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FRoots

"Folk Roots" redirects here. For the album by Kutumba, see Folk Roots (album).
Not to be confused with Froot (disambiguation).

fRoots
fRoots issue 289, cover-dated July 2007
EditorIan A. Anderson (1979–2019)
CategoriesMusic (folk, world)
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation12,000 worldwide (2006)[1]
PublisherSouthern Rag Ltd
Founded1979
Final issue2019 (2019)
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Based inFarnham
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.frootsmag.com Edit this at Wikidata
ISSN0951-1326

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.[1]

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

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In 1979, Southern Rag was founded[2] by folk musician Ian A. Anderson with Caroline Hurrell and Lawrence Heath. It was renamed as Folk Roots in 1985,[2] and in 1998 it became fRoots. The headquarters was initially in Farnham, Surrey and later moved to Bristol.[2] Anderson remained the editor for the magazine's entire forty-year lifespan.

Since 1985, the magazine was published on a monthly basis,[2] with compilation albums twice-yearly. After a 2017 Kickstarter campaign,[3] it was re-launched in April 2018 as a larger quarterly magazine, including a compilation album with every issue.[4]

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.[5][6]

Albums of the year

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The fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year was determined by a panel of "hundreds of experts" in the UK and internationally:[7]

Between 2002 and 2008 the award was incorporated into the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About fRoots". fRoots. Retrieved 27 August 2020. (the year is matched from the "fRoots Advertising Information" Archived 12 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine 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).
  2. ^ a b c d Edward Komara (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues. Psychology Press. p. 756. ISBN 978-0-415-92699-7. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ^ Rogers, Jude (8 July 2019). "'A big tree has fallen': the sad demise of fRoots, bible of British folk". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  4. ^ "fRoots Digital Editions". fRoots. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  5. ^ Anderson, Ian (2 July 2019). "fRoots Magazine Statement, 2nd July 2019". fRoots. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ Murray, Robin (2 July 2019). "fROOTS Magazine To Fold". Clash. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b "The fRoots Critics Poll Albums of the Year". fRoots. 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

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