Zakir Hussain

A brand new cross-cultural performance featuring the globally renowned Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, together with an array of Scottish and Irish traditional musicians including Patsy Reid (fiddle/viola), Charlie McKerron (fiddle), Ross Ainslie (small pipes/whistle), Matheu Watson (guitar, mandolin), John Joe Kelly (bodhran), Michael McGoldrick (flute, pipes and whistles) and the beautiful Hebridean singing of Jenna Cumming.

They will be joined by Indian stars selected by Hussain: Kumaresh (violin), Rakesh Chaurasia (bansura [bamboo flute]) and Navin Sharma (dholak) as well as the spectacular sound of the drum corps of the Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band.

Originally produced by Celtic Connections and Serious.