Alif Naaba, West African acoustic song (Burkina Faso)
Cara Dillon, striking Celtic vocalist (Ireland)
Caravan Palace, swingin' electro manouche jazz (France)
Cedric Watson, Creole Zydeco heir from Louisiana (USA)
Federico Aubele, bolero and cumbia meets electro downtempo (Argentina/USA)
François Ladrezo & Alka Omeka, Gwo-ka master (Guadalupe)
La Cumbiamba eNeYé, Afro-Colombian roots from NYC (Colombia/USA)
La Excelencia, old-school salsa dura revivalists (USA)
Meta and the Cornerstones, African roots reggae export (Senegal/USA)
Namgar, Siberian shaman rock from the Central Asian steppes (Russia)
Nguyên Lê, acclaimed French-Vietnamese guitarist leads a Pan-Asian jazz trio (Vietnam/Japan/India/France)
Nightlosers, Transylvanian blues-rock/Gypsy chameleons (Romania)
Get more info & tickets at globalFEST-ny.com
Update: January 12, 2009 It was really great to see such an all around line-up. Here's a little clip I recorded from the Federico Aubele & Natalia Clavier's set. Some people were really rude and wouldn't shut the f*#k up during their set...they got lucky I didn't get up and knock some teeth out...
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