ALY BAIN AND PHIL CUNNINGHAM

Tickets are selling fast for Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham at Chapel Arts tonight but it's definitely worth checking out at the door.

Aly Bain, formerly of Boys of the Lough, is unsurpassed as Shetland's greatest contemporary fiddle player and Phil Cunningham, ex-Silly Wizard, is one of the most energetic and innovative accordion players of modern times.

Both share a passion for Scottish and Irish traditional music combining traditional tunes with their own compositions.

They play these with equal virtuosity whether playing an eloquent slow air or at a blistering pace.

URBAN FOLK QUARTET

This is folk music with a heady contemporary twist performed by four young musicians who bring different musical backgrounds and sublime technical ability to their performance style.

Traditional tunes from England and Spain are thrown into a melting pot and mixed with a vibrant fusion of world and urban rhythms from the Birmingham scene. The result is lively and spontaneous.

The band comprises fiddle player Joe Broughton (of Albion Band and Feast of Fiddles), fellow fiddle player Paloma Trigas (of Carlos Nunez), multi-instrumentalist Frank Moon and Tom Chapman on cajon based drums.

The Urban Folk Quartet are appearing at The Rondo tonight.

ANCIENT FUTURES

Ancient Futures at Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon tomorrow evening features The African Classical Music Ensemble.

This is not classical music in the generally accepted European sense but the wonderful and evocative traditional acoustic music from the desert nomads of Mali.

These three musicians Tunde Jegede, Juldeh Camara, Maya Jobarteh play a range of traditional instruments including the kora, udu drum and African violin plus performance artist Sunara Begum will create a unique spectacle.

The spell-binding and hypnotic sound of these ancient instruments will be enlivened by fascinating back projection images of Africa exploring the culture and history.