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January 11, 2025: Previews
It's a busy time for world music in New York with the Annual Arts Presenters conference (APAP) in town leading to several showcase concerts this week, of which we'll preview Secret Planet, tonight at Drom, and globalFEST tomorrow night at Lincoln Center. And next weekend, the Balkan music and dance enthusiasts' big 60-band bash Golden Fest takes over Astoria world Manor and we'll play tracks by a bunch of the artists playing there.
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Kit Sebastian |
Bul Bul Bul
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New Internationale | Brainfeeder | * | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Baba Zula |
Arsız Saksağan (Cheeky Magpie)
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İstanbul Sokakları (Streets Of Istanbul) | Glitterbeat | * | 0:05:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Los Crema Paraiso |
Un Disip en Nueva York
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De Pelicula | From the creators of Los Amigos Invisibles, one of the hottest Venezuelan funk-dance band that no one could stand to watch without moving their feet, and the New York based Si*Se, the sexy electronic sextet that took the world by assault in the early 2000’s, comes "De Película" by Los Crema Paraiso. - bandcamp | 0:13:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Yeison Landero |
Noche de Cumbia
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Landero Vive | Yeison Landero was born in San Jacinto (Bolívar), and carries in his soul a cumbiambero heart inherited from his legendary musician grandfather, Andrés Landero. His love for his ancestral accordion and his passion for cumbia are so great that he decided to turn them into the motor of his life. - Millenium Stage | 0:17:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Chicha Libre & Son Rompe Pera |
Tequila!
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Tequila! | Barbes | Chicha Libre is a Brooklyn-based six-member band founded by Olivier Conan. Its name is a reference to chicha, a corn-based liquor that has been produced in South America since the time of the Incas. It is also the name of a Peruvian musical genre on which the band's music is based. - wiki | 0:22:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Lollise |
eDube
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I Hit the Water | Lollise's debut album is her most personal work yet: a spiritual time-travel to the Botswana of her childhood, an incantation, a reclamation and a declaration of self. Childhood play-songs appear as dream-like interludes throughout the album, bridging the gap between the present and the past. - bandcamp | 0:26:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Miramar |
Urgencia
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Single | A “miramar” is a place from which you can see the ocean. The bolero group, Miramar, chose this word as their name to evoke a place of peace, reflection and solace for a broken heart. Even the bolero, a romantic music born in Cuba in the 1800’s, might have been conceived by the seaside. In the 50’s and 60’s it became the quintessential musical expression of romance in Latin America. - bandcamp | 0:35:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Bamba Wassalou Groove |
Gonifo Bourama
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Farima | The five members of Bamba Wassoulou Groove know the power of the hypnotic Malian guitars and effortlessly transport you to the dusty roads and red earth of Mali. This band knows better than anyone how to heat up a dance floor. The group was founded in 2013 in Bamako by Bamba Dembelé (died 2018), the percussionist and co-founder of Super Djata Band. - youtube | 0:38:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Rebolu |
Eso No
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Eso No | “Rebolu is a party!” exclaims the intrepid group. “We are a confluence of sound and energy reflecting the intensity of our urban life and the need to create music for the world based on our folklore and heritage." Leaders in the New Colombian Music movement of New York City, their adopted home, Rebolu's vibrant, salsa-inspired music has its roots in the diverse Afrocentric rhythms of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. - bandcamp | 0:44:01 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Paul Beaubrun |
Love Me Intended
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Limyè A La | Paul weaves his impeccable guitar skills, rich, vocals, musical ingenuity and cultural history together; all while performing a smooth melange of both english, french and creole (the native tongue of his haitian roots). - bandcamp | 0:49:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Zar Elektrik |
Babord
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Babord | Zar Electrik pays homage to tribal cultures, particularly through the incorporation of the ancient Zar ritual originating from Ethiopia and Egypt. This ritual serves as a conduit for healing, achieved through trance and connection with the spirit world. - Millenium Stage | 0:52:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Maruja Limón |
Miralas
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Te Como la cara (A) | Maruja Limón is a female sextet from Barcelona known for their vibrant music that blends flamenco, pop, and Latin rhythms. - Millenium Stage | 0:56:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Mireya, The Poor Choices |
Te Parto el Alma
