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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


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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…”.