The Weekend Beatnik is a British

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

, which specialises in the reissue of albums within the world, folk, blues and acoustic music genres, often issuing albums in CD format for the first time. The company policy is to provide "maxi-length, mid-price CDs with in-depth notes and archive photos". The firm was founded by

Ian A. Anderson Ian A. Anderson (born 26 July 1947, in Weston-super-Mare, England) is an English people, English magazine editor, folk musician and Radio presenter, broadcaster. Country blues, The Village Thing and "psych folk" Anderson first performed in h ...

, editor of ''

fRoots ''fRoots'' (pronounced "eff-Roots", originally ''Folk Roots'') was a specialist music magazine published in the UK between 1979 and 2019. It specialised in folk and world music, and featured regular compilation downloadable albums, with occas ...

'' magazine, as a subsidiary of his company, Southern Rag Ltd, originally formed to publish ''fRoot''s magazine under its earlier incarnation as ''Southern Rag''. The label's tagline is "Ahead of Their Time". Most albums were originally issued on the sister Rogue Records label, also created by Anderson. Artists whose albums have been reissued on the Weekend Beatnik label (as at July 2008) include

Maggie Holland Maggie Holland (born 19 December 1949) is an English singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Alton, Hampshire, England, and became involved in the local folk club scene in the late 1960s. She has played in a number of bands and formed ...

Tiger Moth The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...

, The English Country Blues Band, Hot Vultures,

Dembo Konte and Kausu Kuyateh Dembo Konte ''(or Konté)'' (died January 2014) & Kausu Kuyateh (died 16 June 2018) were master kora players from West Africa. They were also singers and, above all, jalis; storytellers and guardians of oral tradition, preserving the history of p ...

, Dave Evans, and Abdul Tee-Jay.

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External links

Weekend Beatnik online shopWeekend Beatnik on MySpace
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