Rock Paper Scissors - globalFEST 2010

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Sample Track 1:
"Salsa Dura" from La Excelencia's "Mi Tumbao Social"

Sample Track 2:
"Aña Pa Mi Tambor" from La Excelencia's "Mi Tumbao Social"

Sample Track 3:
"J'Ai E'te' Tout Autour Du Pays" from Cedric Watson's "Cedric Watson"

Sample Track 4:
"La Valse De Grand Basile" from Cedric Watson's "Cedric Watson"

Sample Track 5:
"Struggle and Strife (Senegal)" from Meta and the Cornerstones' "Forward Music"

Sample Track 6:
"Somewhere in Africa" from Meta and the Cornerstones' "Forward Music"

Sample Track 7:
"The Hill of Thieves" from Cara Dillon's "Hill of Thieves"

Sample Track 8:
"The Parting Glass" from Cara Dillon's "Hill of Thieves"

Sample Track 9:
"Suena mi Guitarra" from Federico Aubele's "Amatoria"

Sample Track 10:
"Otra Vez" from Federico Aubele's "Amatoria"

Sample Track 11:
"El Camerón" from La Cumbiamba eNeYé's "Marioneta"

Sample Track 12:
"No Lo Mates" from La Cumbiamba eNeYé's "Marioneta"

Sample Track 13:
"Tunka" from Namgar's "Nomad"

Sample Track 14:
"Two Yokhors" from Namgar's "Nomad"

Sample Track 15:
"Five Long Years" from Nightlosers' "Plum Brandy Blues"

Sample Track 16:
"Shame, Shame, Shame" from Nightlosers' "Plum Brandy Blues"

Sample Track 17:
"Mina Zuki" from Nguyên Lê

Sample Track 18:
"Sweet Ganesh" from Nguyên Lê

Sample Track 19:
"Wend N'knote" from Alif Naaba's "Wakat"

Sample Track 20:
"Soun-Kiri" from Alif Naaba's "Wakat"

Sample Track 21:
"Jolie Coquine" from Caravan Palace

Sample Track 22:
"Suzy" from Caravan Palace

Sample Track 23:
"Solid" from François Ladrezo's "Espwa Kouraj"

Sample Track 24:
"Yonn Dé Twa" from François Ladrezo's "Espwa Kouraj"

Concert Preview

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NPR's All Songs Considered, Concert Preview >>

If you're in New York on Sunday, Jan. 10, and have any love for world music, get yourself to Webster Hall. You may not know a single band, but that's okay: The folks putting on GlobalFEST do. Last year's GlobalFEST was a huge treat for me, and you can still hear some of those shows on our Web site.

If you're not in New York, I am, and I'll be running from stage to stage -- there are three at Webster Hall -- to hear as much music as I can. Afropop's Banning Eyre will be there, as will WFMU's Rob Weisberg. On Monday, the three of us will gather in a studio along with recordings from GlobalFEST to talk about what we loved. We'll put that conversation, along with the music, on this week's All Songs Considered Tuesday. (There won't be a show on Monday.) Also, thanks to the folks at GlobalFEST, we'll roll out many of these concerts online at NPR Music.

Last year, I was a kid in a candy store; this year, we're all in for a treat, so spread the word.

[Click below for a list of bands.]

Caravan Palace, French Jazz
Namgar, Siberian rock from Central Asia
La Excelencia, NYC old-school salsa
Cara Dillon, Celtic singer
Nguyen Le's Suyaiki, pan-Asian jazz
Francois Ladrezo, French-Caribbean polyrhythms
Federico Aubele, Argentine bolero and cumbia
Alif Naaba, acoustic West African music
Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole, Zydeco from Louisiana
Nightlosers, Transylvanian gypsy blues
Meta and the Cornerstones, African roots reggae

01/07/10 >> go there

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