FRoots
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fRoots is a specialist music magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 published monthly in the UK. It specialises in folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 and world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...

, and features a compilation cover CD twice every year. In 2006, the circulation of the magazine was 12,000 worldwide.fRootsMag.com, "About fRoots" (the year is matched from the "fRoots Advertising Information" that provides the same "readership of 40,000" data for their "2006 readership survey" as the main "around 12,000 worldwide (giving a readership of around 40,000)" claim).

The magazine is also involved in live music production, as well as the BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...

 awards for World music, and the Europe in Union concert series.

Overview

In 1979, Southern Rag was founded by folk musician Ian A. Anderson
Ian A. Anderson
Ian A. Anderson is an English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster.-Country blues and The Village Thing:...

. It was later renamed as "Folk Roots", and in 1998 it became "fRoots".

Albums of the year

Folk Roots album of the year
  • 1986 "Graceland
    Graceland (album)
    Graceland was Paul Simon's highest charting album in the U.S. in over a decade, reaching #3 in the national Billboard charts, receiving a certification of 5× Platinum by the RIAA and eventually selling over 14 million copies, making it Simon's most commercially successful album...

    " by Paul Simon
    Paul Simon
    Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...

  • 1987 "Soro
    Soro (album)
    -Track listing:#"Wamba" – 4:45#"Soro " – 9:52#"Souareba" – 4:39#"Sina " – 4:45#"Cono" – 6:00#"Sanni Kegniba" – 7:44...

    " by Salif Keita
    Salif Keita
    Salif Keïta is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the Golden Voice of Africa, but because he has albinism and is a direct descendant of the founder of the Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita...

  • 1988 "Amnesia
    Amnesia (album)
    Amnesia is an album by Richard Thompson, recorded and released in 1988.After Across a Crowded Room and Daring Adventures had not troubled the compilers of hit parades, Polydor declined their option to renew their contract with Thompson...

    " by Richard Thompson
  • 1989 "Djam Leelii
    Djam Leelii
    Djam Leelii is the first widely known release by Baaba Maal and guitarist Mansour Seck. Several of the tracks have been released on Baaba Maal's later albums.-Track listing:All tracks by Baaba Maal# "Lam Tooro" – 6:40# "Loodo" – 6:11...

    " by Baaba Maal
    Baaba Maal
    Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.-Biography:Born 12 November 1953...

     and Mansour Seck
  • 1992 "Lam Toro" by Baaba Maal
  • 1993 "A Meeting By the River" by Ry Cooder
    Ry Cooder
    Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...

     and V.M. Bhatt
    Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
    Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena...

  • 1994 "Waterson:Carthy" by Waterson:Carthy
    Waterson:Carthy
    Waterson:Carthy are an English folk group originally comprising Norma Waterson on vocals, her husband Martin Carthy on guitar and vocals and their daughter Eliza Carthy on fiddle and vocals....

  • 1995 "Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts" by Kate Rusby
    Kate Rusby
    Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times...

     and Kathryn Roberts
    Kathryn Roberts
    Kathryn Roberts is an English folk singer, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire.Her first released recordings were on the album Intuition, a collection of songs by various South Yorkshire folk artists which also included her friend Kate Rusby...

  • 1996 "Norma Waterson" by Norma Waterson
    Norma Waterson
    Norma Christine Waterson is an English musician, best known as one of the original members of The Watersons, a premier English traditional group. Other members of the group included her brother Mike Waterson and sister Lal Waterson, and in later incarnations of the group her husband Martin...

  • 1997 "Buena Vista Social Club
    Buena Vista Social Club (album)
    - Music :"Chan Chan", the first song on the album, is a Cuban song composition by Compay Segundo, revolving around two central characters, Juanita and Chan Chan. The song was one of Segundo's last compositions and was written in 1987, already having been recorded by Segundo himself various...

    " by Buena Vista Social Club
    Buena Vista Social Club
    The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s...



fRoots album of the year
  • 1998 "Red Rice" by Eliza Carthy
    Eliza Carthy
    Eliza Carthy is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle. She is the daughter of English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson.-Life and career:...

  • 1999 "Kulanjan" by Taj Mahal
    Taj Mahal (musician)
    Henry Saint Clair Fredericks , who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He incorporates elements of world music into his music...

     and Toumani Diabaté
    Toumani Diabaté
    Toumani Diabaté is a Malian kora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he has also been involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles.-Biography:...

  • 2000 "Wanita" by Rokia Traoré
    Rokia Traoré
    Rokia Traoré is a Victoires de la Musique award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born in Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group, her father was a diplomat and she travelled widely in her youth. She visited such countries as Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France and Belgium and was...



Later awards became merged with the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music
  • 2005 "Dimanche à Bamako" by Amadou & Mariam
  • 2006 "Savane" by Ali Farka Toure
  • 2007 "Segu Blue" by Bassekou Kouyate
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