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1st August on the

Friday- A day to draw the strands of the week together and to prepare for the evening's informal gig. Justin will join forces with Hossam Ramzy's percussion group, and Salah Dawson Miller to get stuck into some serious grooves.

Justin Adams Biography

“Justin Adams”

Justin Adams has been at the cutting edge of world music alchemy since the 1990's with Jah Wobble, Robert Plant (Adams co-wrote The Mighty Rearranger), Natacha Atlas, The Festival of the Desert, Tinariwen (producing their first and third albums), LO'JO. Taking influences from African, Arabic and Irish traditions as well as rock and roll and the Blues, his distinctive, driving guitar style is the missing link between Bo Diddley and Munir Bashir. With Tell No Lies, Adams delves deeper into the African origins of black American music, following the roots of New Orleans and Mississippi soul right back to the Songhai, Fulani and Toureg peoples of West Africa.

Hossam Ramzy & His Egyptian Orchestra Biography

Masterful percussionist with impressive contacts book

If Hossam Ramzy carries a calling card, it surely bears the legend 'master percussionist by appointment to the stars'. He's appeared on recordings by the likes of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and Peter Gabriel, and played with Khaled, Rachid Taha and The Gypsy Kings among a host of other global names. His impressively eclectic list of credits is a testament to the versatility of the Cairo-born percussionist and arranger who was given his first drum, an Egyptian tabla, at the age of three. After studying with the Bedouin tribes of Saudi Arabia, in the mid-70s he came to England and enjoyed considerable success as a jazz drummer. Looking for new dimensions to his music, he eventually returned to his first love, Egyptian music and oriental percussion. Since then, his thrilling rhythms have been heard on literally hundreds of world music albums and he's also become an in-demand string arranger. So just where has he found the time to release a none-too-shabby 20-odd albums under his own name?

Biog by Nigel Williamson

Justin Adams Products At Our Store

• Soul Science
• Big Blue Ball
• Tell No Lies
• In Trance

Hossam Ramzy & His Egyptian Orchestra Products At Our Store

• Big Blue Ball

Find out more about Justin Adams at Real World Records

Find out more about Hossam Ramzy & His Egyptian Orchestra at Real World Records