FRoots

fRoots (pronounced "eff-Roots", originally Folk Roots) was a specialist music magazine published in the UK since 1979. It specialised in folk and world music, and featured a compilation downloadable album with every issue, with occasional specials. 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 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.

On 2 July 2019, the editor, Ian A. Anderson, announced that the magazine was suspending publication due to lack of funding, and that the Summer 2019 issue (issue 425) would be its last.

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.

Since 1985, the magazine had been published on a monthly basis. It has been published quarterly since April 2018. The headquarters was in Bristol.

Albums of the year

Folk Roots album of the year:
 1986 Graceland by Paul Simon
 1987 Soro by Salif Keita
 1988 Amnesia by Richard Thompson
 1989 Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck
 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

fRoots album of the year:
 1998 Red Rice by Eliza Carthy
 1999 Kulanjan by Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabaté
 2000 Wanita by Rokia Traoré

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 Touré
 2007 Segu Blue by Bassekou Kouyate

References

Sources

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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Category:British music awards
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