Venue: The Jago, LONDON

Shredded balafon and hard beats from Mali

Venue: Rook Lane Chapel, FROME

Boubacar Samake, from Mali, offers hypnotic, blues-tinged grooves alongside rising vocal talent from Bristol, Aloka.

Venue: Rook Lane Chapel, FROME

Captivating fiddle, electric guitar and accordion music from genre-defying innovators.

Venue: Servants Jazz Quarters, LONDON

Boubacar Samake, from Mali, offers deep donso-groove, ritual + blues

Venue: Rook Lane Chapel, FROME

Rokia Koné, one of Mali’s most beloved artists puts her soaring, griot-infused vocals to Malian guitar and a West African percussive pulse. The concert opens with master Moroccan gnawa musician Mohamed Errebbaa’s captivating trance vocals and guembri accompaniment.

West African singer Rokia Koné reimagines the Malian sound in ways both leftfield and beautiful

A transatlantic take on roots music with stunning vocal harmonies and instrumental prowess.

A radical interpreter of the vast folk song reservoir.

The Silk Mill, Frome

Visceral emotional songs, honey-on-gravel vocals and a transatlantic blend of fingerstyle and slide guitar accompaniment.

The Silk Mill, Frome

A journey from hushed storytelling to uplifting anthems, Ríoghnach Connolly & Stuart McCallum present Manchester’s unique take on alt-folk.

The Silk Mill, Frome

Music steeped in the argot of weird Appalachia, but with a loose, improvisational sensibility.

The Silk Mill, Frome

Harmony rich folk music, influenced by Irish traditional music, Appalachian singing, and the 60s folk revival