Take a listen to our Making Tracks playlist on Spotify to explore the music of our many alumni to date!

open.spotify.com/playlist/09GOo…

📷 Ilinca Vânău

A kickstarter campaign started today for Kate Griffin and Matchume Zango’s album project!
We’re proud to see this collaboration develop out of their first meeting during Making Tracks 2019
👉 kck.st/468QdN3 #mozambique #uk #makingtracks

As part of our series of Making Tracks Shorts, we asked Kate Griffin to tell us a bit about the fascinating history of the banjo, and her relationship with the instrument 🪕

Watch the video in full: youtu.be/9YCb08hBSqM?si…

#makingtracksshorts #banjo #cellobanjo #kategriffin

Have you listened to Iona Lane and Ranjana Ghatak’s beautiful EP 'Cove' yet? Their collaboration, which grew out of our last residency at Cove Park has been getting great reviews. Watch the video for 'Vaishnava Jana To/Quiet Joys of Brotherhood'👇

youtu.be/7PLGZIM5xzY?si…

A total honour and pleasure to learn and teach this piece for Making Tracks . You can learn it here youtu.be/svzXLnAMtyA 🙏🏽💛✨

For our latest Making Tracks Short, we give you the chance to learn this Hindustani vocal piece with Ranjana Ghatak! ‘Hansadhwani’ was composed for her by the celebrated vocalist, composer, and lyricist #PanditAjoyChakrabarty

Learn the piece 👉 youtu.be/svzXLnAMtyA

Congratulations Iona Lane and Ranjana Ghatak on the release of your EP Cove! Fantastic memories of your Making Tracks residency here last year!

I was recently asked by Arts & Parts to write a piece about my journey to date through music and nature. I’m grateful to have been given this chance to reflect 🙏

You can read it via artsandparts.co.uk/blog/simmerdim

'Cove' is released today! A collaborative EP with the fabulous Ranjana Ghatak. We had such fun making this music and I'm so happy to share it with you.

Here's a video about the project: youtube.com/watch?v=QC07cx…

And you can listen / order on bandcamp here: hudsonrecords.ffm.to/cove

✨Cove - Out Today!✨

My brand new EP with Iona Lane is out today on Hudson Records.We 1st met Making Tracks & I’m so happy our voices have come together to create this EP.

More on youtube.com/watch?v=QC07cx…

It’s also #BandcampFriday - Listen/buy: hudsonrecords.ffm.to/cove ❤️

This is beautiful! So happy Iona Lane and Ranjana Ghatak have made more music together after seeing them on the Making Tracks tour last year.

We’re so happy to see the release of ‘Cove’ today, an EP by Iona Lane and Ranjana Ghatak - continuing their collaboration that was initiated at our 2022 residency Cove Park. It’s spectacular - give it a listen!

Listen/buy: hudsonrecords.ffm.to/cove

📢 FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

The Cultural Bridge Partnership has announced a new 2024 - 2025 programme of funding 💰

The funding is designed to support intercultural exchange in participative arts and culture between Germany and the UK.

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HUGE announcement coming a week today about a very exciting new project… sign up to my mailing list to hear about it first! 👀

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My debut album ‘Land’ is out today! Listen in all the usual places and buy physical copies from the Hudson shop (CD/limited edition green LP/black LP) hudsonrecords.ffm.to/land Many thanks to all that helped along the way to get this out into the world Hudson Records

For the latest in our series of #MakingTracksShorts , 2022 fellow Alaa Zouiten describes how he’s combined Moroccan oud with flamenco for his new album, and performs a version of his new song, ‘Tanguillos Marroqui’.

Watch in full 👉 youtu.be/CKoF4Wac5xM

#oud #flamenco

Would like to share with you my new single ‘Meer’ which is out today on Hudson Records ‘Meer’ takes its name from the Meersbrook area of Sheffield - meaning ‘boundary brook’. People have crossed this boundary for centuries, their stories long forgotton
hudsonrecords.ffm.to/land

An inspiring few days in London Town working on an exciting new project with Ranjana Ghatak… news soon! 🌞 Thanks to Georgie Pope for gifting us a space to rehearse! 💕