globalFEST 2011: An Amazing World Of Sound
Each January, musicians from around the world gather in New York to kick off a new year with one amazing night of live music. It's called globalFEST, and this year — the festival's eighth in New York — 13 bands performed 13 different concerts at Webster Hall, with a mix of exotic, beat-driven sounds from India, Peru, Haiti, Hawaii and many other distant locales.
In this edition of All Songs Considered, Afropop.org senior editor Banning Eyre and WFMU Transpacific Sound Paradise's Rob Weisberg join host Bob Boilen to look back at the amazing world of sound they encountered at this year's globalFEST. Hear music from India's theatrical beat-droppers in Rhythm of Rajasthan, Aurelio Martinez, New York City's Red Baraat and more.
GlobalFEST 2011 In Review
Must Kulunda
- Artist: Rhythm of Rajasthan
- Album: Live at globalFEST 2011
Hear the full concert by Rhythm of Rajasthan.
Siepa
- Artist: Aurelio with Garifuna Soul
- Album: Live at globalFEST 2011
Hear the full concert by Aurelio and Garifuna Soul.
Baraat to Nowhere
- Artist: Red Baraat
- Album: Live at globalFEST 2011
Hear the full concert by Red Baraat.
Halinkata Diambe
- Artist: Segal and Sissoko
- Album: Live from globalFEST 2011
Hear the full concert by Segal and Sissoko.
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