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Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni ba (Jul-Aug)
Double award-winners from Mali
Show dates
27 Jul WOMAD, Malmesbury (0845 146 1735); 30 Jul Royal Albert Hall, London
(020 7589 8212); 2 Aug Cambridge Folk Festival (01223 357851); 3 Aug 7
Songs Festival, Uppermill Civic Hall (0161 624 2829).
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Bedouin Jerry Can Band (Jul)
Unique collective from the Egyptian desert
Show dates
25 Jul WOMAD, Malmesbury (0845 146 1735); 26 Jul Richmix, London (020 7613
7490); 27 Jul Gloucester Summer Festival (01452 396396); 28-29 Jul WOMAD
Summer School, Bath (01225 875522).
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Breabach (Jul-Sep)
Superb young Scottish folk foursome
Show dates
25 Jul Trowbridge Village Pump Festival (01225 710535); 26 Jul Warwick Folk
Festival (01926 776438); 27 Jul Folk by the Oak, Hatfield House (01432
355416); 4 Aug Sidmouth FolkWeek (01395 578627);
10 Aug Pickering Folk
Festival (01751 473780);
14-15 Aug Piping Live!, Glasgow (free; 0141 353
1570); 22 Aug Shrewsbury Folk Festival (01746 768813); 23 Aug Towersey
Village Festival (01629 827016); 24 Aug Edinburgh Fringe Festival (0131 226
0000); 25 Aug Tenby Folk Festival (01834 843568); 5 Sep Blas Festival, Nairn
(01667 453476).
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Dengue Fever (Jul-Aug)
LA-based Cambodian rock-pop outfit
Show dates
26-27 Jul WOMAD, Malmesbury (0845 146 1735); 9 Aug Summer Sundae, Leicester
(0116 233 3111); 16 Aug Beautiful Days, Devon (0844 412 2706); 31 Aug
Electric Picnic Festival, Stradbally (0818 719 300).
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Django à la Créole (Jul-Aug)
Celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt
Show dates
29 Jul Presteigne Assembly Hall (01544 260650); 30 Jul New Vic Theatre,
Newcastle-under-Lyme (01782 717962); 31 Jul Gala Theatre, Durham (0191 332
4041); 1-2 Aug Edinburgh Jazz Festival (0131 473 2000);
3 Aug Eden Court
Theatre, Inverness (01463 234234); 7 Aug Library Theatre, Sheffield (07835
966810); 8 Aug Le QuecumBar, London (020 7787 2227); 9 Aug Iford Arts (01225
868124); 10 Aug Brecon Jazz Festival (0870 990 1299).
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Eliza Carthy (Jul-Sep)
Tracks from her splendid new TOTW album
Show dates
28 Jul Barbican, London (020 7638 8891);
31 Jul Sidmouth FolkWeek (01395 578627);
1 Aug Cambridge Folk Festival (01223 357851); 8 Aug Broadstairs Folk Week
(01843 604080); 10 Aug Pickering Folk Festival (01751 473780); 24 Aug
Shambala Festival, Northamptonshire (0844 870 0000); 25 Aug Tenby Folk
Festival (01834 843568); 6 Sep The Stables, Milton Keynes (01908 280800); 7
Sep The Junction, Cambridge (01223 511511); 8 Sep Nettlebed Folk Club (01628
636620); 10 Sep Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham (01329 223100);
11 Sep
Komedia, Brighton (01273 647100);
12 Sep National Forest Folk Club, Moira
(01676 540219); 14 Sep Theatre by the Lake,
Keswick (01768 774411).
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Jim White (Jul-Aug)
Alt-country maverick from Georgia, USA
Show dates
22 Jul Sugar Club, Dublin (+353 (0)1 6787188); 24 Jul The Belfast Empire
(028 9032 3744);
26 Jul The Sage Gateshead (0191 443 4661);
27 Jul The Duchess, York (08700 600 100);
28 Jul Telford’s Warehouse, Chester (01244 390090); 30 Jul The Glee Club,
Birmingham (0871 472 0400); 1 Aug The Big Chill, Malvern Hills (020 7685
0525); 5 Aug Roundhouse,
London (0844 482 8008).
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Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (Jul-Aug)
Award-winning Culture Crossing duo
Show dates
26 Jul Southport Arts Centre (01704 540011); 27 Jul WOMAD, Malmesbury (0845
146 1735); 30 Jul Royal Albert Hall, London
(020 7589 8212); 3 Aug
Farmleigh Affair, Castleknock (+353 (0)1 6703885).
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Kathryn Tickell (Aug-Sep)
The piping virtuoso with special guests
Show dates
6 Aug Sidmouth Folkweek (01395 578627);
14-15 Aug Piping Live!, Glasgow
(free; 0141 564 4242); 22 Aug Towersey Village Festival (01629 827016); 24
Aug Olympic Handover Celebration, Walthamstow, London (free;
020 8496
3587); 13 Sep Ripon International Festival (01765 603994); 21 Sep The Hairth
Festival, Knockengorroch (01644 460662);
27 Sep The Sage Gateshead (0191
443 4661).