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Sin Fronteras | Ramos is no stranger to pioneering music, establishing herself and her band La Flor de Toloache as one of the first all-female mariachi bands. On Sin Fronteras, Ramos displays her range with casual grace. The album alternates between country and ranchero classics, emphasizing what one might thing of as “outside” influences on the tracks you might least expect it. - adobeandteardrops | 1:02:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Elida Elmeida |
Alebi
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Alebi | Elida Sofia Cabral Almeida was born in Pedra Badejo in the east of Santiago Island, Cape Verde. She spent her childhood years with some difficulty, in the mountains of Santiago. At 17, she sang at church, she listened to the radio, she said on that she grew up on a place without electricity or necessities. - wiki | 1:06:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amir Vahab |
Baba Taher
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Rumi Meditation | Described by the New York Times as an "ambassador for a silenced music", Amir Vahab is one of New York City's most commemorated deliverers of Near Eastern folk, traditional and Sufi music and poetry. - website | 1:13:21 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Eva Salina and Peter Stan |
E Laute Bašalen Taj Roven
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Sudbina | SUDBINA: A Portrait of Vida Pavlović In their collaboration, Eva Salina & Peter Stan pick up and continue an interrupted legacy of empowered female voices in Balkan Romani (gypsy) music. - tonechamber | 1:22:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Romashka |
Zaznobilla & Baro Foro
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Gypsy Muzica for Dancing & Dreaming | Joy, passion, and the fiery sounds of Russian, Balkan, Romani, Romanian, and multi-ethnic music that have long lit up New York City. - Drom | 1:25:53 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Trendafilka |
Chichovite Konye
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For the Olives | New Orleans group Trendafilka is a modern exploration of European polyphonic traditions. In their songs, dissonances and harmonies weave and swell throughout each song as common human themes are explored: love, loss, humor, and magic. - bandcamp | * | 1:32:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Ukrainian Village Voices |
Don't Walk, Ulan
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Ukranian Village Voices | NYC singing collective whose mission is to preserve and revive the polyphonic singing style of Ukraine’s villages, frequently focusing on seasonal celebrations, ritual songs, as well as lyrical music. We often sing songs recorded by ethnomusicologists from the oldest dwellers of villages in Ukraine. We pay homage to the ancient spirit of these songs while bringing a unique North American feel to the music. - Golden Festival | 1:38:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Zelenaya |
Okro Mch'edelo (single remix)
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Single | NYC's Zelenaya merges the haunting vocal harmonies of Eastern European polyphonic folk singing with the intensity of sludge, doom, and death metal. - bandcamp | 1:42:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Merita Halili |
O Moj Goce e Bukur
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Merita | Singer Merita Halili and accordionist/composer Raif Hyseni, world-class performers from Albania and Kosova, respectively, began teaching at the EEFC camps in 1997. Merita captivates students with her extraordinary vocal range, filigree-like ornamentation, knowledge of regional styles and heartfelt approach. - Kef times | 1:50:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Dolunay |
Sorma Aşık Mıyım Ben
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Our House | Songs from the Turkish people living across Rumeli, the former region of the Ottoman Balkans. Dolunay’s intimate sound, sparse in loudness and textured with the dissonance of eastern blues, gives way to a sound at once earthy and celestial. - Golden Fest | 1:55:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Slavic Soul Party! |
Draganin Cocek
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NY Underground Tapes | Barbès Records | Fiery Balkan brass, throbbing funk grooves, Roma (Gypsy) accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official #1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk. SSP! pumps a strong Balkan brass sound through the filter of life in New York’s outer boroughs, making new music out of the unplanned results of immigration, proximity, and globalization. - home page | 2:00:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Raya Brass Band |
Let the Crickets Decide
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This Train is Now | Since 2008 Raya Brass Band has thrilled audiences with its energetic brand of soul shaking, border defying dance music. Given the way these five musicians electrify clubs, festivals, underground parties, and even subway cars with their riotous performances, it’s no wonder that they’re often mistaken for a band twice the size. - home page | 2:08:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| West Philadelphia Orchestra |
Racenica Philadelphia
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Tour de Filli | West Philadelphia Orchestra Avant village folk brass band since 2006. You will find WPO at parties, stages, beer gardens, protests and wedding celebrations throughout the Philadelphia region. West Philadelphia Orchestra found inspiration in the Romani brass "orkestars" and "fanfares" of Eastern Europe. - home page | 2:13:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| What Cheer? Brigade |
