Reem Kelani is a Kuwaiti musician, born in Manchester, England, and brought up in Kuwait. Initially influenced by the jazz music her father played on his record player, a family wedding Reem attended in her maternal home in Galilee in the seventies sparked her interest in Palestinian music.

Reem released her debut solo CD "Sprinting Gazelle – Palestinian Songs from the Motherland and the Diaspora" to critical acclaim in February 2006. Reem’s next CD project will be a tribute to the Egyptian composer Sayid Darwish (1892–1923).

In addition to music performances, Reem conducts workshops on Arabic and Palestinian music in schools, colleges, and at festivals. Reem is also a regular broadcaster; she wrote and presented ‘Distant Chords’ for BBC Radio Four between 2001 and 2003, featuring the music of migrant communities in the UK.

Gilad Atzmon (Hebrew: גלעד עצמון‎; born June 9, 1963) is an Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist, novelist, political activist and writer.

Atzmon's album Exile was BBC jazz album of the year in 2003. Playing over 100 dates a year, he has been called "surely the hardest-gigging man in British jazz." His albums, of which he has recorded thirteen to date, often explore the music of the Middle East and political themes. He has described himself as a "devoted political artist."

A profile in The Guardian in 2009 which described Atzmon as "one of London's finest saxophonists" stated: "It is Atzmon's blunt anti-Zionism rather than his music that has given him an international profile, particularly in the Arab world, where his essays are widely read." His criticisms of Zionism, Jewish identity, and Judaism, as well as his controversial views on The Holocaust and Jewish history have led to allegations of antisemitism and racism from both Zionists and anti-Zionists.

Atzmon was born in a secular Jewish family in Tel Aviv, and trained at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem.