Thursday, November 11, 2010

globalFEST 2011 Updated lineup



Chamber Music: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal* - Elegant kora and cello dialogue between two string virtuosi. (Mali/France)
Creole Choir of Cuba - Entrancing songs and dances from Cuba’s Haitian community (Cuba)
Diblo Dibala – Fleet-fingered soukous guitarist leads a non-stop dance party (The Congo)
Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole# - Stunning Native Hawaiian ancestral songs from a youthful star (Hawai'i)
La-33 – Hard-hitting salsa dura, mambo and boogaloo from the streets of Bogotá (Colombia)
Mustafa Özarslan* - Frenzied Turkish, Alevi and Kurdish songs from a vocal maestro (Turkey)
Novalima – Modern DJ culture melds with Afro-Peruvian traditions (Peru)
Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda – Red-hot mangue beat all-stars mix carnival frevo with rock, funk and ska (Brazil)
Pedrito Martinez Group – Afro-Cuban percussion phenom unites traditional batá-rumba with jazz, son and timba rhythms (NY/Cuba)
RAM –Vodou-infused rock from a Haitian icon (Haiti)
Red Baraat – Bangin’ dhol ‘n’ brass bhangra and funk (NY/India)
Rhythm of Rajasthan - Dynamic music and snake-charming dances from the birthplace of Gypsy culture (India)
Yoro Ndiaye* - The introspective side of Afropop's glittering mbalax (Senegal)

(* = U.S. debut; # = NYC solo debut)

At Webster Hall
125 E. 11th Street, New York City

TICKETS ON SALE NOW $35 General Admission before November 30; $40 thereafter
Tickets and More Info Available at: www.globalfest-ny.org or by phone: 212-545-7536 or online at www.ticketmaster.com

via www.globalfest-ny.org

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