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La Tipica are a contemporary flamenco company based in London. Singer Ulises Diaz found his passion for flamenco at a young age when growing up in Toledo; stating that flamenco was “the
Singer and guitarist Laye Sow was born in northern Senegal, close to the Mauritanian border. Surrounded by music as a child, at a young age he was hand-picked to become the lead singer for the
Leah is a London-based spoken word poet, writing for performance and film, in collaboration with dancers and musicians. At the heart of her poetry is the autobiographical exploration of culture and
Leyla Aslan is a Kurdish- and Turkish-speaking Bektashi poet and saz (lute) player. Leyl grew up within a close-knit family of musicians where the saz, drums and tambur were as much a part of her
Li Yan has brought Chinese poetry to a wide audience and continues to work on a broad range of arts projects. Assigned to the Ministry of Culture in Beijing in 1982, Li Yan set up the China
Lines of Faith are a groundbreaking UK hip hop duo, featuring Jewish rapper Danny Raphael and Mohammed Yahya, a hip hop artist of Mozambican descent who converted to Islam in 2004 after being raised
Living Fire are nine musicians, based across Europe, originally from four different countries, spanning a ten year age gap, but bound by a single identity and cause - the preservation and celebration
Soukous, rumba - and a bit of reggae, salsa and R&B - that's what the band Lokita Ya Congo are about, not least because it reminds them of home. Mondele Tunta Bayenge, songwriter and singer,
Jesca Nsubuga, choirmaster of the London African Gospel Choir, is a woman who is passionate about people and about the power of song. "When I look at somebody, I don't think how lazy they are, I try
Music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans, performed with Gypsy spirit and the force of a 35-piece orchestra. Expect fiery fiddling, vibrant strings, mandolins, accordions, voices, horns and more,