Just the FAQs
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Who Are These People? (The Masthead)
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RootsWorld is primarily a world and roots-folk music magazine and radio program.
We depend entirely on the support of our readers and listeners. We do not offer advertising or sales links.
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Will we review your recording?
As is the case with most music media, I get most of the recordings from the record labels or artists who produce them. Please understand that this is a very small operation (one editor and a bunch of volunteer contributors). I want to discourage you from sending a recording for review unless you are sure it is well within the scope of what we do.
You might want to send a link to a few sample tracks online for me to preview.
I have a pretty clear editorial bias, both by genre and by quality. Look at the reviews here and be sure that you meet the obvious criteria I set before you waste your hard earned money sending a copy of "Pillory: The Healing Art of the Ambient Celtic Sufis Of Mesopotamia." Please do not send me any music that will, in your words, "change my life."
I will not even consider demo tapes, homemade pre-release CDRs, 'advance releases' or any other unfinished product for review. We will only review complete, retail version packages, the same thing you want to sell to our readers if they like what they see and hear in a review.
About CDs
My suggestion is to send me a streaming link to listen, and if I think we might broadcast or review, I'll first ask for a download - high quality audio (MP3-320 or WAV). If we decide to review, I may still need a CD for the reviewer. PLease do not send CDs unless I ask you to.
Please be patient. It can take weeks or months for a review or airplay.
Unsolicited recordings will be given away, or tossed in a dumpster, at my sole discretion. You have been warned.
In 2001 I startedCDRoots, a retail web site for selling a very select group of recordings not easily available in the US.
That has been closed, but I do maintain a small donor gift list of CDs to thank our donors
