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Blues Matters Blues Matters! was founded 1999 as a fanzine to give enthusiasts a voice. Intended to support and promote the Blues in all forms, and so provide a service to music fans everywhere, of "Blues Without The Blinkers". Blues Matters! represents every aspect of the Blues with all the seriousness, humour, depth, belief, and enthusiasm it deserves. By doing so, we bring together the music, artists, publications, creators, industry, and fans, who enjoy, and therefore help sustain, the Blues for further generations. Click Here to visit their website The latest Edition #40 Oct/Nov 2007 includes: IN THIS ISSUE: • Ana Popovic • Otis Taylor • Rachelle Van Zanten • Gary Moore • Scott Matthews • CD REVIEWS • MASSES of CD Reviews! MASSES of CD Reviews! • NEWS UPDATE LATEST HAPPENINGS IN OUR BLUES WORLD! Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct. Ph: 01656-745-628 / E-mail: info@bluesmatters.com quoting Proper Website. Click Here to subscribe online More Information

Country Music People The Number One, dedicated Country Music Magazine: CMP gives you the world of country music - New Country, Roots, Honky Tonk, Americana,Traditional, Acoustic, Country-Rock, Old Time, Bluegrass, NashPop, Cowboy, Rockabilly, Western Swing, Singer-Songwriter, Alternative. Click Here to visit their website The latest edition January '07 (CMP455) includes: FEATURES: EMMYLOU HARRIS The Song Is My Compass GARTH BROOKS Talks about his latest release. BILLY SWAN Just Hangin' out. JERRY SALLEY Keepin' it country, acoustic and bluegrass LOU ROBIN Memories of Johnny Cash. GENE AUTRY How the singing cowboys began. REGULARS: • REVIEWS • NEWS • TOUR GUIDE • COUNTRY Q&A • THE DAVID ALLAN PAGE • AUSTIN STATE OF MIND • WRITE TO REPLY CHARTS: • KICKIN' CUTS: The most kickin' new tracks on the cooler dancefloor s • AMERICANA: Official US Americana Radio Chart • UK DEALER CHART: Charts from specialist indie retailers • HMV COUNTRY CHART: HMV stores sales chart • BILLBOARD CHARTS: The Official Billboard country album, country songs & bluegrass albums charts Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct. Ph: 020-8854-7217 quoting Proper Website. Click Here to subscribe online More Information

