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Wang Li performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear this Chinese master of deeply felt and highly atmospheric music perform live in concert.

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The Silk Road Ensemble performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear the Ensemble's virtuoso musicians play a range of traditional instruments live in concert.

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The Gloaming performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear a new project, featuring several top-notch Irish folk-music players, live in concert.

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SMOD performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear the new, groove-based Malian hip-hop group, produced by Manu Chao, live in concert.

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M.A.K.U. Sound System performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear M.A.K.U. Sound System's punk, funk and jazz (via Afro-Colombia and Queens) live in concert.

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Mayra Andrade performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear this engaging young singer, who hails from Cape Verde via France, live in concert.

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Yemen Blues performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Inspired by sounds from Bedouin rhythms to New Orleans brass bands, the band plays live in concert.

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BélO performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear BélO bring Caribbean undercurrents to socially conscious songs as he performs live in concert.

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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear traditional sounds from southern Italy that had a live audience hopping — literally.

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Diogo Nogueira performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear the Brazilian singing (and soccer) sensation's smooth, Rio-style samba-canção live in concert.

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Zaz performs during globalFEST at New York City's Webster Hall on Jan. 8.

January 10, 2012 Hear Zaz's new-generation French chanson and gypsy swing style, performed live in concert.

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Red Baraat

January 18, 2011 Hear Red Baraat and their unique bhangra-gone-brass sound from globalFEST 2011.

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Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda

January 18, 2011 Hear funk and mangue beat with Latin melodies and African rhythms at globalFEST 2011.

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Song Of The Day

With the band Capullo, Pimienta explores puppy love's trauma in "A quien amas en realidad es a mi."

Lido Pimienta: Love With A Sense Of Doom

With the band Capullo, Pimienta explores puppy love's trauma in "A quien amas en realidad es a mi."

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