Mark T. and Iqbal Pathan

About

An evening of world music performed live

An evening of Greek Rembetika, Reggae, English and African folk music, Bhangra and American Delta Blues. Mark T. and Iqbal Pathan perform at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on Friday 11 July at 8pm. Tickets are £16.50.

Mark T. and Iqbal Pathan bring a unique collection of sounds which celebrates blues as a worldwide phenomenon.

Iqbal was born in Uganda but moved to England at the time of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Asian immigrants in the 1970s. He performs on tabla and darabuka and has played with a wide range of artists. With the group Milan, he travelled for three weeks in Norway, performing concerts across the whole country.

He has been to France with Roots Progress, conducted by Roger Watson. Additionally, he toured in Switzerland with Indian group Ghazal, playing Indian classical music. Iqbal is also a regular session musician and has performed on recordings with a large number of artists.

Award winning Mark was born in Hereford, nine miles from the Welsh border. His mother was Polish Ukrainian and his father was Latvian. Mark has played across England and Wales with his two major bands The Brickbats and Rootdogs. He plays bouzouki, harmonica and national steel guitar. Mark has toured Brittany twice, plays regularly in Denmark and occasionally in Italy.

Highlights of his career include performing live on radio 2 from their Paris theatre, London, live appearances at BBC Pebble Mill and Saturday night main stage appearances at the Bracknell, Pontardawe and Bracknell festivals.

Together Iqbal Khan Pathan and Mark T., lifetime practitioners of their music will bring you a collection of unique sounds and rhythms yet to be discovered.