globalFEST 2015

Join us for the world music community’s favorite event, globalFEST, as it returns for its 2015 edition on January 11th at Webster Hallwith two French-produced acts, the Tunisian trip-hop artist with a revolutionary voice, Emel Mathlouthi, and the star of the Brazilian afrobeat scene, Bixiga 70. GlobalFEST sells out every year and is a favorite of fans, major media, and music pros alike.

What: World Music Concert
Where: Webster Hall
125 East 11th St
New York, NY 10003
When: January 11, 2015 at 7 PM; Doors at 6 PM
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About globalFEST
globalFEST (gF) began in NYC in 2003 as a creatively curated bright spot for global music lovers in the dark days of early January. Over its first decade, gF’s groundbreaking annual 3 stage, 12 band showcase/festival has become one of the most catalytic world music events in North America, coinciding with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP’s) annual conference. The premier gateway for emerging and established artists, gF has provided more than one hundred and twenty groups- from around the world and from our own backyard- access to stages across the continent.

globalFEST is also a party, turning winter doldrums into a multi-continent romp at one of downtown New York’s most historic venues. The festival spotlights artists who represent diverse global styles, from traditional and folk to hybrid acts that incorporate classical, rock, jazz, electronic dance music and hip-hop influences.

Bixiga 70
Bixiga 70
Brazil’s brassy Afrobeat orchestra
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Emel Mathlouthi
Emel Mathlouthi
Electro-inspired voice of Tunisia’s Arab Spring
@MathlouthiEmel | Website | Youtube | Facebook
Emil Zrihan
Emil Zrihan
Soaring Moroccan improvisations and Jewish songs by Israel’s beloved counter tenor
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Just A Band
Just A Band
Nairobi’s super-nerdy electronic music & art collective
@justaband | Website | Youtube | Facebook
Kahulanui
Kahulanui
Hawaii’s kings of swing
@kahulanuiWebsite | Youtube | Facebook
Kevin Johansen
Kevin Johansen
De-genre-ate Sub-tropicalia from Argentina
@k_johansen | Website | Youtube | Facebook
Puerto Candelaria
Puerto Candelaria
Colombia’s rebellious cumbia experimentalists
@LosCandelarios | Website | Youtube | Facebook
Riyaaz Qawwali
Riyaaz Qawwali
Ecstatic Sufi music made in the USA
Website | Youtube | Facebook
Sam Lee
Sam Lee
Unconventional songs of the British Isles
@samleesong | Website | Youtube | Facebook
The Jones Family Singers
The Jones Family Singers
Hard-driving Gospel funk from Texas
@jonesfamsingers | Website | Vimeo | Facebook
The Nile Project
The Nile Project
Trans-border collaboration across the Niles Basin
@nileproject | Website | Youtube | Facebook
Zap Mama
Zap Mama
Polyphonic a capella Afropop pioneers
@zapmamamusic | Website | Youtube | Facebook

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