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fRoots (pronounced "eff-Roots", originally Folk Roots) was a specialist music magazine published in the UK between 1979 and 2019. It specialised in folk and world music, and featured regular compilation downloadable albums, with occasional specials. In 2006, the circulation of the magazine was 12,000 worldwide.
The magazine was also involved in live music production, as well as the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music and the Europe in Union concert series.




Overview


In 1979, Southern Rag was founded by folk musician Ian A. Anderson with Caroline Hurrell and Lawrence Heath.
It was renamed as Folk Roots in 1985, and in 1998 it became fRoots.
The headquarters was initially in Farnham, Surrey and later moved to Bristol.
Anderson remained the editor for the magazine's entire forty-year lifespan.
Since 1985, the magazine was published on a monthly basis, with compilation albums twice-yearly.
After a 2017 Kickstarter campaign, it was re-launched in April 2018 as a larger quarterly magazine, including a compilation album with every issue.
On 2 July 2019, the editor announced that the magazine was suspending publication due to lack of funding, and that the Summer 2019 issue (issue 425) would be its last.




Albums of the year


The fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year was determined by a panel of "hundreds of experts" in the UK and internationally:

1986 Graceland by Paul Simon
1987 Soro by Salif Keita
1988 Amnesia by Richard Thompson
1989 Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck
1990 The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
1991 Barking Mad by Four Men and a Dog
1992 Lam Toro by Baaba Maal
1993 A Meeting by the River by Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt
1994 Waterson:Carthy by Waterson–Carthy
1995 Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts by Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts
1996 Norma Waterson by Norma Waterson
1997 Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club
1998 Red Rice by Eliza Carthy
1999 Kulanjan by Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabaté
2000 Wanita by Rokia Traoré
2001 Missing You / Mee Yeewnii by Baaba Maal
2002 Specialist in All Styles by Orchestra Baobab
2003 Bowmboi by Rokia Traoré
2004 Egypt by Youssou N'Dour
2005 Dimanche à Bamako by Amadou & Mariam
2006 Savane by Ali Farka Touré
2007 Segu Blue by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
2008 Low Culture by Jim Moray
2009 Très Très Fort by Staff Benda Bilili
2010 Hedonism by Bellowhead
2011 Ragged Kingdom by June Tabor & Oysterband
2012 Ground of Its Own by Sam Lee
2013 Clychau Dybon by Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
2014 The Moral of the Elephant by Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy
2015 From Here by Stick in the Wheel
2016 Lodestar by Shirley Collins
2017 Ladilikan by Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
2018 SOAR by Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Between 2002 and 2008 the award was incorporated into the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.




References






Sources


"Ian A. Anderson". interview. Dirty Linen. No. 59. August 1995. Archived from the original on 20 October 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2021.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)




External links


Official website
Rogers, Jude (8 July 2019). "'A big tree has fallen': the sad demise of fRoots, bible of British folk", The Guardian.

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