Maz and Robin

Our guests today were up-and-coming musician Maz Totterdell singing her own songs live plus the legendary Robin Williamson talking by phone about his career and his music.

Listen again to the show here.
Watch a video featuring Maz on Roots & Shoots here.

Pictures and video of Maz Totterdell courtesy of 
Cecil Hatfield and Dorota Turowska.

We were delighted to welcome back to the show 
Maz Totterdell who is receiving some acclaim and lots of airplay for her album Sweep. She is also gaining lots of new fans through her live performances, solo and with her band.

Maz performed live 3 songs that appear on her album: Heart In Your Pocket, Willow and Little Puzzle. From Sweep we played Kaleidoscope. From the album Postcards From Within: Singer-Songwriters From Mid Devon And Beyond, we played the contribution by Maz, Never Say Never.

Find out more about Maz Totterdell's music and a list of festivals and other events at which she is appearing on MySpace.

Robin Williamson and John Renbourn are touring together. They are appearing this Thursday 19 April at Exeter Phoenix. Robin spoke to us about his musical history - including his rise to prominence with The Incredible String Band in the 60s and 70s and his collaborations with other eminent musicians, about his interest in traditional stories and his story telling along with the Celtic harp and about his obviously enjoyable playing with the renowned guitarist John Renbourn.

Robin informed us that albums are due soon: by Robin and Bina Williamson, a solo album incorporating prints of Robin's paintings and Robin Williamson and John Renbourn live.

We played several recordings by Robin and John:
John Renbourn..Blueberry Hill..Palermo Snow
Robin Williamson..The Lady With The Book..The Celtic Band
Robin Williamson and John Renbourn..Medley..Nobody's Fault But My Own
Robin Williamson and John Renbourn..Stoned On Your Love from YouTube.

We also played
Poisson Rouge..Le Femme De Marbre..Cinq
Duo Thebaut..Bal Limosin..YouTube
Diabel Cissokho..Senegal-Mali..Kanabory Siyame
The Little Unsaid..To My Lordless Sons..Small Change EP
Dan Raza..Leaving Without You..Dan Raza
Keb' Mo'..Come In My Kitchen..Keb' Mo'
Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston..Sweet Pea / Mean To Me..Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston
Anoushka Shankar..Casi Uno..Traveller
Ibrahim Ferrer..Compositor Confundido..Cuban Legends - The Essential Ibrahim Ferrer
Tito Paris..Mar Azul..World Routes - Disc 2
Slipdown Dog..Until The Morning Light..The Plough On EP
Mendes Brothers..Rosera de Abril..The Gate of Return 1