Catrin Finch a Seckou Keita (Wales / Senegal): Clychau Dibon
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A sublime and multi award-winning harp and kora collaboration between two acclaimed virtuosos, Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita join forces in a stunning exhibition of world-class musicianship. Drawing on their diverse traditions and transforming them with remarkable synergy; Mandinka rhythms mix effortlessly with Welsh tunes, with hypnotic improvisations from both in a set which is at once exhilarating and mesmerising.
Winners of fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year 2013, Songlines Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration 2014, and nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (Best Duo and Best Traditional Track) in 2014, their debut album Clychau Dibon has attracted huge critical acclaim and a clutch of 4 and 5 * reviews from national and industry press.
October 2017
17CaixaForum, Madrid
15CaixaForum, Zaragoza
August 2017
08Sidmouth FolkWeek
July 2017
23Music On The Marr, Cumbria
22Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
21The Stoller Hall, Manchester
02Festival d'arpa de Sentmenat, Barcelona
April 2017
28Acapela, Pentyrch, Caerdydd / Cardiff
February 2017
17BIMhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14Cecil Sharp House, London
12Oosterpoort, Groningen, The Netherlands
11Musique de Nuit, Pelgrimvaderskerk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 2016
12Festival Parfums de Musiques, Paris
April 2016
30Kings Place, London
February 2016
17Gulbenkian Musica, Lisbon
August 2015
31Shrewsbury Folk Festival
29Sommerton Festival, Germany
July 2015
02Forde Festival, Norway
June 2015
21Christiansfeld Festival
11Poznan Etnoport
May 2015
29Hay Festival, Hay-On-Wye
April 2015
04CC Belgica, Dendermonde
03CC Leopoldsburg, Leopoldsburg
02Cultuurcentrum Ter Vesten, Beveren
0130CC, Leuven
March 2015
31Stadsschouwburg, Nijmegen
February 2015
01Celtic Connections, Glasgow
November 2014
13Theatr Hafren, Drenewydd / Newtown
07Helsinki
06Sage Gateshead, Songlines Music Awards
October 2014
18St Mary's Nottingham
16Willian Aston Hall, Wrecsam / Wrexham
15St George's Bristol
12Gulbenkian Musica, Canterbury
11Bimhuis, Amsterdam
10DeWarande, Belgium
09Union Chapel, Pull Up The Roots
09Union Chapel, Pull Up The Roots
08St George's Bristol
03Acapela, Pentyrch, Caerdydd / Cardiff
September 2014
23Joe's Pub, New York
21Chicago World Music Festival, Chicago
20Chicago World Music Festival, Chicago
August 2014
25Snape Maltings Proms, Aldeburgh
24Shambala, Rugby
06Festival Interceltique, Lorient
02Okarina Etno Festival, Bled, Slovenia
July 2014
31Cambridge Folk Festival, Cambridge
27Sfinks Festival, Boechout, Belgium
25WOMAD, Charlton Park, Malmesbury
20Folk By The Oak, Hatfield House
June 2014
11Sunside Sunset Club, Paris
11Luminato Festival, Toronto
09Lichfield Festival
May 2014
18Bush Hall, London
17MOMA, Machynlleth
16The Welfare, Ystradgynlais
15Borough Theatre, Y Fenni / Abergavenny
13St David's Hall, Caerdydd / Cardiff
12Norfolk and Norwich Festival
11Usher Hall, Edinburgh
10Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
09The Sage, Gateshead
08The Roses, Tewkesbury
04Mwldan, Aberteifi / Cardigan
03Canolfan y Celfyddydau Taliesin Arts Centre, Abertawe / Swansea
02Wyeside, Llanfair Ym Muallt / Builth Wells
March 2014
05Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London - fRoots anniversary
November 2013
22Hull Track
21Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
20Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
17Ucheldre, Holyhead
13Pontardawe Arts Centre
13Neuadd Pritchard Jones, Bangor
13Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
10Theatr Harlech
09Torch Theatre, Aberdaugleddau / Milford Haven
08Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli
07Theatr Felinfach
06Theatr Brycheiniog, Aberhonddu / Brecon
02Artrix, Bromsgrove
01Salisbury Arts Centre
October 2013
30The Apex, Bury St Edmund
March 2013
21Mwldan, Aberteifi / Cardigan
20RWCMD, Caerdydd / Cardiff
Testimonials
Simon Broughton, London Evening Standard
'a sublime duo of two artists who are masters of their instruments...musicality and architecture at work '
★★★★★
Neil Spencer, Uncut Magazine
'Intricate, ethereal and entrancing, an elaborate pas-de-deux... remarkable'
★★★★★
Robin Denselow, The Guardian
'This, I suspect, will be remembered as one of the classic concerts of the year'
★★★★★
David Hutcheon, MOJO
'Using every trick in the rock manual to dynamic effect...magical'
★★★★★