Empirical, whose new double album Tabula Rasa is released on Monday, poet Lemn Sissay, Omar Puente, funk/soul DJ Craig Charles, and Kirsty Almeida & the Troubadours featuring Arun Ghosh, are included in the line-up of next month’s Freedom festival in Hull, which runs from 6-8 September. More: www.freedomfestival.co.uk
Empirical pictured above. Photo: Naim records