In 2013 Wootton made a trip to Bamako, Mali in West Africa with Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Nick Zinner and other musicians to record an album as part of Africa Express collective.
In 2015 he appeared in Noel Gallagher's music video Ballad of the Mighty I which was released on 12 January 2015,[REF] and joined him for a TV performance of the song Riverman on the Channel 4 programme Chatty Man.