Punk Gratitude
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You Can't See Inside of Me | An energetic party band formerly known as What Cheer? Brigade, Undertow takes inspiration from various musical styles, most notably Balkan music; we approach this material non-traditionally but with deep reverence. - Golden Fest | 2:20:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band |
Aman, Aman Momce Bre
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No Strings Attached | The foremost presenters of traditional Balkan brass music in the US, including the Golden Festival, Zlatne Uste's repertoire spans the most important stops in the traditional music of the Balkans. ZU has been a six-time invited guest at the Dragačevo Brass Festival in Guča, Serbia. - EEFC | 2:26:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Laíz & The New Love Experience |
Tipo Assim
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Ela Partíu | Transdisciplinary artist Laíz was born in the city of Jundiaí - Brazil - in the state of Sâo Paulo in 1999 and migrated to Germany in 2019 where she started her musical journey in the Berlin Jazz - scene by blending Latin Groove, Free Jazz and Afrobeat with Brazilian Hip Hop. | * | 2:29:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Los 300 |
What a Girl
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The Fighting Kangaroo | The trio Los 300 is a creative project born in 2013 in Granada, formed by Manuel Collados (guitar, bass and vocals), Zeque Olmo (percussion and keyboards) and Jimi García (winds and electropad). Through masterful control of the loop, these multi-instrumentalists build their songs on stage in such a way that they generate in the audience the sensation of being in front of a group with many more members. - home page, translated | 2:32:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Los Chichos |
Si Tanto Me Querías
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Ni Más, Ni Menos | Los Chichos is a Spanish band that played rumba flamenca and pop music from 1973 to 2008. - wiki | 2:36:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Los Amaya |
Caramelos
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Los Amaya Y Su Combo Gitano | What Los Amaya y su Combo Gitano achieved in this LP is a milestone, a place where nobody had gone before and few would reach later (not even themselves, even if their biggest popular successes, such as the international smash hit 'Vete', were yet to come). - Munster Records | 2:40:07 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Biomigrant |
Tro tro
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Aguaceros y Sequías | Biomigrant, the project of producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Alfred Wagner, returns with Aguaceros y Sequías (Downpours and Droughts), an album that audaciously brings together electronic music and traditional Mexican and Colombian folk influences. - World Music Central | * | 2:41:57 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Sauljaljui |
sinisanparavac
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Vavaik | Wind Music | Sauljaljui is an indigenous vocalist from southern Taiwan, known for her heartfelt renditions of traditional Paiwan indigenous melodies and Hengchun folk songs. Accompanied by the Moon Lute, she blends these ancient tunes with world music influences, creating a distinctive style marked by her captivating vocals. - YouTube | * | 2:46:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Aboubakar Traoré & Balima |
Turamagan
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Sababu | Zephyrus Records | The album SABABU is a vibrant ode to the quest for the opportunities that shape our existence. We are invited to seize the infinite chances open to us, capable of leading us to unsuspected horizons if we know how to recognize them. SABABU is a captivating blend of haunting rhythms and deep ballads, combining traditional heritage with contemporary sounds. - PR | * | 2:50:05 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Songhoy Blues |
Issa
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Single | Songhoy Blues is a desert blues music group from Timbuktu, Mali. The band was formed in Bamako after being forced to leave their homes during the civil conflict and the imposition of Sharia law. The band released its debut album, Music in Exile, via Transgressive Records on February 23, 2015, while Julian Casablancas' Cult Records partnered with Atlantic Records to release the album in North America in March 2015. The group is one of the principal subjects of the documentary film They Will Have To Kill Us First. - wiki | * | 2:54:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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slugluv1313:
got home a little while ago, loving these sounds!
i must tend to Los Gatos Locos, pero i am so glad to be here and listening with you all 🐱🐱
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(Earth sure could use as much healing as possible 🐝🌿)
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(feeling a bit of PJ Harvey's "Down by the Water" in there -- ?!?)
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slugluv1313:
totally agree! the few times i have been able to go to globalFEST were a blast -- anyone who can go to these shows, please do!
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