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Habib Koité: Photo by Dirk LeunisHabib Koité: Photo by Dirk LeunisThe must-see world music show of the summer, and a great prelude to Afrifest 2008! Malian guitarist and singer Habib Koité is one of Africa's most beloved and popular musicians. Featured in last year's Acoustic Africa tour along with Vusi Mahlasela and Dobet Gnahore, this show will be a whole evening's worth of Habib's high-energy, infectious rhythms, and sheer exuberance. His band Bamada features traditional instruments such polyphonic hunter's horns, alongside balafón (wooden xylophone), and n'goni (a Malian lute), and is the perfect complement for Habib's fluid kora-inspired guitar and earthy vocals. Lots of room for dancing!

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Music Starts:8:00 pm

Rachel Unthank and The WintersetRachel Unthank and The Winterset"Intimate, epic, overflowing with feeling and musical intelligence" The Independent

Nominated for Best Group, Best Live Act and Best Album in the forthcoming BBC Folk Awards.

Winners of the BBC Horizon Award at the BBC Folk Awards 2008

Described as "a bewitching, dream-like, down-to-earth masterpiece" in the Observer Music Magazine's Top 50 Albums of the 2007, The Bairns is already a classic in its own lifetime.

Dancing down the leftfield and singing in their own lilting Geordie accents, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset are the "inheritors, curators and gleeful distorters" (Ian MacMillan) of Tyneside's traditions.

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