. Wreckin’ The Train – Alecia Nugent – Hillbilly Goddess
13. Undertaker – Front Country – Sake of the Sound
14. The River Will – The Lowest Pair – Fern Girl & Ice Man
15. Solitary Wine – Ingrid Veerman – Present
16. No Place To Fall – Lucy Kaplansky – The Lucy Story
17. Silver Dagger – Gigspanner Big Band – Turnstone
18. When Fortune Turns Her Wheel – Gigspanner Big Band
19. Blown Leaves – Park Jiha – All Living Things
20. After Image / Urbana – Micheal Brook – Live at the Aquarium
Roots & Fusion 768
1. Amazing Grace – Brooks Williams – Baby O!
2. When The Levee Breaks – Kate Green – A Dark Carnival
3. Honeysuckle On The Vine – Liz Overs – Nightjar
4. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me – Fabrizio Poggi w/ Shar White – Healing Blues
5. Po’ Child – Parchman Prison Prayer – Another Parchman Prison Prayer
6. The Bare Tree – SKC – On Sanity’s Shore
7. It’s A Yearning To Be Back There – SKC – On Sanity’s Shore
8. New Dying Day – Chris Brain – New Light
9. Azimuth – Tyresta & Simon McCorry – Azimuth
10. A Dream of Deosil – Ben McElroy w/ Nick Jonah Davis – Elkwort
11. Bullets on Parade – Noiserv – Autumn Ferment 7”
12. An Old Blood Stain – Bernardo Devlin – The Night Before The Space Age
13. The Boat Drifts Still – Tal Yahalom – Mirror Image
14. Autumn Nocturne – Samara Joy – Portrait
15. Bye Bye Blackbird – Ella Fitzgerald – The Moment of Truth
16. Africa Boogie – Manu Dibango – Dibango 82
17. Bulchenska Ratchenitsa – Ivo Papasov – Orpheus Ascending
18. Ja Mur Ja – Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali – At The Feet of The Beloved
Roots & Fusion 767
1. Getting’ Tired of Getting Old – Robert Connely Farr – Live at Green Auto
2. Gasoline Can – Ma Polaine’s Great Decline – single
3. Spanish Run – Andres Roots – Royal Spa Blues
4. Call Me When It Rains – Sylvie Lewis – Lives Wisely
5. The New Way – Slowly Rolling Camera w / Caoilfhionn Rose – single
6. Newry Mountain (Isan Remix) – Bróna McVittie – single
7. The Father Shore / Winter Flower – Flook – Sanju
8. Stormhatt / Långsamheten - Emma & Ellika - Vader
9. Floop – Guy Buttery – Orchestrations
10. On Saturday Afternoons In 1988 – Guy Buttery – Orchestrations
11. Grounding – Park Jiha – All Living Things
12. Rifts – Jon Balke – Skrifum
13. Song for Harrison / Solitude – François Couturier and Dominique Pifarély – Preludes and Songs
14. The Earth Below – Julia Hülsmann Quartet – Under The Surface
15. High On A Mountain – Lucy Kaplansky – The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks 1976–2023
16. Where The White Rose Meets The Red – Catherine Howe & Vo Fletcher – English Tale
17. Mercy Moon – Ciara Sidine – Shadow Road Shining
18. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme – Galley Beggar – Heathen Hymns
19. Harvest Feast – All Them Witches - ATW
Roots & Fusion 766
1. Stealin’ In The Name of The Lord – Paul Kelly – Stealin’ In The Name of The Lord
2. Sweeter Tomorrow – Margie Joseph – The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles Vol 2: 1968-1971
3. Monster Monster – Sho-Nuff – Body Pressure
4. For The Love of Money – The O’Jays – Ship Ahoy
5. Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations – All Directions
6. I Come Running Back – Sandra Wright – Wounded Woman
7. Save My Soul – Robi Zonca w/ Sabrina Kabua – So Good
8. Why Don’t You Do Right? – Greg Coulson – Live at Cresent Records Studio
9. Sideways – Jo Harman – single
10. Ballad of the Wind – Jana Varga – Foreigner Face
11. The Dance of the Nightingale – Yuval Cohen Quartet – Winter Poems
12. Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright – Quercus – Nightfall
