Artists

Byron Wallen is widely recognised as a seminal figure in world jazz, he is constantly travelling the world recording, teaching and performing. He has been playing trumpet in various contexts, live and on record, alongside legendary musicians such as George Benson, Andrew Hill, Chaka Khan, Ingrid Laubrock, Hugh Masekela, Courtney Pine, Mulatu Astatke, Red Snapper, Lonnie Liston Smith, Style Council, Jack Dejohnette, Jean Toussaint, Cleveland Watkiss and King Sunny Ade. He has visited East Africa, Morocco, Nigeria, Indonesia and Belize (his parents' homeland). On tour Wallen often works with local musicians, developing new ideas for his performances and compositions.

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Bethan Lloyd

Bethan Lloyd is a Welsh artist whose trance-inducing vocals expand over an ocean of rave-inspired production, harmonic layering and otherworldly ecstasy. Her sonic exploration has taken her from training as a classical singer, immersing herself in Berlin’s experimental music scene, to learning with shamans, masters and the ancient teachings of the natural world. In her latest album, Metamorphosis, Bethan, producing alongside Pre-Human bandmate and master of noise Isaac Ray, takes her intense explorations of the spirit and emotional realms and blends them into something playful and danceable, a gritty experimental pop.

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Dylan Walker

Dylan Walker is an ecologist and founder of Wilderlife. During his fun and interactive talks and walks Dylan shows us how to rewild the places we call home by channelling the wild instincts of beaver, boar, bear and more! With thought-provoking insights on how these large animals engineered our landscapes and practical advice for you to take away with you, a walk in the woods may never seem the same again!

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Naamah Pinkerfeld

For the last 15 years Naamah Pinkerfeld has been leading community choirs and groups, mostly in East Sussex but also in London; teaching much-loved and deeply-enjoyed songs to many (both traditional and more modern folk songs from England as well as from other places). Her main ongoing weekly Forest Choirs have been going strong since 2008 and in recent years have taken place in a beautiful spot on the Ashdown Forest (in the warmer spring/summer months)!

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Lora Aziz

Lora’s practice embraces interests in herbal art, explorative foraging, wild foods and plant medicine. She shares her research by re-telling, researching and reviving the wisdoms of the environment, through practical uses. Landscapes and the world of plants they are home to can be hard to navigate, so her creative practice takes the outside inside, inviting other people to join this journey, on her walks, by application of foraged materials in traditional and digital practice.

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Sam Lee

Sam is a folksinger, song collector, activist, nature conservationist, guide, and presenter. With three critically acclaimed albums - his debut receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination - he works holistically in challenging the sound and purpose of our indigenous music in the 21st Century.

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