Yijia, Tommy Khosla & Peadar Connolly at Folklore

🗓 Fri 8 Nov Saturday

📍 Folklore, Hackney

⏰ Doors 19:00

🎶 19:30 — Tommy Khosla

🎵 20:15 — Peadar Connolly-Davey

🎤 21:00 — Yijia

Yijia is a cross-genre singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter. Yijia started her music career as a finalist in a Chinese music show and has won the CMA Chinese Music Awards. Yijia has also been interviewed by BBC World Service, Radio 3 and performed at the Royal Albert Hall, WOMAD Festival anO2 Kentish Town. Yijia recently gave a TED talk about her music journey, creating music that transcends time and space.

Tommy Khosla is a Sitarist, composer, and @jawariband founder, Tommy navigates a dynamic range of musical styles. His debut album Vignettes earned recognition from Songlines Magazine and BBC Asian Network, while his interdisciplinary collective’s LP ROAD RASA has been featured on BBC 6 Music. Having performed at Glastonbury, Royal Albert Hall, and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Genshin Impact’s concert, Tommy continues to push the boundaries of the sitar under the mentorship of Anoushka Shankar and Ricky Romain.

Peadar Connolly is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and music researcher from Ireland. Peadar has established himself as a cross-border musician, studying and performing a variety of worldwide traditional and popular music, from Sean nÓs, Tuvan overtone singing and Albanian Iso-Polyphony to R&B and Latin American Urban music.

Doors ticket available at £15

Presented by Folklore Hoxton.

This is an 18+ event