13. Tenth Moment – Rebecca Nakata – Ten Moments
14. Obscure Clarity IV – Sebastien Guérive – Obscure Clarity
15. Blown Leaves – Park Jiha – All Living Things
16. Werner Meets Egberto in Manaus (feat Madala Kunene) – Guy Buttery – Orchestrations
17. Passing Storm in Yosemite – Esbe – Mountain Aires
18. Stirling Ash – Katie Spencer – Stirling Ash single
Roots & Fusion 765
1. Lenny – Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood
2. Fool No More – Dogshark – Earth is Not Room Enough
3. It’s My Time – Joanna Connor – 4801 South Indiana Avenue
4. Take It All – Van Royale – Set In Stone
5. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live – JD Simo – Songs From The House of Grease
6. The Wind Cries Mary – Andres Roots – Royal Spa Blues
7. Queen of the Earth, Child of the Skies – Letitia Vansant & David McKindley-Ward – Eye of the Storm
8. Vagabond – Tom Martin w/ Sam Payne – Two Lives
9. Sea Legs – Michael Buckley – Ebb and Flow
10. Waiting for Annie – Charlotte Carrivick – Fatea Showcase Session Winter 2024: Bone
11. Sligachan Bridge – Catriona Bourne – Fatea Showcase Session Winter 2024: Bone
12. Jeannie – Jenn Butterworth – Her By Design
13. Man In A Cap – Jackdaw – Ghost in the Big House
14. Bear Head Lake – Charlie Parr – Little Sun
15. Don’t Go Dark on Me – Distance, Light and Sky – Gold Coast
16. Dust – Summit of the Big Low – Summit of the Big Low
17. The Ballad of John Hoise – Fiona Soe Paing – Sand, Silt, Flint
18. Bonny Udny – Fiona Soe Paing – Sand, Silt, Flint
19. Anubis – Nujumi – Bayt Clarke
20. Shadow Society / A Piece of Freedom – Snowdrops – Inner Fires
Roots & Fusion 764
1. The Wayward Shepherd – Marc O’Reilly – Human Herdings
2. Shape of Things To Come – Robin Trower – Roots & Branches
3. Wayward Lovers – Ma Polaine’s Great Decline – City of Love
4. Corozones Amarillos – Robert Chaney & Laura Tenschert – Roots & Fusion session Nov 2016
5. Madman Across the Water – Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection (remastered)
6. Magic Lantern Presentation – Rees Shad – Porcelain Angel
7. Shuffleboat River Farewell – Katie Spencer – Stirling Ash EP
8. Old Man of Storr – Esbe – Mountain Aires
9. I Know This Place pt1 & 2 – Guy Buttery – Orchestrations
10. To The Moon – Shabaka – Possession
11. Under The Pines (Myles Cochran Remix) – Bróna McVittie – single
12. This is London – Apple Rabbits – single
13. Exploratory Encounters – Applefish / Pulse Mandala – Cocoon
14. Terra – Kiffie – Signals From Sol EP
15. Ley (Richard Norris Remix Reworked) – Liz Hanks – Land: Remixed
16. What Will We Do When We Have No Money – Michael J Sheehy – The Crooked Carty Sings
17. Wrackline – Martin Green – Flit
18. Gazes, Wrinkles, Drifts into Sleep – Širom – The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
Roots & Fusion 763
1. Wooden Ships – CSN – Greatest Hits
2. The Principle of Silver Lining – Larkin Poe – Spring EP
3. Dark Dark Woods – Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer – Maritime
4. I’m Not A Quitter – Trinelise Væring – A Songwriter’s Odyssey
5. Angel From Montgomery – Bonnie Raitt – Streetlights
6. Deeper Well – Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
7. Time Has Told Me – Liz Hodson & Josiah Wolf – Under Lovers Covers
8. The Terror Time – Bill Bourne w/ Eivør Pálsdóttir – Boon Tang
9. When You – Hangover Square – Rewire
10. Behind The Limestone Wall – Flæne – Spoor
11. Two City Tales – Brian Molley Quartet and the Asin Langa Ensemble – Journeys
12. Two Chords and the Truth – Guy Buttery – Orchestrations
13. Water Moon – Park Jiha – All Living Things
