Vicky Jassey is a scholar, musician, and educator dedicated to Afro-Cuban music and culture. She is the founder and artistic director of Bombo Productions, which has supported Afro-Cuban music in the UK since 2007, and holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from Cardiff University and a Masters in Performance from SOAS, University of London. As an independent researcher at Florida International University, she created The Bearers of Sacred Sound, an oral-history project on Miami’s ritual batá drummers.
Specialising in Afro-Cuban folkloric traditions, Vicky is co-director, lead singer and percussionist in Coro de Clave – Cuban Harmony Choir in the UK and Spain. She also directs Moving Voices UK, offering support and group singing for female survivors of human trafficking. She is a ritual singer for Tambor de Fundamento, Güiro, and Cajón de Muerto. Alongside her partner, percussionist David Pattman, she co-runs Finca Ará Oko, a creative retreat in southern Spain.
