Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Globalfest

Hey, kids, we're going to Globalfest NY this year @ Webster Hall, no fail.  Couldn't make it the last couple.  Coming with us?  Lineup includes:

- Alif Naaba, West African acoustic song (Burkina Faso)
- Cara Dillon, striking Celtic vocalist (Ireland)
- Caravan Palace, swingin’ electro manouche jazz (France)
- Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, 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, music from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Colombia (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’s Saiyuki, acclaimed French-Vietnamese guitarist leads a Pan-Asian jazz trio
(Vietnam/Japan/India/France)
- Nightlosers, Transylvanian blues-rock/Gypsy chameleons (Romania)

3 comments:

juju pongo said...

TRANSYLVANIAN BLUES ROCK !?!

me on the wrong coast that day!
(for more reasons than ye know...)

Steve Lewis said...

There is no coast like the Transylvanian blues rock coast, my brother.

juju pongo said...

altho it be a wee bit frigid on that coast, me hoping thee staying warm and toasty as often as possible...