14. The Shadow Can’t Have Me – Arthur Alligood – The Shadow Can’t Have Me
15. Po’ Child – Parchman Prison Prayer – Another Parchman Prison Prayer
16. Open The Floodgates of Heaven – Parchman Prison Prayer – Another Parchman Prison Prayer
17. O Blwy’ Llanrwst – Pedair – Dadeni
18. Emily Dickinson – Richie Lawrence – Moving at the Speed of Trees
19. A Snail in the Desert – Guy Bergeron – Guitar and Friends
20. Spanish Run – Andres Roots – Royal Spa Blues
21. Django – Andres Roots – Royal Spa Blues
22. Morning of the Carnival – Louis Stewart & Martin Taylor – Acoustic Guitar Duets
Roots & Fusion 762
1. Incantation – Innes Sibun – The Preacher
2. The Preacher – Innes Sibun – The Preacher
3. Sideways – Jo Harman – single
4. St James Infirmary Blues – Old Salt – Live In Room 13
5. Piano Player – Tam White & Brian Kellock – The Crossing
6. Home Is Where The Hatred Is – Tam White’s Shoestring – The Real Deal
7. I Can Stand A Little Rain – Esther Phillips – What A Difference A Day Makes
8. Behold The Night – Dan Raza – Wayfarer
9. Old Song – Marina Albero – A Nomad of Sound
10. Blackbird – Pritesh Walia – Hopetown
11. Dreamhorse – Arild Andersen – Landloper
12. Peace Universal – Arild Andersen – Landloper
13. Summer’s Growing Old – Kris Delmhorst – Ghosts in the Garden
14. Inhaling The Night – Simon McCorry – Bandcamp Subscriber Exclusive
15. Curious Eye – Un.Procedure – Themory
16. Origins #5 (Pels Remix) – Geiger von Müller – single (B Side)
17. Sarama (Earthrise Soundsystem Remix) – Vieux Farka Touré – Fondo: Other Roads
18. Right Road to Dubland – Jahlights – Trojan Box Set: Dub
19. Further Shores – Nat Birchall – Drums in Dub
20. Right Back to Your Soul – Dub Syndicate – Obscured By Version
Roots & Fusion 761
1. Baby, Please Don’t Go – AC/DC – High Voltage (Australian Version)
2. Space Funk – Ville Lehtovaara – ReGroovable
3. Take Your Soul – The Sahara All Stars of Jos – Nigeria Disco Funk Special: Sound of the Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-1979
4. School Days – Stanley Clarke – I Wanna Play For You
5. Nigerian Wood – Keziah Jones – Nigerian Funk
6. We Need To Talk About It – Ben Harper – Bloodline Maintenance
7. The Felling – Flæne – Spoor
8. Shining Silver / No Angel – Patsy Matheson – Stories of Angels and Guitars
9. Go All The Blue People – Jess McLoughlin – Lakeland Record promo
10. Anarchy in the UK – The Bad Shepherds – By Hook or By Crook
11. Pay My Body Home – Galley Beggar – Silence and Tears
12. Long Way Around – Chris Whitley – Living With The Law
13. Grapes of Wrath – Spider Mike King – Roots & Fusion Session 2014
14. The Path He Chose – Marina Florance – Triple A Side EP
15. The Morning After The Longest Day – Mano McLaughlin – Roots & Fusion Session 2015
16. Saattue – Tenhi – Valkama
17. Mirror In The Bathroom (Dub Remix) – The Beat – The Sound of Ska
18. The Spirit of Indo – The NJE – Nought to 60 EP
Roots & Fusion 760
1. Leave Your Footprints – Jantso Jokelin – Spark of Luck
2. Chasing Light – Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts – Chasing Light
3. Days Gone By – Frank Birtwistle – Bandcamp single
4. The Masterless Men – M.G. Boulter – Days of Shaking
5. Never Mind the Details, Ruben – Gozer Goodspeed – Last Words
6. I Believe – Laird Jackson – Life
7. Now and Then (In Remembrance of…) – Samara Joy – Portrait
8. Für Elise: Batiste – Jon Batiste – Beethoven Blues
9. Our Time Is Over – Svetlana Marinchenko Trio – Between The Times
10. Alba – Søren Bebe Trio – Echoes
11. Swan Splits The Moon – Flæne – Spoor
12. Ride (Jason Singh Remix) – Liz Hanks – Land: Remixed
13. Where Is That Blossom – Saagara – 3
