To mark the band’s 10th anniversary, **Black String** return to the K-Music Festival with their old friend, musical companion, and one of the most versatile jazz guitarists **Nguyên Lê**. An extremely rare opportunity to watch them perform together presenting the masterpieces from Karma, their collaborative work at **Grand Junction**.


ACT artists **Black String** burst on to the London scene in 2011, their rise to the top saw them close K-Music 2019 to a rapturous crowd within the EFG London Jazz Festival and win a 2018 Songlines Music Award for their debut album Mask Dance.

★★★★ ‘Tricky time signatures, a nod of thanks to Ornette Coleman’s Lonely Woman for a guitar solo, and constant tonal shifts from the geomungo itself. Elegant and accomplished' - Karma 2019, Guardian


Born in Paris and of Vietnamese decent, **Nguyên Lê** is a self-taught musician and founder of the multi-ethnic band ULTRAMARINE (1983). Experimenting with a wide array of musical styles; rock & funk, jazz standards, avant-garde jazz, pop, contemporary music, and global music including African & Caribbean.

'A masterful, inventive player who has cultivated a wholly unique voice on the instrument, he ranks right up there with Frisell, John Scofield, Mike Stern & Allan Holdsworth in the post Hendrix world of jazz guitar' - Jazztimes

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