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Lúnasa (Jul-Aug)
Ireland’s top young instrumental quintet
Show dates
27 Jul Galway Arts Festival, Radisson Hotel (+353 (0)818 205205); 31 Jul The
World Fleadh, Portlaoise (0818 719 300); 23 Aug Shrewsbury Folk Festival
(01746 768813);
24 Aug Towersey Village Festival (01296 827016); 25 Aug The Street Festival,
Devizes (www.devizescarnival.co.uk).
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N’Faly Kouyaté & Dunyakan (Jul-Aug)
Afro Celts’ kora player with own band
Show dates
28 Jul-1 Aug WOMAD Summer School, Bath (01225 875522); 13 Aug Durham Gala
(0191 332 4041); 14 Aug Spilsby Theatre (01790 752936); 15 Aug Broadstairs
Folk Week (01843 604080).
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Oliver Mtukudzi (Aug)
With his band The Black Spirits
Show dates
16 Aug Stratford Rex, London (07939 957939); 20 Aug Jazz Café, London (0870
060 3777);
22 Aug Hove Town Hall (07939 957939);
23 Aug Stylus Hall, Leeds University
(07939 957939); 24 Aug Birmingham Academy (07939 957939); 29 Aug The
Academy, Dublin (+353 (0)86 335 8658).
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Sa Dingding (Jul-Aug)
Winner at this year’s R3 Awards
Show dates
27 Jul WOMAD, Malmesbury (0845 146 1735); 30 Jul Royal Albert Hall, London
(020 7589 8212); 1 Aug Harrogate International Festival (0845 130 8840); 24
Aug Festival of World Cultures, Dún Laoghaire (+353 (0)1 872 1122).
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Seth Lakeman (Jul-Sep)
New album from English folk star
Show dates
27 Jul Folk by the Oak, Hatfield House (01432 355416); 2 Aug Morwellham Quay
Folk Festival (01822 832766); 3 Aug Cambridge Folk Festival (01223 357851);
7 Aug Rip Curl Boardmasters Beach Sessions, Newquay (020 7348 5200); 15 Aug
Beautiful Days, Devon (0844 412 2706); 16 Aug Langholm & Eskdale Festival
(01387 381196); 22 Aug [double bill with Levellers] Arundel Festival, West
Sussex (01603 660444); 24 Aug The Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
(0871 230 1083); 31 Aug Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham (0844 870 0000);
12 Sep [double bill with Levellers] Bowood House (0870 842 2230); 15 Sep St
Ives September Festival (01736 798577); 21 Sep Sound Sanctuary, Eridge Park
(0844 412 2706).
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Show of Hands (Jul-Sep)
The Devon duo with Miranda Sykes
Show dates
25 Jul Trowbridge Village Pump Festival (01225 710535); 26 Jul Evolve
Festival, Weymouth (www.evolvefestival.co.uk); 27 Jul WOMAD, Malmesbury
(0845 146 1735);
1 Aug Sidmouth FolkWeek (01395 578627);
2 Aug Stokes Bay
Festival (023 8071 1818);
22 Aug Wadebridge Folk Festival (01208 814638);
23 Aug Towersey Village Festival (01629 827016); 25 Aug Castle Park
Festival, Leicester (0116 253 2569); 30 Aug Mind, Body & Boogie, Bollington
(01625 618624);
31 Aug Fylde Folk Festival, Fleetwood (01253 770547); 12
Sep Bromyard Folk Festival (0777 283 1860); 13 Sep September Festival, Great
Torrington (01805 624624); 14 Sep St Ives September Festival (01736 798577).
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Tashi Lhunpo Monks (Jul-Aug)
From the exiled monastery in India
Show dates
25 Jul WOMAD, Malmesbury (0845 146 1735); 27 Jul Westival, Taunton (01823
283244); 31 Jul [workshop and performance] Plough Theatre, Great Torrington
(01805 624624);
1 Aug Sterts Theatre, Liskeard (01579 362382); 3 Aug
[workshop and performance] Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth (01803 839530).
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The Outside Track (Jul-Aug)
Irish/Scottish/English/Canadian folk five-piece
Show dates
26 Jul Sunart Centre, Strontian (01397 709228); 29 Jul An Tobar, Isle of
Mull (01688 302211); 30 Jul Speyfest, Fochabers (07875 212382);
2 Aug An
Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway (01851 703307); 4 Aug Glenfarg Folk Club
(01337 831116); 5 Aug Gairloch Hall (01445 731535); 6 Aug Coigach Community
Hall, Ullapool (01854 622228); 9 Aug Blairgowrie Town Hall (07834 949136);
13 Aug Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun (01443 226892).
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (Jul-Aug)
All-singing, all-strumming ukulele big-band
Show dates
26 Jul Spanfest, Stanford Hall, Leicester (01865 241717); 2 Aug Stokes Bay
Festival (023 8071 1818); 3 Aug The Innocent Village Fete, Regent’s Park,
London (0844 847 1637); 24 Aug Shrewsbury Folk Festival (01746 768813);
25
Aug Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (01905 611427); 30 Aug The Jazz Age Garden
Party, Tetbury (0844 477 1000).
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Tinariwen (Aug)
The desert boys are back in town!
Show dates
25 Aug Komedia, Brighton (01273 647100);
27 Aug Princess Pavilion, Falmouth (01326 211222); 28 Aug Cheese & Grain,
Frome (08700 600 100); 29 Aug Electric Picnic Festival, Stradbally (0818 719
300).
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