14. Lust, Desire and Blood – Simon Jones – Lust, Desire and Blood EP
15. When The Word Began His Work – Tasha Smith Godinez – A New Day
16. Vinden Vier – Whispering Void – Whispering Void
17. Lead Them to Paradise – Richard Davies – Cosmic Odyssey II
18. As If – Bywater Call – Shepherd
19. Buzzi Ayazi – Buzz’ Ayaz – Buzz’ Ayaz
20. Yok Haddi Yok Hesabi (No Limit, No Calculation) – Baba Zula – Istanbul Sokaklan
Roots & Fusion 759
1. Chop Your Own Wood – Martin Harley – Morning Sun
2. Roll The Dice – Russell Ballantine – Delta Days
3. Small Deals – Mark Harrison Band – Fools & Clowns
4. The Devil – L. R. Phoenix – If The Devil Sang The Blues
5. Reina de la Noche – Ryan David Green – Off and Running
6. Donal Og – Martin Simpson – Skydancers
7. Evening Heat – Hangover Square – Horizons
8. When The Angels Wake You (James Murray Remix) – Bróna McVittie – Bandcamp single
9. Time is Broken – Catherine Graindorge – Songs for the Dead
10. Strum – 9 Horses – Strum
11. Elf Dance – Voodoo Drummer – single
12. Ederlezi – Simon Thacker & Justyna Jablonska – Songs of the Roma
13. Assouma Kagne – Samba Touré – Baarakelaw
14. Beautiful Storm – Phil Bancroft’s Beautiful Storm – Finding Hope (When All Seems Lost)
15. As We Party Oblivious – The Ciderhouse Rebellion – Even the Sheep Shall Dance
16. The Fifth Season – Jerry Douglas – The Set
17. Pod Oblachkom – Nastasia Y – Kyiv Soul
18. Rainbow Valley – Luke Jackson – Bloom
19. Elm of the Glens – Matt Steady – The Dragon’s Refrain
Roots & Fusion 758
1. He Comes In The Night – Angeline Morrison – Ophelia
2. Something And Nothing – Anna – Fall Of A Leaf EP
3. Do You Not Know – Kate Doubleday – Belonging
4. The Storm – Rachel Newton – Sealladh
5. Passing Storm in Yosemite – Esbe – Mountain Aires
6. Drifting – Summerisle – Circle
7. Winter Stalks The Fields – The Rowan Amber Mill – Frore Yarn
8. Cumha an Eich-Uisge – Ainsley Hamill – Fable
9. When You – Hangover Square – Rewire
10. Seeds – Kate Smith – Songs From The Body
11. For The Most Part – Christopher Whitley – Almost As Soft As Silence
12. Cycle – Ryan Keberle & Catharsis – Music is Connection
13. Reaper – Scroggins & Rose – Speranza
14. Banshee – Ben McElroy – Bandcamp Subscriber Exclusive
15. Terra – Kiffie – Signals From Sol EP
16. Forwards – Amberscent – Between Strength & Beauty
17. Praise – Simon McCorry – Bandcamp Subscriber Exclusive
18. We Came In and Lit The Fire – Kim V Porcelli – Forest School EP
19. Salamander – Jo Quail – Five Incantations
20. Cobweb, Moth & Mustardseed – Peter Knight – Cobweb, Moth & Mustardseed
Roots & Fusion 757
1. Interstellar Space, 2018 – Half Deaf Clatch – Voyager
2. Nosferatu – Dead Space Chamber Music – Collected Works and Collaborations
3. This Is London – Apple Rabbits – single
4. Parchman Prison Blues – Parchman Prison Prayer – Another Mississippi Sunday Morning
5. Lonesome Rise – Mr Henry – Preludes to Nowhere
6. Behind The Limestone Wall – Flæne – Spoor
7. The Felling – Flæne – Spoor
8. Toraid / Agoriad – Peiriant – Dychwelyd
9. DOT – Dal:um – Coexistence
10. Baaraan (Rain) – Amir Amiri Ensemble – Ajdad: Ancestors (Echoes of Persia)
11. Suhaili – Laird Jackson – Life
12. Aurora – Justin Adams & Mauro Durante – Sweet Release
13. Mhla Ulala Kobandao – Mthuthu – Indumiso YabeNguni
14. uMagwaza – Mthuthu – Indumiso YabeNguni
15. Munaye – Mokoomba – Tusona (Tracings In The Sand)
16. Ashes to Gold, Part V – Avishai Cohen – Ashes to Gold
17. The Path That Winds Before Us – Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan – Still As Your Sleeping
18. Soldier Poet – Andrew Keeling & David Cross – English Sun
