Playlist for 'Roots Around the World' on Sunday 2 December 7-10pm on Spirit FM 96.6, 102.3 & 106.6 FM, also on www.spiritfm.net. Presented by Mark Ringwood:

* Recommended releases of 2007

Track 1 The Rolling Stones 'Street Fighting Man' from 'Beggars Banquet (Decca)

Track 2 Peter Case 'Every 24 Hours' from 'Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John' (Yep Records)

Track 3 Sylvester & Roots 'Kamassan'

Track 4 Slavic Soul Party 'Cacak Nirvana' from 'Bigger' (Barbes Records)

The Unsigned presented by Milly Luxford with this week's special guests The Snakes

Track 5 The Snakes 'Keep on Dancing' (unreleased)

Track 6 The Snakes 'Watch me Go Again' (unreleased)

Track 7 Watermelon Slim 'I've Got News' from 'The Wheel Man' (Northern Blues)

Track 8 Bishop meets Manjub 'Broken Record' from 'Get Up and Try' (Makasound)

Track 9 Dylan 'Thunder on the Mountain' from 'Modern Times' (Columbia)

Track 10 Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers 'Who is She ?' from 'North of Bakersfield' (Dionysius)

Track 11 Jeb Loy Nichols 'Stumblin On' from 'Migrating Bird' - 'The Songs of Lal Waterson' (Honest Jon Records)

Track 12a Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara 'Yo Loy Loy' from' Soul Science' (Realworld)

Track 12b Fela Kuti & Africa 70 'Gentleman' from 'Anthology 1' (Wrasse Records)

Track 14 The Pines 'Careless Love' from 'Sparrows in the Bell' (Red House Records)

Track 15 Family 'Burlesque' from 'Bandstand' (Reprise)

Track 16 Dawa 'I Sing the Body Electric' (unreleased)

Track 17 The Echo Hunters 'Chester' from 'Cabin Fever' (SheWolf Records)

Track 18 Peter Case 'Underneath the Stars' from 'Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John' (Yep Records) With Carlos Guitarlos on vocals

Track 19 Show of Hands 'The Galway Farmer' from 'Roots, The Best of Show of Hands' (Hands on Music)

Track 20 Youcef Boukella 'Salam (Peace)' from 'More Great Moments of Vinyl History' (Wrasse Records)

Track 21 Josh Rouse 'Carolina' from 'Nashville' (Ryko)

Josh Rouse Concord 2, Brighton, Saturday 8 December

Track 22 Carrie Rodriguez 'Never Gonna Be Your Bride' from 'Seven Angels on a Bicycle' (Train Wreck Records)

Track 23 Barefoot Natives 'Only Wanna Party' from 'Slack Key Circus' (own label) From Uncut 'Give Peace a Chance'

Track 24 Steve Earle 'Steve's Hammer' from 'Washington Square Serenade' (New West)

Track 25 Canned Heat 'Christmas Blues' from 'Christmas Album' (Ruf Records) featuring John Popper (harmonica), and Eric Clapton

Track 26 Babylove & the Van Dangos feat. Coolie Ranx 'Big Big Baboon' (unreleased)

Track 27 Billy Preston 'Will it Go Round in Circles'(A&M)

Track 28 Gime Mendes '500 Anos' (unreleased)