Kate Griffin first came to Petworth Sessions last November with her band Mishra and Deepa Shakthi, which was one of the best nights we’ve ever put on. At the time, we promised we’d bring her back, and this is Phase 1 of our plan to do so.

For this project, Kate (on banjo) and Matchume Zango (Mozambique multi-instrumentalist) bring their wonderful cross-cultural collaboration that celebrates the universal power of traditional music. Both weave echoes of their respective traditions to their vibrant sound full of world rhythms, contemporary song-writing and joy.

Kate and Matchume are both experienced collaborators in their own right and the binding force of their collaboration is freedom to explore genres on their traditional instruments: for Kate the clawhammer banjo and Matchume the timbila. Matchume is a renowned international artist working in performance, theatre, dance and film, and has recorded several albums with Timbila Muzimba, MoSomeBigNoise, Kubilai Khan and Forest Jam. With lineage from Zavala, Inhambane Province, the centre of Mozambique’s timbila tradition, he is regarded as one of the new masters of timbila.

They will be joined on stage by Mishra bandmate Ford Collier on guitar, whistle and percussion.