Roots & Fusion 756
1. Ghost Blues – Rory Gallagher – Fresh Evidence
2. Ball Peen Hammer – Chris Whitley – Dirt Floor
3. Windy Pike Blues – Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts – Chasing Light
4. Mayfly – Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts – Chasing Light
5. Pick Yourself Up – Louis Stewart & Martin Taylor – Acoustic Guitar Duets
6. Lester Sleeps In – Dan Pitt Quintet – Horizontal Depths
7. Blame – Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt – Forever Stories of Moving Parties
8. Sealladh Mor – Alice Allen – Bass Culture: Live at Celtic Connections 2024
9. Summer Sun, Winter Trees – Eve Goodman – Summer Sun, Winter Trees
10. Unbound – Hat Fitz & Cara – Hand It Over
11. Isfuglens Skrig – Helene Blum – Men med åbne øjne
12. Journey to the End of the Night – Lisa Morgenstern – Chameleon
13. Awaiting – Ezra – Earth to Ezra
14. Kolber – Siavash Molaeian & Kasra Faridi – This Is Tehran?
15. Frère d'Afrique – The Almighty Groove - Frère d'Afrique
16. Venus – Los Pakines – Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980
17. Scattershot Comeback King – Gozer Goodspeed – Escape Hatch Fever
18. Suffrah Dub – Dennis Bovell Dub Band – Sufferer Sounds
19. Firey Dub – King Tubby & Yabby You – King Tubby Meets Yabby You
20. Safe From Harm – Horace Andy – Midnight Rocker
Roots & Fusion 755
1. How This Will End (Zemsta) – Jordan Reyne – Chapter Zero
2. Yok Haddi Yok Hesabi (No Limit No Calculation) – Baba Zula – Istanbul Sokaklari
3. The Moonrakers (Energetic Version) – Coded Scott – Moonrakers EP
4. Exploratory Encounters – Applefish / Pulse Mandala – Cocoon
5. Saturn 1981 – Half Deaf Clatch – Voyager
6. Jupiter 1979 – Half Deaf Clatch – Voyager
7. Alone, The Heron – Summerisle – Circle
8. Janna’s Tree – Summerisle – Circle
9. Maybe You Might – Bella Hardy – Battleplan
10. Kogarashi – Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq – The Indestructability of the Already Felled
11. CP70 Interlude – Johannes Motschmann – Preludes Tableaux
12. In Modo Religioso op.38 – Tetra Brass – Quatuor
13. Tombstone Territory – High Horse – High Horse
14. Mount Iwaki, Cherry Blossom at Hirosaki Castle – Esbe – Mountain Aires
15. Last Night Stand – Flæne – Spoor
16. Rothko – Sean Taylor – The Only Good Addiction Is Love
17. Bless The Weather – John Martyn – Bless The Weather
18. Go Your Way – Katie Spencer – The Edge of the Land
19. From You – Anne Sumner - Beacon
20. Sugar – Greg Istock – Mr Greg Mr Jones
Roots & Fusion 754
1. I Got No Reason – Mitch Kashmar – Wake Up and Worry
2. Might As Well – Richard Ashby – Charlton Road
3. I Found A New Baby – Charlie Parker – Bird in Kansas City
4. Blues For A Few Bucks – John Donegan – We Will Meet Again Sometime
5. La Vita E Bella– John Donegan – We Will Meet Again Sometime
6. Mars – Colin Vallon – Samares
7. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Quercus – Nightfall
8. Further Adventures In Dream Logic – The Rowan Amber Mill – Recycles: One
9. The Hardest Thing To Say – The Rowan Amber Mill – Recycles: One
10. Something and Nothing – Anna – Fall of a Leaf EP
11. We Are Here – Whispering Void – At The Sound of the Heart
12. At The Sound of the Heart – Whispering Void – At The Sound of the Heart
13. Where Is That Blossom – Saagara – 3
14. The Fifth Season – Jerry Douglas – The Set
15. Improvisation: Lament For Palestine – Hands of the Heron – Quiet Light
16. Swansong – Jarmila Xymena Gorna – Hashgachah
17. Lead Them To Paradise – Richard Davies – Cosmic Odyssey II
18. Mobo #2 – Kazumi Watanabe – Mobo 1
Roots & Fusion 753
