Seckou Keita Music

ishtèn is one of Canada's most highly regarded Acadian and international touring roots music artists. They have toured the globe collecting accolades from Australia to Europe. 'This Acadian band that mixes rhythms and irresistible dancing and climbing notes and voices to the sky... high voltage musicians.'- Le Guéret, France Vishtèn is being paired with the duo of Catrin Finch from Wales and Seckou Keita from Senegal who have been described as 'one of the most popular world music acts of this decade." Tim Cumming, Songlines-UK Catrin Finch is a Concert-Grand Harp player from Wales who has won accolades the world over for her virtuosic performances with some of the world's finest orchestras. A fearless performer, Catrin was the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales from 2000 to 2004 who switches from Bach's Goldberg Variations to traditional folk or joropo music with apparent ease. Seckou Keita is a Senegalese kora maestro who has collaborated with artists from around the globe fusing various genres with the music and stylings from his home country. Keita has earned worldwide acclaim for his ground-breaking and innovative kora playing. Finch and Keita have produced two award winning albums together, Clychau Dibon in 2013 and Soar in 2018, and have toured widely. They will collaborate with Vishtèn to create a couple of performance pieces as part of the AEP.