´Roots & Griots present Africa´ featuring incredible rhythms from Morocco

´Roots & Griots present Africa´ featuring incredible rhythms from Morocco and Africas global sound.

The night will see Gnawa Boulandrix take to the stage lead by a master and ambassador of Gnawa culture in the UK - Simo Lagnawi. Simo hails from a long tradition of Gnawi’s and as the charismatic leader of Gnawa Blues All Stars, he has performed at the BBC Proms, BBC World Service, CNN, VOX Africa and other major media outlets as well as regular performances of traditional Gnawa music (Sacred Trance Rhythm) at festivals including Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party, Latitude and Boom Town.

Constantly pushing the boundaries, Simo fuses his musical style with longstanding traditions and rhythms from Gambia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali, India, Japan, Venezuela and the Caribbean for a truly transcendent sound experience which will leave you both mesmerised and sonically aroused.

Also joining us this Friday 'Folklore Presents' series is a special global magick energy - Hassan Nainia(AGMAR BAND) hailing from the southern Morocco region of Sous, playing Berber music leasding to the Agmar band creation in 2012. Performed in different places & festivals, this incredible music is a fusion between Berber music, Saharan and Arabic music -North African style..using the exquisite traditional instrument (Loutar) and Banjo, Hassan Nainia has toured with different bands since arriving in the uk.

Collective jam Join Simo Lagnawi for the jam at Folklore Hoxton For this special jam Simo will invite an array of musicians - both established and emerging - to share the stage and improvise beautiful music in the warm & welcoming atmosphere of Folklore . Join us , where we will welcome all musicians who want to join us! Please bring instruments but leave your ego at home - this jam is about listening and growing together as musicians and music lovers

And in true Folktales fashion the night will be capped off with a collective band/ community jam and you’re all invited!

Come join us in this rich celebration of cultural uniqueness and connectivity....

We look forward to seeing you soon. Folktales at the Folklore is a series of collective community jams and world music events bringing together artists from various cultures and background from around the world to share in rhythm, heritage and lore within our communities.

Together with our house band, our weekly jams bring together a cast of talented artists from around the city to share in this co-creative experience grounded in free expression, community and cultural exchange.

Our World Music event at the end of every month will see two unique acts take to stage closing out each month in spectacular fashion together with our collective band organised by Simo Lagnawi of Gnawa London and Francis Ssuna from Audio.sync.

We look forward to welcoming you to our shrine at 186 Hackney Road for some ancient tales, written in far away lands.