1. A Walk In The Hood pt2 – Freddie Bryant – Upper West Side Love Story
2. Royal St – Sariyah Idan – Glitter & Blood
3. Never Mind The Details, Ruben – Gozer Goodspeed – single
4. Logged Out – Flæne – Spoor
5. Abandon Me – Birdthrower – Birdthrower
6. I Believe – Laird Jackson – Life
7. Dusk – Laird Jackson – Life
8. Resurrection Blues – Cassandra Wilson – Traveling Miles
9. Sarah’s Muffins – Bonfire Radicals – Flywheel
10. Take A Moment On Byker Bridge – Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles – Emergency of the Female Kind
11. Glasshouse in the Desert – Marco Cerletti – Random and Providence
12. 230923-0244 – Newton Enterprises – Shorter Still
13. Shorter Still – Newton Enterprises – Shorter Still
14. Mingus Lullaby – Erlend Viken Trio – Ville Veier
15. Roadsterbassgangarhalling – Erlend Viken Trio – Ville Veier
16. In Between – Betty Accorsi Quartet – The Cutty Sark Suite
17. Now and Then (In Remembrance of…) – Samara Joy – Portrait
18. Winx – Søren Bebe Trio – Echoes
19. Alba – Søren Bebe Trio – Echoes
20. Für Elise - Batiste – Jon Batiste – Beethoven Blues
Roots & Fusion 752
1. Broken Man – Catfish – Exile: Live in Lockdown
2. Wakin’ Up – Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels
3. All The Reckoning pt2 – Cowboy Junkies – All That Reckoning
4. The Wreck – Ma Polaine’s Great Decline – Live
5. Le Boeuf (Vers Le Concert) – Michel Jonasz – Clara et Les Chics Types OST
6. WindBeast – Taka Nawashiro – Lifescape
7. Autumn Nocturne – Samara Joy – Portrait
8. Through Space Our Minds Can Still Touch – Playtime & Guests – Morse Code Through The Lights
9. Soylent Blues – Richard Davies – Cosmic Odessey II
10. DOT – Dal:um – Coexistence
11. Even When All Was Silent I Was Not Alone – Scions – To Cry Out In The Wilderness
12. Nosferatu – Dead Space Chamber Music – Collected Works & Collaborations
13. Aurora – Justin Adams & Mauro Durante – Sweet Release
14. Wa Habibi (Feat Yousra Mansour) – Justin Adams & Mauro Durante – Sweet Release
15. Shadow Forces – Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily – Love In Exile
16. Mourning Dove – Sam Reider & Human Hands – The Golem & Other Tales
17. For The Most Part – Christopher Whitley – Almost As Soft As Silence
18. Where Will The River Flow – Matt Carmichael – Where Will The River Flow
Roots & Fusion 751
1. Leave Your Footprints – Jantso Jokelin – Taxi to a Housefire
2. The Fading Light – Pippa Reid-Foster – Undercurrents
3. Strum – 9 Horses – Strum
4. Hexal – Ezra – Earth to Ezra
5. Don’t Wait Up – Ezra – Earth to Ezra
6. Passing Storm in Yosemite – Esbe – Mountain Aires
7. Elf Dance – Voodoo Drummer - single
8. Whispering Void – Whispering Void – At The Sound of the Heart
9. A Sufi’s Dream – Sacred Harmony – Sacred Harmony
10. Swan Splits The Moon – Flæne – Spoor
11. Ley (Richard Norris Remix) – Liz Hanks – Land Remixed
12. Willow of All – Jo Quail w/ Maria Franz – Invocation
13. Amongst The Ruins – Simon McCorry – Bandcamp subscriber exclusive
14. Sailing in the Air – Catherine Graindorge – Eldorado
15. Hold On – Sean Taylor – Walk With Me
16. Shhh/ Peaceful – Miles Davis – In A Silent Way
Roots & Fusion 750
1. Solid Air – John Martyn – Solid Air
2. Small Hours – Katie Spencer, Alan Thomson, Spencer Cozens – Hurt in Your Heart EP
3. Take Your Time – Katie Spencer – The Edge of the Land
4. Of Uncertainty Remix by Vikram Shankar – Head With Wings – Comfort In Illusion (expanded edition)
5. Syntra – Roberto Giaquinto – Ground Floor
6. You Stepped Out Of A Dream – Samara Joy – Portrait
7. Vacania – Thanasis Kleopas / Theodoros Koumartzis / Jordan Koumartzis – Sacred Harmony
