Described as one of the world's great live acts by the Guardian. After three years away the mighty Orchestra Baobab are making a long awaited return to the UK to play a handful of live dates in January 2012. One of the defining acts in contemporary African music, Orchestra Baobab, first formed in 1970, fused Senegal’s formerly predominant Afro-Cuban sounds with Congolese rumba, Ghanaian high life, griot singing and other local styles. Read more »