Newcastle Roots Music Radio brings you a monthly world, roots and folk music podcast wherever you live! There's also a gig guide for those of you who live in Northeast England on the podcast and the related blog where you can also find a playlist with links for more information regarding artists: www.rootsoftheworld.blogspot.co.uk/

This month's edition features music from Gareth-Davies Jones. Tynedale based singer-songwriter, who's back on the podcast for the second time. He has a new album out "Now But Not Yet", we will hear two songs from this album of strong, warm powerfully delivered lyrics. Gareth produced a Christmas album last year "Nine Lessons" , which has a thoughtful and reflective flavour-recommended. To complete the Christmas side of things Cerys Matthews and Kate Rusby chip in.

There's more local music from Rod Clements, Jez Lowe, Flossie Malavialle,Kathryn Tickell,the Baghdaddies, Monkey Junk and Skylark Song.

Further afield we have music from Mali, Cornwall, Jamaica, Bulgaria, a London based Scot and a London based Turk, Scotland based Scots and Stourbridge, West Midlands!

This podcast comes from RootsoftheWorld and is available on Soundcloud, Podomatic and iTunes.
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You can also listen to my music mix on Hive Radio on my “Roots of the World Show” broadcast fortnightly from 5-6pm on Sundays. This month on Sundays 8th December and 22th December at http://hiveradiouk.wordpress.com/ and later available on Mixcloud at http://www.mixcloud.com/Hive_Radio/.

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