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 Review

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Last night Bernie, Laura and I met up with John over at Webster Hall and took a tour of the world.

With fours stages of music, 13 or so different acts and five hours of celebration potent enough to pull anyone out of a winter funk, Globalfest was back in town. Every year, New Yorkers reap the benefits of hosting the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference, for APAP brings a crew from across the country to New York for an extended booking binge and a host of talent eager to jump into the marketplace and bringing their best. It's a win-win for everyone and a chance to see music experimentation and traditions one might otherwise miss.

It's also about as cool a music experience as one is likely to find.

(above and below: François Ladrezo & Alka Omeka from Guadlepoupe)

The atmosphere is congenial and festive and most rooms feature folks packed in like dancing sardines. My favorite band--or at least the band that surprised me the most by combining styles I never imagined I'd hear together--was Namgar, a band I didn't get to draw. Namgarvis from Russia and combines Mongolian folk singing with a sound you wouldn't be surprised to hear emerging from Iron Maiden's amps. Namgar was lush, epic, gorgeous and completely unexpected, which is exacly the sort of thing I have come to expect from Global Fest.

(Caravan Palace from France, making their American debut. They're like a cross between French swing and a disco apocalypse.)

(La Cumbiamba eNeYé from Colombia and the United States)

At the end of the night, I was left with a vision of a smaller world with infinite possibilities, I was wearing a big smile, and I had music in my head that I couldn't even imagine a few hours before. 01/11/10 >> go there

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