Some pics from the 2006 session…

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Zimbabwean Tune

Ethno England 2008 has a fantastic lineup of Artistic Leaders…

N’faly Kouyaté (Guinea)
N’Faly Kouyate is a Guinean musician. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa. In 1994 N’Faly moved to Belgium and formed his ensemble Dunyakan (The Voice of the World). He has played the kora with the group Afro Celt Sound System since 1997.

Jo Freya (England)
Jo is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones,clarinets,whistles), singer and composer. Jo has played in some of the most influential bands in the development of English roots music e.g. Blowzabella, Scarp, Token Women and The Old Swan Band. Jo specialises in pan European music whilst having strong roots in the English tradition.

Kristian Bugge (Denmark)
Kristian has been playing fiddle since an early age and has met many young European musicians including the English/Finnish/Danish band Baltic Crossing. He has studied folk music at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense, Denmark, and has had six months of lessons in traditional dance from Ami Petterson. In 2004 Kristian was the first muscian to receive the Radium Award (www.dr.dk/radium). His debut album was nominated in four categories at The Danish Music Award - Folk 2006, in which Kristian received the awards as “Danish debut of the year” and “Danish Folk Instrumentalist of the year”.