Kate Griffin and Matchume Zango

Join UK banjo player Kate Griffin and Mozambique multi-instrumentalist Matchume Zango for a vibrant, cross-cultural collaboration that celebrates the universal power of traditional music. Together they create a joyful, rhythmic sound world where Kate’s contemporary songwriting meets Matchume’s deep roots in timbila and other Mozambican musical traditions.  

Fresh from the release of their debut EP Tchopo, recorded in Maputo, the duo bring a show full of energy, groove, and playful musical conversation. Expect shimmering banjo lines, rich percussion including timbila, xitende, mbira, and congas, and the colour and drive of their touring trio featuring Evan Carson on drums, Ben Evans on bass, and Ford Collier on low whistle and guitar. It is a meeting of traditions that feels both grounded and gloriously new.  

Support comes from Suffolk indie-folk artist Samuel Taylor, recently signed to No Roads Records at Old Jet. Samuel writes perfectly formed, emotionally resonant songs that feel instantly familiar yet impossible to pin down, carried by a voice that seems to come from its own dreamlike place. Aged just 23, his music is already turning heads across the region.