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Roots and Shoots with Roger Pettit on Felixstowe Radio Roots and Shoots goes out every Monday, 7-8pm, on Felixstowe Radio (107.5 FM and www.felixstowerad... PS It really isn't a gardening show!

Roger plays the best in folk and roots music, keeps you informed about gigs in the area and wants you to be a big part of the programme.

18/05/2025

It was very easy to choose tomorrow's featured album! It's the new release by the one and only Merry Hell. It's called 'Rising Of The Bold' and it's brilliant!

15/05/2025

I'll be back on Monday and, yes, there will be some Spain-related tracks! 7-8pm and Listen Again

31/03/2025

You know where, you know when, R&S tonight features Jackie Oates, Jackie Leven, James J Turner, Fairport Convention (with a rare Sandy Denny vocal), Dick Gaughan, Randall Stephen Hall, Honey & The Bear and more. Can't do tonight? Then do Listen Again!

28/03/2025

The Miracle Playlist, 24/3/25

Dando Shaft - Waves Upon The Ether
Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band - Suffolk Miracle
The Mary Wallopers - Eileen Og
Sue Harding - Barflies
Jackie Oates - The Sweet Nightingale
GBB - Sovay
Davy Graham - Leavin' Blues
Terence Blacker - Misfits Jamboree
GBB - The Rolling Of The Stones
Innocents Abroad - King Of Luxembourg
The Hosepipe Band - B Flat One/Flat 1 B

Miracle may be a bit strong but 'not too dusty' would be false modesty. Search Felixstowe Radio's 'Listen Again' feature to check.

17/03/2025

It's a St. Patrick's Day special tonight (7-8pm), but I'm not giving the game away here. Later on in the week, it will still be just as good!

11/03/2025

The Fair Maid Playlist, 10/3/25

Maddy Prior - Rigs Of The Time
Colin Macduff - Halfway To Summer
Steve Tilston - Biding Time
Liz Overs - Prayer To The Year
TRIP - The 50 Reels
Steve T - Never Could Have Asked For More
Sue Harding - Bordertown Blues
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - La Pointe Aux Pine
Steve T - Last Call
Jackie Oates - When I Was A Fair Maid
Pete Townshend - Corrina Corrina
TRIP - Octopus Circus

So Pete T has made it onto R&S at last. The lesson to be learned is 'Never Give Up', although it was the Dylan song that really clinched it!

04/03/2025

The All Aboard Playlist, 3/3/25

Ralph McTell - Brighton Belle
Filkin's Music - Hiraeth
Greenshanks - Stormbird
The Twangtown Paramours - A Room In Bordeaux
Altan - Molly na gCuach ni Chuilleanain
Greenshanks - Ballad Of Billy & Eilidh
Pentangle - People On The Highway
Gabriel Moreno - - Edge Of A Dream
Greenshanks - Sandstone
The Rheingans Sisters - Edge Of The Field
Owen Moore - Home In The Rain
Filkin's Music - Touchpaper

Greenshanks, aka Boyd-Wallis, well worth the featured album slot!

27/02/2025

The Handful Playlist, 24/2/25

Kate Rusby - Shout To The Devil
Chris Brain - New Dying Day
Dick Gaughan - Now Westlin' Winds
Bella Hardy - Whisky You're The Devil
Dan Sealey - Yesterday Came
DG - Lough Erne/First Kiss At Parting
Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith - Harvest Gypsies
Tish Hinojosa - By The River Grande
DG - Both Sides The Tweed
Darko Rundek (Official) & Cargo Orchestra - Ista Slika
Shillelagh - Seven Leaf Clover/Tinker's Wife

Playlist title? C'mon, check your Dick Gaughan!

20/02/2025

The Still Light Then Playlist, 17/2/25

Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet
Katie Spencer - Shannon Road
Reg Meuross Music - A Folk Song's A Song
Flook - Jig For Sham...
Greenshanks - Fistful Of Sand
RM - Deportees
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Hawkmoon
The Highwaymen - Born & Raised In Black & White
RM - The Gypsy Singer
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Help Me
Steve Earle - This City
Frances Morton - Lovely Molly's Set

I'm guessing Reg Meuross gets called a stalwart of the folk scene but actually he's way better than that! For proof, search Listen Again on Felixstowe Radio

15/02/2025

The Better Late Playlist, 10/2/25

Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening - O-U-T Spells Out
THE BAND - This Wheel's On Fire
Fiona Soe Paing - The Ballad Of John Hosie
The Young'uns - Blood Red Roses/Shallow Brown
Andy White - Very Fine Playlist
FSP - Bessie Bell
Mec Yek (ft. Piet Maris) - Shukar Romani
Dan Sealey - Over The Sea
FSP - Udny
Liz Overs - Honeysuckle On The Vine
Flook - The Farther Shore

More where that came from next Monday!

06/02/2025

The Lucky 13 Playlist, 3/2/25

Martin Simpson - Delta Dreams
Dave Evans - Only Blue
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Empty Trainload Of Sky
Chris Brain - Sun Did Glide
Fiona Soe Paing - Auchindoon
GW & DR - The Bells & The Birds
Shillelagh - Glory, Cash & Beer
Blind Boy Fuller - Rag Mama Rag
GW & DR - Lawman
Gwilym Bowen Rhys - Gwn Dafydd Ifan
Chris Smither - In The Bardo
GW & DR - Hashtag
Frances Morton - The Engagement

Shillelagh? Canada's answer to the Pogues, well worth tracking down!

30/01/2025

The Better Late Playlist, 27/1/25

Ronnie Lane - Roll On Babe
Jenn Butterworth - All Our Days
Pedair - Rwan Hyn
Nic Jones - Barrack Street
JB - Fair Maids O February
Christy Moore - Black & Amber
The Git Band - (Sometimes) Only The Blues Will Do
JB - A Toast
Songs of the Folk - Already There
Michael Chapman - Sometimes
Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood - Raspberry (two Bourrees)

Btw, Jenn's album 'Her By Design' is an absolute belter!

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