La Linea festival 2016: the line-up

The lauded Portuguese fado singer, who has performed live with Prince and The Rolling Stones, comes to town for a highly anticipated headline show. So highly that it sold out months ago. Fortunately she’ll be back in London for a Barbican gig in September.

Signed to Gilles Peterson’s label, Afro-Cuban singer and bandleader Arocena is an entrancing performer who sings spiritual rumbas, deeply influenced by the Caribbean Santería religion. Turn up early for a screening of the documentary ‘La Clave’ about Cuban music.

Rooted in traditional cumbia but with a sharp contemporary edge, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to call La Yegros the Argentinian Amy Winehouse. She jets in from Buenos Aires for her debut UK show tonight.

This rapper and singer has risen from a poor upbringing in the São Paolo favelas to become one of the most important new artists in Brazil. Drawing on samba, hip hop and reggae, his switched-on songs tackle the big social problems that you probably won’t see during this summer’s Olympics.

The Tucson Tex-Mex bandits blow into town with their blend of alt country, mariachi, twanging desert blues and Morricone-style soundtracks. Guatemalan singer Gaby Moreno plays a support slot.

South American cumbia isn’t always high-energy music, but in the hands of Chilean nine-piece Chico Trujillo it gets a real kick up the colo. That’s no surprise when you find out they started out as an offshoot of a ska-punk band. Their Camden show for La Linea will be a real brass fiesta.

Adán Jodorowsky has carved out an idiosyncratic career as a director and musician as well as starring in his dad Alejandro’s bizarre films. He’s joined by regular collaborator Xavi Polycarpe and his band Los Imanes for some singer-songwriterly business to round off La Linea.