8. Whispering Passages – Arash Maradi – The Bridge
9. Kuh – Asewar – Kurdish Melodies on the Harp and Ney
10. Coast to Coast – Thorpe & Morrison – Grass and Granite
11. Lady Stafford – Mairearad Green & Rachel Newton – Anna Bhàn
12. The Green Man – Bróna McVittie – The Man in the Mountain
13. Witch Fields – The Rowan Amber Mill – Witch Fields
14. Like Shadows – Kiffie – Living Past Midnight
15. Crown – Myrkur – Mareridt
16. Meditation #2 – Laraaji – Ambient 3: Day of Radiance
17. The Inner Dimension – Natacha Atlas – The Inner & The Outer
18. Careful with that Axe, Eugene (live) – Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Over 80 sessions from 60 artists, with music recorded especially for Roots & Fusion
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The Story of Roots & Fusion
The Story of Roots & Fusion.
A radio show called Roots & Fusion..? What’s that all about then..?
Well for starters it used to be an actual radio show, on good old FM (107.8fm out of Stockport), but now it has moved online. Use your friendly neighbourhood search engine and you’ll find it.
Yes, but what actually is it..? I used to call it “blues, roots, world folk & beyond”, but it is so much more than that, so I’ve recently changed the tagline to “Curated Eclecticism”. One of the show’s listeners has described it as “a brilliant selection of varied artists, I just love to be along for the ride. I’m always making notes of some new artist that I need to find, but it’s also cool to let it all wash over me, knowing I’m in good hands, that the selection will be well curated and the road will be smooth, taking some gentle turns with gorgeous vistas. And the same will be true the next week and the week after that.”
So, some history…
As a teenager I was a rock kid – AC/DC, Motorhead, Rush, Todd Rundgren, Rory Gallagher, etc . In fact, I was given a thorough talking to by the management of Woolworth’s, where I had a Saturday job on the record counter, for playing Queen’s Flash too loud…
I was 17 when a friend played me Billy Cobham’s Stratus (the guitar player is Tommy Bolin. The story goes that David Coverdale heard the album, Spectrum, and wanted Bolin as a replacement for Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple. Not only that, but the bass line went on to be sampled by Massive Attack for Safe From Harm) – and that was me done. I was listening to Miles Davis, Stanley Clarke, Weather Report, Al Di Meola, ECM, Windham Hill – which led me to Michael Hedges…
My early twenties saw me with a job at Our Price Records – by this time I was listening to Steve Hillage, Tangerine Dream, King Tubby, Linton Kwesi Johnson, as well as Marcus Miller, Ben Webster, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, King Sunny Adé…
In 1989 I started work for Decoy Records – a specialist record shop on Deansgate in Manchester. There are many stories about this shop and my time there – to give you an idea of what it was like, if you have ever seen the film High-Fidelity and the shop in that film, Championship Vinyl, that was Decoy. There was a top 50 UK independent record shop list in The Independent and Decoy was actually described as the shop most like Championship Vinyl. I’m not saying that was a good thing…
At this point I lost myself completely in the music – jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, reggae, Cajun, zydeco, country, African… And I started to make connections. There were similarities between the kora & the banjo for instance, between African & Appalachian. Turns out the actual link is the ngoni, but I didn't know that then.