fRoots fRoots is the world's leading monthly magazine covering modern and traditional music with roots from around the globe, from Anglo-trad to Zanzibar pop via the great mixing desk in the sky. Pronounce it "eff-roots"! We have been at the sharp end of the folk/roots/world music scene for nearly 29 years, dealing with an incredible diversity of music from the latest fusions to the very ethnic. fRoots is the first place you'll read about new names who later go on to establish strong reputations, and is often the first to highlight previously under-exposed local musics. Indeed, our readers constantly praise us for changing their musical lives! Every issue is packed with features, news, reviews and information on the UK and international scene, and two a year come with our unique and very sought-after covermount compilation CDs. Click Here to visit their website The latest edition #295/296 (Jan/Feb 08) features: THE EDITOR’S BOX Ian Anderson’s comment column. Read it here fROOTS PLAYLIST Recent stuff we like. CHARTS & LISTS Specialist and general roots music album sales and airplay charts. Sample them here REVIEWS Our key section reviewing all the latest CDs - loads bite the dust. No punches pulled! We’ve got some here for you to read now ROOTING ABOUT What’s happening: packed pages of festivals, gigs, tours, radio, CDs and all kinds of roots-related stuff. The most you’ll find anywhere… ROOT SALAD A cross-section of featurettes: Berlin based ex-Soviet band Ersatzmusika, Cuba's X Alfonso, global dance pioneers Transglobal Underground, UK-Belgium collaboration Okavango, bluesman Big George Brock, and Chris Wood in the Rocket Launcher. THE ALBUMS OF 2007 The 21st Annual fRoots Critics Poll, and the 7th year it has produced the nominees for the Albums Of The Year in the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. It’s the definitive ‘best of’ list. AWARDS FOR WORLD MUSIC The official profiles of all the nominees in the 7th annual BBC Radio 3 Awards For World Music, presented in collaboration with BBC Radio 3. Words: Jon Lusk and Garth Cartwright. FOLK AWARDS Hot off the press, the nominations in this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Colin Irwin checks them over. MR. ETHIOPIQUES Francis Falceto is the tireless worker who has brought Ethiopian music to world attention, culminating in this year’s award winning selection from his Ethiopiques series. Elizabeth Kinder meets a very modest man. ISTANBULLISH There’s a feeling in the air that the music of Turkey might finally be catching the attention of world music fans. Jon Lusk took notepad and camera to Istanbul to find out what’s happening in that vibrant city. CAUSES & EFFECTS Steve Ashley’s still writing songs that have a point to make after all these years. Colin Irwin catches up with a veteran who’s never compromised. ESTONIA RISES Indigenous roots music is a happening thing in Estonia. Andrew Cronshaw hops on the plane to take a look at Viljandi Pärimusmuusika Festival, the brand leader. CRIMINAL RECORDS Inspired, they say, by the energy of local cemeteries, Italy’s Etruria Criminale Banda make a glorious sound. Jamie Renton finds them at a Portuguese all-nighter… IRAQI TRAGEDY Farida, the leading exponent of Iraqi makam, is one of the world’s great singers. These days she lives in exile in a small village in the Netherlands. Garth Cartwright makes a pilgrimage. THE GOLDEN FRULA It’s not all trumpets in Serbia. Andrew Cronshaw visits Prislonica for a festival of wooden whistles… TRANSNATIONAL… They come from four countries, live in five, and make music together that’s as natural as it gets. Geoff Wallis hears about Andy Irvine’s wonderful Mozaik project. OLD BIFF'S ALMANAC 2008 Our exclusive cartoon gazes into its crystal balls… Plus dozens of pages of essential adverts. Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct. Ph: 020-8340-9651, E-Mail sales@frootsmag.com quoting Proper Website. Click here to subscribe online More Information

Jazzwise Launched in 1997, JAZZWISE is the UK's leading jazz monthly and the only magazine devoted to covering the entire spectrum, from cutting-edge contemporary jazz, mainstream, fusion and improv to jazz-club crossover and world-jazz. Click Here to visit their website The latest edition #115 (December 07) includes: FEATURES: • Guy Barker • EST • Mike Taylor Remembered • Steve Reid • New Wave Of British Jazz REGULARS: • Jazz Instrument Update • Jazz On Film • CD REVIEWS: The UK's biggest Jazz CD & DVD review section. • BOOKS AND DVD's: Jazz Book and DVD reviews. • THE PLAYER • LIVE REVIEWS: Live reviews of recent jazz gigs. • SUBSCRIPTIONS: Grab a free Blue Note CD and save money too. • LETTERS: Have your say. Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct. Ph: 020-8769-7725 or e-mail magazine@jazzwise.com) quoting Proper Website. Click Here to subscribe online More Information

Living Tradition The Living Tradition is a full colour, bi-monthly Folk & Traditional music magazine that has been in publication for just over 10 years now. The main aim of the magazine is to highlight the rich heritage of traditional music in the British Isles and further afield, and attempt to bring it to a wider audience. Click Here to visit their website The latest edition #76 (October 07) features: • Ray Fisher • Lisa Knapp • Iain Anderson • Festival InterCeltique • Omega 3 Reviews: Lauren MacColl, Tom Kitching & Gen Bartley, Jo Freya, Last Orders, Blowzabella, Bella Hardy, Maggie Holland, Chris & Kellie While & Many More... Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct 01563-571-220 or e-mail admin@livingtradition.co.uk quoting Proper Website. Click Here to subscribe online More Information

Maverick Maverick, a monthly country and roots music magazine launched in July 2002. There is an extensive album review section and features on performers, songwriters, musicians, etc. who are on the cutting edge. Click Here to visit their website The latest edition #66 features: • Josh Turner • Alison Moorer • Chris Thile • Joe Ely PLUS: Reviews, news, tour info, letters, etc Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct. Ph: 01622-744-481 Click Here to subscribe online More Information

