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Kings Place is delighted to present an eclectic new programme for this year’s Songlines Enounters Festival, featuring music from Argentina, Mongolia, Morocco, and Sudan, with more to be announced.

Celebrating the vibrancy of traditional and contemporary music from across the world, we welcome the foremost female ambassador for Gnawa music, Asmâa Hamzaoui and her group Bnat Timbouktou for their UK debut, Argentinian ‘shaman-poet’ Soema Montenegro off the back of her new album Círculo Radiante, Sudanese funk outfit The Scorpios with a sneak preview of their forthcoming new album, and rising Mongolian singer Enji who brings her the traditional influences of her heritage together with jazz improvision for a unique combination. As ever the festival is proudly presented in partnership with one of the world’s leading global music magazines Songlines, and will feature more exciting additions to come.

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Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Songlines Encounters Festival welcomes Asmaa Hamzaoui, the foremost female ambassador of Gnawa music. With her group Bnat Timbouktou, she delivers a contagious brand of evangelistic desert blues.

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Vieux Farka Touré: Fundraiser for Gaza

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Kings Place and Earth Cruises are proud to present Malian singer & guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and his quartet perform songs from his extensive catalogue as well as songs by his esteemed father, Ali Farka Touré.

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Soema Montenegro

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

Singer, experimental composer and researcher of the Latin American voice, Soema Montenegro mixes the sounds and images of the jungle and mountain landscapes with her original poetry, creating a new and unique voice in the current South American music scene.

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The Scorpios

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

UK based African four-piece band The Scorpios debut at Kings Place as part of Songlines Encounters Festival 2024.

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Enji

Contemporary / Songlines Encounters Festival

We welcome Munich-based Mongolian singer Enkhjargal Erkhembayar (aka Enji) to Songlines Encounters Festival, an artist who creates music that blends jazz and folk with traditional Mongolian influences.

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