I started DJ-ing at Band On The Wall, Atlas Bar, Night & Day, The Roadhouse – trying out how these different genres of music fitted together - there was graffiti on the wall of The Roadhouse, "Rick is an interesting DJ"... make of that what you will. I also started promoting live music, putting gigs on. Ozric Tentacles (1991, their 1st Manchester gig, at International One - there were campfires on the street afterwards), didgeridoo band Outback (this was the same year and venue where Oasis had their debut gig), Martin Simpson, Chris Smither, Terry Allen... I almost put Emmylou Harris on at The Royal Exchange (but that’s another story)... Music became almost 24/7.
In 1997 it all became too much and I left it behind…
Fast forward to 2008 – I had a “proper” job, the madness of the 90’s was long past. I was walking past a couple of work colleagues having a conversation when one said, “Ask Rick, he likes jazz…” Turns out Salford City Radio was after a presenter for a jazz program they had. I went to talk to them, but because I didn’t live in Salford they wouldn’t take me on.
But that started me thinking – what sort of radio show would I want to present…? Not a single genre show, I’d get bored. So, something like I used to play out, something that joined different types of music together.
I put a proposal together and sent it off to Stockport’s Pure Radio (thanks to Penny for the idea and Paul Holloway at Pure for taking the chance) and Roots & Fusion was born, with the first show going out on 9th Jan 2009.
Within the first few years, Roots & Fusion won a handful of awards. It went from a one hour show to two hours and found it’s home on Wednesdays from 9pm to 11pm. I started including sessions in the show. Together with first Jason Powell, then later with Aaron Hixon, as sound engineers, we’d record artists sometimes in the studio, sometimes in interesting places and places of interest throughout Stockport – the Air Raid Shelters, The Hat Museum, Staircase House, Anson Engine Museum, the boardroom of Robinson’s Brewery…
From 2012 I started uploading each show to Mixcloud – a listen again website, for people who have lives that don’t involve committing to two hours every Wednesday.
In May 2017, Pure Innovations (the parent company of the charity that ran Pure Radio) decided to let the broadcasting licence go, but not to worry, the station would keep running just with different ownership. We were told the building we were broadcasting out of was going to be demolished, so the new owners were looking for new premises & we would be off air until the move. This was only supposed to be for a couple of weeks. After this extended into a couple of months, I decided to have a re-think.
Since 2014, Roots & Fusion had also been syndicated out of Canada via Blues & Roots Radio (after the show went out live on Wednesdays, I’d send a recording of it to BRR and they’d air it at the weekend), so I asked the station owner, Stevie Connor, if he'd like Roots & Fusion as an exclusive. He agreed (almost bit my hand off) and we started to work out how to do it live - with me at home and them in Canada.
I bought a laptop & microphone, loaded Play It Live software, hooked up to the Canadian server and off we went. From November 2017 through to January 31st 2024 Roots & Fusion was broadcasted live & exclusive on Blues & Roots Radio, every Wednesday. As BRR was internet based, the audience was worldwide. There were listeners who tuned in from Australia while getting their kids ready for school as well as some in Estonia who stayed up very late to listen. In Canada it was a drive time show… I’ve been told the audience figures were around a thousand listeners per show, which is nice.
At the end of last year, I was presented with the Blues & Roots Radio Presenter of the Year Award for 2023.
Stevie Connor then decided that he was going to wind up BRR and stop broadcasting at the end of January 2024, which was a bit of a shock.
Roots & Fusion was the very last programme to be broadcast on Blues & Roots Radio, going out live on Wednesday 31st January before radio silence. After 10 years of BRR and 15 years of R&F, it was a bit emotional.
Still, the show must go on… A group of presenters who had shows on BRR formed a new station, originally just to replicate the Friday schedule – hence the name Folk Friday Radio. It soon added more shows and more days, with Roots & Fusion going out live again from Wednesday 13th March. At some point in the future there may be a name change – I have suggested Independent Roots Radio. We’ll see…
So there you have it, an international, award winning radio show, broadcasting from my music room in Rainow.
Roots & Fusion – “welcome to the journey…”.
© 2016