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"Held during the convention of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, globalFEST let bookers size up thirteen acts in six hours, wielding instruments from oud to button accordion, tuba to laptop. Visions of world music as a realm of newly visible traditions and pure local styles have given way, at Globalfest, to a more realistic, less romantically exotic perspective. Musicians have always made choices about what to preserve and what to change from their heritage; now, they can sample countless possibilities."– Jon Pareles, The New York Times
FEATURING:
Chango Spasiuk: Argentina's chamame master accordionist (Argentina)
Crooked Still: Newgrass innovators (USA)
Dulsori: Spectacular Korean drummers (Korea)
Fallou Dieng & DLC: Senegalese mbalax rising stars (Senegal)
Lo Cor de la Plana: Marseille's hand-clappin', foot-stompin' vocalists (France)
Little Cow: Budapest's Gypsy-tinged rockers (Hungary)
Nation Beat: Northeastern Brazilian carnival meets American roots (USA/Brazil)
Pistolera: NYC-Mexico alt-rock folkloristas (NYC/Mexico)
Puerto Plata: 84-year-old Dominican Son maestro (Dominican Republic/USA)
Samarabalouf: French Gypsy jazz guitar virtuosi (Fran
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Bill Bragin/The Public Theater, Isabel Soffer/World Music Institute, Maure Aronson, World Music Boston, and Danny Kapilian on an amazing globalFEST! You guys rocked it once again. And to this year's artists and managers, what an amazing bunch of shows! Thanks to all the press who previewed it and reviewed it. We're putting links to all the press at www.globalfest-ny.org. Let's do itagain next year! Enjoy! Dmitri, Jenifer, and the crew at www.rockpaperscissors.biz
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