SOME OF THE PEOPLE EMMA CONNECTED WITH…

*** there were numerous musicians, workshop facilitators, and artists who inspired me so much this year and are not included in this list. This could be for a variety of reasons - some for privacy reasons, some because they don’t have an online present. If I connected with you on my Watson and you don’t see yourself on this list but want to be included please let me know! 

Alex Etchart (singer, choir leader, multi-instrumentalist, composer amplifying queer, decolonial, social and environmental justice topics through theatre and music)

Alice Sea (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, ecstatic dance teacher; NZ)

Ambedkar Age Digital Bookmobile (musical project amplifying Maharashtra’s long history of social reform and sharing anti-caste songs that feature numerous musicians; India)

Amrit Gandhari (Sarangi player, Sarangi shop owner, music therapist; Nepal)

Angeline Morrison (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, giving voice to the Black British experience through her album Sorrow Songs)

Angharad Wynne (author and storyteller; Wales)

Anna D. (poet, singer-songwriter, social justice advocate; Ireland)

Anu Gandhari (Sarangi player, singer; Nepal)

AY Young (singer-songwriter, rapper, climate activist, creator of the Battery Tour; US)

Baque Luar  (Afro-Brazilian band praising nature through song; England)

Big Jush (singer, rapper, producer, member of Kibera Creative Arts; Kenya)

Brianna Fruean (climate activist, Pacific Climate Warrior, storyteller; Samoa/NZ)

Bryan Vallejos (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer; Easter Island)

Charlotte Pulver (apothocarian and pilgrimage, ceremonial, ritual facilitator; England)

Chris Salisbury (author, storyteller, founder and director of Wild Wise; England)

Cosmo Sheldrake (musician and producer incorporating nature field recordings into songs; England)

Curawaka (band honoring Indigenous traditions and sharing songs from around the world; Europe/Latin America)

Ditty (singer-songwriter, environmental advocate exploring creative ways to reduce carbon emissions while touring; India/Germany)

Denise Rowe (dancer, facilitator, creative practitioner, creator of Earth Dances - the work of embodied remembering; England)

Ema I’u (singer-songwriter, poet, actress, organizer of Holding Space Aotearoa and Songwriters 4 Climate Action; NZ)

EmRiver (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, facilitator; England)

Gazelle Band (Palestinian oud group; England)

Gossamer Threads Project (musician and collaborative project; England)

Hiva Nui (singer-songwriter, climate activist; Easter Island)

Jamen Moss (singer-songwriter, sound-healer; NZ)

Jen Cloher (singer-songwriter, singer of big questions, justice, and rivers; NZ)

Jesse David (singer-songwriter, climate activist; Kenya)

Joseph Nguthiru (founder of the climate-solutions start-up, HyaPak, Obama Leader; Kenya)

Josie Gritten (doula, childbirth educator, workshop facilitator, award-winning photographer, NZ)

Joydah Mae (singer-songwriter, sacred Earth channeler; NZ)

Karine Polwart (singer-songwriter, storyteller, contributing artist in “Spell Songs” project)

Kato Ewekia (musician and climate activist; Tuvalu)

Kiki Gilmore (singer-songwriter…can lead a group singing covers around a piano for hours (it’s epic!); England)

Kiran Nepali (professional Sarangi player, founder of Project Sarangi, member of the band Kutumba; Nepal)

Koteka (musician raising awareness of her home West Papua and the Free West Papua movement; England)

Kutumba (folk instrumental ensemble committed to preservation and celebration of Indigenous Nepali music; Nepal)

Lhakpa Tenji Lama Sherpa (singer-songwriter; Nepal)

Larry Dwayne (rapper, songwriter, climate activist; Kenya)

Loshn (Klezmer trio; England)

Makadem (professional nyatiti player, singer; Kenya)

Matiu (musician, workshop facilitator, Māori cultural ambassador, watch the Haka that I learned from him here; NZ)

Martha Tilston (singer-songwriter and filmmaker; England)

Mica Sinclair (singer-songwriter and storyteller; England)

Misha Kalinin - (guitarist and composer; Switzerland)

Mikaela Loach (climate justice activist and author; UK)

Mog Fry (singer-songwriter, multi-disciplinary artist; England)

Noga Ritter (singer-songwriter, choir leader, workshop facilitator; England)  

Phlexible (rapper, producer, community builder, co-founder of Kibera Creative Arts; Kenya)

Roísín (Irish-Palestinian singer-songwriter; Ireland)

Roksana Smirnova (pianist and composer; Switzerland)

Sachelah (singer-songwriter; Kenya)

Sam Lee (folk song-collector, musician, conservationist, activist; England)

Sangeeta (singer, sound healer, yoga instructor, focused on dismantling racism and decolonizing; Germany)

Small Island Big Song - performing arts project uniting musicians of Indian and Pacific Island nations through song and dance, raising awareness for impact of rising seas on their island homes; international touring group)

Spell Songs (musical project based on “The Lost Words” - a collection of poems written with nature words omitted from a children‘s dictionary; UK)

Sophia Efthimiou (singer, voice weaver, vocal facilitator)

Suntou Susso (kora player, songwriter, teacher; England)

Three Acres and a Cow (history of British land rights and protest through folk song and story; England) 

Yoyo Tuki (singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, member of Small Island Big Song; Rapa Nui)

zjimie (singer-songwriter; Kenya)