25 May 2025, Sussex

Year: 2025
Written By Ali Webb (WSS)
Mari Kalkun & Sam Lee
Singing with Nightingales

YOUR GUEST MUSICIANs, HOST & NIGHTINGALE

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Rihab Azar
Rihab Azar

Rihab Azar is a Syrian oud player, composer and community workshop leader, and graduate of the conservatoire of Damascus (2014).

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Mari Kalkun
Mari Kalkun

A voice that seems to speak to us from the heart of the Estonian forest, Mari Kalkun’s music is at once of a place and deeply personal. Rooted in ancient Estonian and Võru traditions, and played on a variety of instruments including kannel, her music—for those of us with ears and hearts open—resonates deep within us to touch our spirits, our souls, even when the language is strange to us.

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The Nightingale
The Nightingale

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.

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Sam Lee
Sam Lee

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.

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Ali Webb (WSS)
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