New Releases / Features on Rokia Traore, Roy Forbes, James Keelaghan

Tribute to Calypso Rose (Lifetime Achievement Award at this weekend's WOMEX conference in Santiago de Compostela), New releases by Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania), Swedish trio Irmelin, troubadours Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons, celebration of 800 years of parliamentary democracy (Sweet Liberties), Nova Scotia sisters Cassie & Maggie, California Celtic combo Wake The Dead, and more. Plus mini-features on Rokia Traore (Mali), Roy Forbes (BC), and James Keelaghan (MB) - who are coming to town in the next few days.