Faris Ishaq

Palestinian Nay Master, Percussionist, and Composer, charts unexplored territories with the Nay, an ancient Middle Eastern flute dating back to 5000 B.C. Rooted in his Palestinian heritage and passion for the Nay, Faris celebrates its cultural legacy in today’s modern musical landscape.

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Shohret Nur

Shohret Nur is an outstanding young Uyghur musician, based in London. He specialises in playing the Uyghur stringed instruments dutar and rawap. Originally from Kashgar, Xinjiang, Shohret’s great-grandfather and grandmother were both dutar players. Continuing this rich musical legacy, Shohret is helping to bring Uyghur music to wider attention around the world.

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Year: 2025, Date: May 22 2025, Instrument: Harp Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: May 22 2025, Instrument: Harp Ali Webb (WSS)

Marysia Osu

Marysia Osu is a Polish-born, London-based harpist, producer, and composer known for her innovative blend of classical, ambient, and jazz music. Her debut album, harp, beats & dreams, explores themes of philosophy, dreams, and the interplay between the conscious and unconscious mind. The album is an intimate journey into her inner world, composed as a series of diary-like entries that served her as a means of self-soothing and reflection. Fully self-produced, it documents her evolution as a solo composer and producer.

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Year: 2025, Date: May 21 2025, Instrument: Trumpet Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: May 21 2025, Instrument: Trumpet Ali Webb (WSS)

Yazz Ahmed

Yazz Ahmed, a British-Bahraini trumpet and flugelhorn player, seeks to blur the lines between jazz and electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage in what has been described as 'psychedelic Arabic jazz.' Her groundbreaking work has earned her prestigious accolades including the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation and Jazz FM's UK Jazz Act of the Year.

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Year: 2025, Date: May 18 2025, Instrument: Kanun Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: May 18 2025, Instrument: Kanun Ali Webb (WSS)

Konstantinos Glynos

Konstantinos Glynos is a London-based kanun player. Drawing from his experiences of performing and studying in the diverse London music scene he performs music spanning from the Balkan and Greek to Turkish Arabic and Flamenco traditions as well as Medieval and Baroque Western music. He has collaborated with dancers, visual artists and composers, and he has performed in many world music festivals around the UK and Europe, as well as highly acclaimed UK venues such as Ronnie Scott's, Vortex, Jazz Cafe, BBC Broadcasting House, Richmix, Union Chapel, Minack theatre, The Place and others. He currently collaborates, performs and records with "The Turbans", "Tip the Waiter", "Lux Musicae London" and "Idrisi Ensemble" and he is about to release his first studio album with the band "Mandalakia" in March 2025.

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Year: 2025, Date: May 17 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: May 17 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS)

Anna Mudeka

Multi-instrumentalist, actress, singer, writer and educator, Anna Mudeka is a polymath proud to share the ancestral heritage of her native Zimbabwe through performance and workshops, inviting audiences of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to immerse themselves in sounds, spiritualism and fables of Africa. Steeped in the history and heritage of her Zimbabwean roots, Anna Mudeka conjures the rich cultural tapestry of sub-saharan Africa through an ever-evolving programme of creative projects. From her multi-talented solo theatrical and musical productions, to large scale choral performances and educational workshops, Anna’s mission is to engage and inspire audiences with the traditions, sounds and legends of her Shona forebears.

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Year: 2025, Date: May 16 2025, Instrument: Cello Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: May 16 2025, Instrument: Cello Ali Webb (WSS)

Garwyn Linnell

Garwyn Linnell is a Canadian born Welsh-Chinese cellist and musician with a deep passion for exploring diverse music genres, artistic collaborations, and innovative performance styles. After completing his classical performance studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, and the Royal Academy of Music in London, Garwyn broadened his artistic horizons, embracing a wide range of creative expressions.

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Year: 2025, Date: May 15 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: May 15 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS)

Alkanna Graeca

Alkanna Greaca is a new vocal trio blending raw folk traditions from the Balkans, Mediterranean, and Black Sea with free improvisation and expansive soundscapes. Formed by Dunja Botic, Alexandra Achillea, and Irini Arabatzi, the trio’s music intertwines the rich cultural heritage of their homelands with a bold, boundary-pushing edge.

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Manuel Linhares

Manuel Linhares is an acclaimed Portuguese jazz singer, known for his versatility as a performer, composer, and educator. Splitting his time between New York and Porto, Portugal, he has made a significant impact on the global jazz scene with three albums of original music, earning recognition both in Portugal and internationally.

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Susheela Raman

Susheela Raman is a singer and composer, acclaimed for her melodic and experimental musical works across genres and frontiers. She has released eight albums, including the Mercury-shortlisted ‘Salt Rain’. Susheela has performed all over the world and is known for her singular voice and stage presence. The Guardian described her as “that rarity: a true innovator”.

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Year: 2025, Date: April 21 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: April 21 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS)

Noga Ritter

Noga Ritter is a London-based singer-songwriter, band leader, and workshop facilitator whose music blends Hebrew Jazz with global grooves. With songs sung in both Hebrew and English, she weaves intimate and personal stories into a compelling narrative of social-global issues. Her performances, whether stripped-down or with her full 10-piece band, are passionate and energetic, captivating audiences and getting them moving to the soul of her music.

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Year: 2025, Date: April 20 2025, Instrument: Harp Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: April 20 2025, Instrument: Harp Ali Webb (WSS)

Tamsin Elliott

Tamsin is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and filmmaker with roots in the traditional dance tunes of the British Isles. Her debut solo album FREY (Penny Fiddle Records, 2022) established her as a rising star on the folk scene, with The Guardian praising her "beautiful, filmic compositions for accordion, harp, whistle and voice”. Exploring themes of chronic illness and environmental grief, FREY offers a poignant reflection on the human experience, whilst her forthcoming album The Meeting Tree celebrates connection, nature and the joy of sharing tunes with friends. Tamsin’s trio features long-term collaborators Sid Goldsmith on cittern and concertina and Rowan Elliott on fiddle.

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Year: 2025, Date: April 16 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: April 16 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS)

Zara McFarlane

Zara McFarlane is a multi-award-winning vocalist and songwriter from London, UK. She studied Musical Theatre at the prestigious BRIT School of Performing Arts, has a degree in Popular Music Performance and a Masters degree in Jazz Studies from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has recently been awarded a Fellowship from the GSMD.

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Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade

Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade, hailing from Barañáin, Spain, is an acclaimed accordionist whose performances have graced prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, he has collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra, premiering multiple concertos for accordion.

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Year: 2025, Date: April 11 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS) Year: 2025, Date: April 11 2025, Instrument: Voice Ali Webb (WSS)

Olcay Bayir

Olcay Bayir is a London-based British Kurdish singer-songwriter whose music is a blend of her original compositions and tunes rooted in Anatolian music heritage, reflecting her complex history. Infusing Anatolian folk sounds of her Kurdish-Alevi soul, Olcay's music resonates with themes of survival, exile, love, and longing with the range of urban influences; international sounds with powerful styling and hard grooves.

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