Grand Union Orchestra is a multicultural world jazz ensemble based in London. It has been performing, touring and recording large-scale shows for over 30 years and is well known for its educational work.

Grand Union specialises in large-scale musical performances that reflect the backgrounds of its performers and often invites participation from amateur musicians and community groups. These shows can have dozens of local musicians, groups, choirs and folkloric ensembles alongside the core 15-18 piece group.

Led by its co-founder, artistic director and composer Tony Haynes, Grand Union works to highlight the contributions that immigrant musicians and communities, particularly in the East End, make to music in London and to British culture in general.

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Majnun est un fou. Un éternel aspirant,un insatiable avec la curiosité d’un enfant.Un artiste tout simplement. Bercé par la musique traditionnelle ouest-africaine, il fera ses premiers pas dans le hip hop puis dans le reggae avant de s’évertuer aux fil des années à murir un art résolument éclectique. L'afro-blues, le jazz , la transe , ou encore les musiques latines sont les différentes couleurs qui composent sa fresque musicale. Sa voix épouse parfaitement une multiplicité de langues (sérère, wolof, anglais, portugais, lingala…) comme pour révéler l’unicité du genre humain. 
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World Circuit Records has made its reputation by producing some of the finest albums of the past three decades. The label’s prestigious roster includes the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club and associated solo artists (including Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Omara Portuondo and Orlando ‘Cachaíto’ López), Malian blues pioneer and Grammy-winner Ali Farka Touré, Malian divas and social activists Oumou Sangaré and Fatoumata Diawara, master kora player Toumani Diabaté, the illustrious Orchestra Baobab, musical iconoclast Cheikh Lô, and Fela Kuti’s legendary drummer and co-creator of Afrobeat Tony Allen. 
 
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                                                                                     VOCAL-GLOBAL (DavidX & Noga) 

Vocal-global is an exciting project that takes you on a musical journey around the globe !
Noga and DavidX explore their origins and influences and create music that crosses borders and cultures. Noga brings her Middle-Eastern back ground and David adds his French Caribbean roots, together with their favorite influences such as Jazz, Calypso, Blues, Dub-step, Funk, Latin, African music and more they create their own thing.

David X is a Vocal artist-performer-One Man Band, One of the most unique talents from France. He has practiced beat-boxing for 20 years and mastered all of the possibilities one can make with the voice. The magic comes when David blends his vocal master ship simultaneously with playing violin, guitar, flute, loop station and dancing! 

Noga Ritter is a singer-song writer, DJ and a key-board player. Originally from Israel, she has lived in Europe for the last few years. She sings in Hebrew, English and Portuguese as well as Wolof as a backing vocalist. In her songs you can hear the influences of a variety of different countries, cultures and centuries.

Vocal-Global’s music carries a strong message of cultural celebration. The fusion of the music genres and the lyrics express the vision of the band; bringing people together from different backgrounds and introducing them to new and different kinds of music and sounds.

                                                                                                     JOIN THE JOURNEY!



I am a senegalese artist- entrepreneur- vocal leader- guitarist of Sahad’s band.

Sahad is considered as the emerging group on the Dakar scene, both nationally and internationally, having received major international awards and selected at the majority of major showcases: Official Selection ACCES Music in Africa Conference (Nairobi, Kenya) Official Selection SXSW South by South West (Austin, USA) Tanit d'or: Journées Musicales de Carthage (Tunisia) Finalist of the International Music Publishing Market - France, "Afro Pépites show" Le Rêve africain (France) Visa for Music (Rabat, Morocco).
The richness of our music touches different audiences: both international and national. This is what allows us to travel the world to defend our Senegalese colours. We have three international tours to our credit: Switzerland, Germany, United States, Morocco, Tunisia, France, Belgium, and numerous dates in West Africa.
Since the year 2019, I joined the Womex network by participating in this edition. I have been able to meet people who are passionate and sensitive to our music and the ideas we defend. This experience has opened some doors for me, and allowed me to exchange on my different projects with professionals from all over the world. As a result, we were able to sign with two internationally renowned booking agencies with whom we work jointly.

We have been working with my team in self-production for all these years. I need to be able to integrate the networks of professionals in the music industry to continue to survive and collaborate on the long term. Also, a new album "Luuma" is ready for release in the first half of 2021.

Rhapsod ( Youssoupha Féhé Sarr) is a young artist born in Dakar plateau. His story to music dates back to his childhood as he was the youngest of musician (artist) brotherhood. he discovers music thanks to his older brothers that have diverse musical genres and played guitar. He found himself in love with hop-hop when he came accoss a T.V show called HIP-HOP FEELING.
He began to be familiar to freestyle and chose Rhapsod as stage name refering to those antiquity poets travelling from cities to cities. Rhapsod considers himself the same way wandering from one soul to another leaving the poems that life inspires him.
The thing really happened in 2011, when he met at university friends with who he founds a band. They gave themselves the mission to make ( produce, create) a live hip-hop issued from their diverse musical influences (afro,jazz, rock, blufunk, soul...) Then the band with Rhapsod as vocal lead (singer) and guitar participate to many events in Saint-louis as in Dakar. While the Saint-Louis university adventure goes to its end, the musical adventure continues. Some musicians took other paths and new musicians came.
Rhapsod wants to bring a significant contribution with a roots HIP HOP made of diverse sounds and deep sought lyrics in diverse languages (wolof enflish french serer) engaged socially, which also deal with humanity, spirituality and decolonisation of minds within other themes. He wants to make a HIP HOP free from the standards imposed by neoliberal establishment that african actors most the time undergo unconsciously, a HIP HOP with an identity that reflects his hybrid culture, away from the clichets. That's what explain his stage name Afreekindman (African man), the name he gives to his musical genre Afreekind HIP HOP (African hip hop) and his independant label Afreekindmind (African mind).


Noga Ritter is an eclectic singer-songwriter, band leader and workshop facilitator whose music fuses Hebrew Jazz with global grooves. Her songs, sung in both Hebrew and English, weave intimate and personal stories into a potent narrative of social-global issues. Her performances, whether in stripped-down formats or her full 9-piece band, are as passionate as they are energetic; getting any audience to dance and join in on her soulful journey. 

“Through Afro-driven grooves and jazz interpretations and an undeniable vocal conviction, Noga’s ecstatic stage performance tempts audiences to give their bodies to a unifying diasporic journey in dance and rhythm.” - Rebecca Lea Mastrorocco, Rhythm Passport

Since launching her solo project at the end of 2018 she performed across the UK, toured and recorded in Senegal and performed on BBC1 TV promoting the upcoming album that she recorded last summer, supported by the Arts Council England and Help Musicians UK. Her debut solo album ‘Ima’ features award-winning musicians such as Seckou Keita (kora), Byrown Wallen (trumpet), Tony Kofi (saxophone) and is produced by Liran Donin. Coming out in May 2023!


After studying at the Guildhall School of Music and LCCM, Noga has performed and collaborated with musicians from around the world, singing in various languages and genres. She released an album and toured with her former project VOCAL GLOBAL, and has also worked with Mike King Collective, The Grand Union Orchestra, Abdoulaye Samb and Minnjiaraby (Senegal), Jyotsna Srikanth (India), Sahad & The Natal Patchwork (Senegal), Sura Susso (Gambia) and Randolph Matthews. 
Noga works regularly for Live Music Now, Barbican Creative Learning and CREATE performing and leading workshops at special needs schools, hospitals and care homes. Noga is a facilitator at Music Action International leading songwriting workshops for children and refugees. She also works with ON:SONG leading singing and choir workshops in the workplace.

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