Konstantinos Glynos is a London-based kanun player. Drawing from his experiences of performing and studying in the diverse London music scene he performs music spanning from the Balkan and Greek to Turkish Arabic and Flamenco traditions as well as Medieval and Baroque Western music. He has collaborated with dancers, visual artists and composers, and he has performed in many world music festivals around the UK and Europe, as well as highly acclaimed UK venues such as Ronnie Scott's, Vortex, Jazz Cafe, BBC Broadcasting House, Richmix, Union Chapel, Minack theatre, The Place and others. He currently collaborates, performs and records with "The Turbans", "Tip the Waiter", "Lux Musicae London" and "Idrisi Ensemble" and he is about to release his first studio album with the band "Mandalakia" in March 2025.
The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a small, brown, unremarkable-looking bird, but they possess one of nature’s finest singing voices. The English population winters in Sub-Saharan Africa in the western countries like Sierra Leon and Senegal, returning to the very same thicket they were born in arriving in early to mid-April. They spend April to the end of May mating and nesting where we can encounter the extraordinary display of the males’ courtship song, famous for his all-night broadcast.
Sam is a folksinger, song collector, activist, nature conservationist, guide, and presenter. With three critically acclaimed albums - his debut receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination - he works holistically in challenging the sound and purpose of our indigenous music in the 21st Century.
