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Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal: Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine
Cellos on the Niger, Koras on the Seine: Chamber Music Discovers Unexpected Strains of African Lyricism and European Funk When kora-player Ballaké Sissoko approached French cellist Vincent Ségal after a show, Ségal never suspected that he'd find himself several years later on the banks of the Niger, digging into African music's introspective side with a virtuosic ...
Unexpected Trends, Emerging Hybrids & Edgy Roots: globalFEST 2011 Artist Lineup
Unexpected Trends, Emerging Hybrids, and Edgy Roots: globalFEST Returns to NYC with 13 Artists on Three Stages, January 9, 2011 Unexpected trends are the new cutting edge: the hard-hitting Afro-Cuban percussionist quietly attracting rock icons to his shows; the expressive young vocalist invoking ancient sacred traditions with surprising immediacy; the cultural communities rich with unheralded, powerful ...
Mark Your Calendars: globalFEST 2011
Annual World Music Mecca globalFEST Returns to NYC's Webster Hall: Thirteen Acts, Three Stages, One Ticket on January 9, 2011 “Last year, I was a kid in a candy store; this year, we're all in for a treat, so spread the word."—NPR's All Songs Considered “Some of the bands could have melted the ice ...
Eileen Ivers: The Warmth & Mirth of an Irish Christmas
The Warmth and Mirth of an Irish Christmas: Fiddler Eileen Ivers, Tricky Wrens, and Troublesome Cakes on US Tour Recalling the roaring hearths and roars of laughter that are part and parcel of Christmas in Irish families, virtuoso fiddler Eileen Ivers interweaves age-old Wren Day songs, beloved American carols, and even a jigging Bach in An ...
Hugh Masekela’s Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour
The Musical Umbilical Cord that Connects America and Africa: Hugh Masekela's Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour Before jazz had a name and “world music" was a concept, a young trumpet player emerged from another hemisphere and landed alongside some of the greatest icons in American music. Louis Armstrong sent him a trumpet. Harry Belafonte ...
The Sonic Acrobatics of Jienat: A First in World Music
Tundra Songs and Musical Saws beyond the Arctic Circle: Norway's Jienat Has You Surrounded with Arctic Echoes “We could be banging on mammoth skulls and logs millennia ago," modestly exclaims Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer Andreas Fliflet behind Jienat. “The feeling would be the same." Yet if Jienat got their hands on them, bone and wood ...
The Cuban Cowboys' Racy Exile Rock
Spanglish Superheroes of Degeneracy: The Cuban Cowboys' Racy Exile Rock “On stage, I'm The Cuban Cowboy, a superhero of exile and degeneracy!" exclaims singer and songwriter Jorge Navarro. Spitfire Spanglish blazing, Navarro sends the perfect American icon colliding with a whole family's worth of émigré tension, exile, tenderness and lust. “I turn on the accent, I ...
Karkwa win the 2010 Polaris Music Prize
Karkwa was named the winner of the fifth annual Polaris Music Prize. This award, given to signify the best Canadian album of the year, was presented tonight at the gala ceremony held at CTV's Concert Hall at the Masonic Temple in Toronto. In addition to bragging rights, Karkwa take home $20,000 for their album Les Chemins ...
Avishai Cohen North American Tour
Avishai Cohen, Aurora (EMI Music): Ladino Jazz and Clave Cantatas: Bassist Avishai Cohen Sings Roots into Gold Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen is an alchemist at heart. Finding inspiration in musicians ranging from Bach to Stevie Wonder, Avishai can transform a tired Israeli school tune back into poetic gold. He can take the Sephardic melodies ...
By Dogsled, Tugboat or Kayak: Paul Winter's Latest Adventure in Japan
The Garden of Sonic Delights: Paul Winter Consort Finds a Resonant Paradise in a Japanese Architectural Treasure Paradise began as an enclosed garden but morphed into Shangri-la, a valley concealed and shimmering with peach blossoms. Now it echoes in a peaceable kingdom inside a mountain top, filled with resonant chambers and great treasures: the I. M. ...