PROPERGANDA Established in April 2006, our quarterly Properganda magazine (get it?, well we thought it was clever) is a full colour, 32 page extravaganza of interviews, album reviews, promotions, specialist features and more. PLUS a stunning competition every issue to "WIN EVERY SINGLE CD REVIEWED" in the magazine. Each issue includes: • Exclusive interviews with some of our top artists. • Reports and features on exciting new releases from the world of Proper Music, such as this year's FOLK RISING and BBC JAZZ AWARDS 2007 compilations • The buzz on up-and-coming acts across all genres. • In-depth features on new & established labels from our canon. • Reviews covering recent and forthcoming releases from our catalogue. It will be • Free • Just in case you're skim-reading, we said "FREE!" • Available to everyone who wants one • Full colour, well written and produced • Released at least 4 times a year • Available via any record shop, music club, live venue, rehearsal room, music shop, festival or street-teamer who wants to stock it. • A downloadable version will be available online here shortly (however, we recommend only spilling your pint on the paper copy). It wont be • Promoting or advertising any retail brands • Photocopied and stapled in a cheap as chips way • Available at supermarkets or any other leading greengrocers! "How do I get my copy" we hear you ask?, well apart from the above information we suggest you initially search out your local Proper Partner Store and ask them for a copy or watch out for it at gigs, festivals etc... Properganda Issue #7 features: INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES: • KATHRYN WILLIAMS & NEILL MACCOLL • KARINE POLWART • ALLISON MOORER • BENJI KIRKPATRICK • HEIDI TALBOT • THE BLESSING • 17 HIPPIES • NEIL COWLEY TRIO Reviews of over 50 new releases: "Properganda, A whole lot of something for nothing!" We hope you'll like it. More Information

Songlines Songlines is the world music magazine covering the world's most exciting music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion. Songlines is packed full of the latest CD reviews, artist interviews, guides to particular world music traditions, concert-listings, travel stories and every issue comes with an exclusive compilation CD. Edited by Simon Broughton, co-editor of The Rough Guide to World Music, Songlines boasts the very best writers and includes an irreverent column from radio DJ Andy Kershaw. Click Here to visit their website Issue 49 (Jan/Feb 2008) is out now and features: • Best Albums of 2007 – the editor’s choice of the standout releases from the year. • Didier Awadi – Senegalese rapper Awadi talks about his ambitious Présidents d’Afrique project. • Ishmael Beah – the child rapper on the horrors of being a child fighter and how music was often the sole distraction. • The Music of Central Asia – an in-depth look at the music of the ‘stans that the Aga Khan Trust is endeavoring to preserve. • Sounding Out Helsinki – the best places to see and hear music. • My World – author and historian William Dalrymple. • Beginner’s Guide to the diva of Lebanese song, Fairuz. • News, including the perils of world music in a digital age, The Next Big Thing, Long Way Down and the Latin Grammys. • Plus pages of the latest CD, Books & World Cinema reviews. Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct. Ph: 020-7371-2777, E-mail: subs@songlines.co.uk quoting Proper Website. Click Here to subscribe online More Information

WORD Magazine Word is a monthly magazine dedicated to music and entertainment. It was started in 2003 by an independent company, Development Hell, which was started by a number of refugees from Big Publishing. It's published on the second Thursday of every month and comes with a free Word Of Mouth CD, which prides itself on bringing together the best of emerging talent. Word was described, not by us, as being "for people too old for the NME and too hip for Q". Click Here to visit their website The latest edition #59 (January 2008) includes: FEATURES: • the highlights of 2007 • Paul McCartney • Ron Wood • Facebook • Mark Ronson • Richard Hawley • Matt Stevens and why you’ll miss the record business when it’s gone. • Plus free CD featuring: Tinariwen, Martin/Eliza Carthy/Paul Weller, Nick Lowe and more Please note: You can purchase or order copies of the magazine from all Proper Partner stores or by subscribing direct. Ph: 0870-442-0912, E-mail: wordsubs@cisubs.co.uk quoting Proper Website. Click Here to subscribe online More Information