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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: GUEST,sailorboy Date: 09 Oct 06 - 09:35 AM The good point about FR for me is that it is the only publication apart from songlines that places english music on a level playing field with all other world music. It is our heritage and our music and as such should justly be veiwed in this context. One could rattle on forever about some of its inexplicable choices about which singer songwriters are 'rooted' and which aren't and perhaps other editorial aspects but by and large I'm glad it exists and does what it does. By the way. there are a plethora of regional 'folk'mags around the UK which are gradually improving in quality as time goes on. Living Tradition/Taplas/Folk on tap. These are all worth while checking out. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: The Borchester Echo Date: 09 Oct 06 - 09:27 AM I actually meant to type 'over the past YEAR'. The street date for the November 2006 issue is 19 October. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: The Borchester Echo Date: 09 Oct 06 - 09:19 AM A swift glance back at fR covers over the past six months reveals that six of them feature those making music from 'out there in England'. All but one are firmly what you might call (if you must) white anglo-saxon: Tim Van Eyken The Devil's Interval Gloworms/Seth/Lakeman/18th Day Of May/Lou Rhodes Kate Rusby Bellowhead The sixth, Susheela Rahman, is making music widespread in England today but rooted largely in her own tradition. Is that what some people are really objecting to? fR policy is to promote musics of both indigenous and immigrant communities, musics made by current writers if they are rooted in a tradition but not to give space to music that has no sense of roots, place or community because there are plenty of other publications focussing on that. It is clearly stated in the FAQ: http://www.frootsmag.com/content/about/faq/ fR does what it says on the tin. No-one forces anyone to buy and read it. But those who don't are likely to have a very distorted picture of what has actually been going on musically for the past 26 years. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser) Date: 09 Oct 06 - 08:15 AM People have been moaning about Anderson since Southern Rag was a tiny A5-size pamphlet which you had to go to a folk club to buy. I remember Derek Brimstone writing a letter to the editor just after it became Folk Roots complaining about there being a picture of Flaco Jimenez on the cover. If it's so bad, where are all the other magazines that aggrieved English folkies have started in order that they can read about Peter Bellamy every month? Oh, sorry - there aren't any. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: Les in Chorlton Date: 09 Oct 06 - 06:31 AM And thanks Guest for the link |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: Big Al Whittle Date: 09 Oct 06 - 06:30 AM I'm sure everybody with a major recording contract will have sleepless nights over it. Others will be tormented as to how Zulu satirists and Inuit nose flute players will ever again gain the center stage and true recognition. I guess the rest of us will just have try and soldier on. try radio 4's front Row - it has much the same flavour - sort, screw you! we're clever and you're not! they should have amalgamated. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: Les in Chorlton Date: 09 Oct 06 - 06:29 AM Look, it was just an innocent question. But it looks like it will turn into one of those opportunities for people to moan about each other and the music they like and the music they do not. I am a member of EFDSS and it doesn't take me long to read the magazine. What else is out their? |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: GUEST, Topsie Date: 09 Oct 06 - 06:15 AM Can a magazine be hijacked by its own editor? Ian was already a 'world music' enthusiast back in the days when fRoots was Southern Rag. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: redsnapper Date: 09 Oct 06 - 05:35 AM It was once reasonable many years ago. Now a complete waste of money (IMHO). RS |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: Folk Form # 1 Date: 09 Oct 06 - 05:07 AM I wish it would disappear. I've never forgiven how the World Music mob hijacked it from the folkies and left England without a magazine for our music. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: GUEST Date: 09 Oct 06 - 04:58 AM >No web activity. It would be a pity if it has. www.frootsmag.com has a lot of server trouble it seems. The new issue is out in the next few days however, and the forum is still going strong at froots.net/phpBB2. I'm sure the website will be back in an hour or so. |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: The Shambles Date: 09 Oct 06 - 04:33 AM How could we survive without it? |
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Subject: RE: fRoots magazine From: s&r Date: 09 Oct 06 - 03:43 AM No web activity. It would be a pity if it has. Stu |
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Subject: fRoots magazine From: Les in Chorlton Date: 09 Oct 06 - 03:21 AM Has this magazine ceased publication? |
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