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Each January, musicians from around the world gather in New York to kick off a new year with one amazing night of live music.”
– All Songs Considered

  • 7:00 – 7:50 (Marlin Room) The Gloaming (U.S. Debut): Virtuoso Irish and American supergroup explore new traditions
  • 7:00 – 8:00 (The Studio) BélO: Haiti’s acoustic innovator and social activist
  • 7:30 – 8:15 (Grand Ballroom) Yemen Blues: Electrifying Yemeni sounds meet jazz, blues and funk
  • 8:10 – 9:00 (Marlin Room) Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Passionate and exuberant trance and dance music from Southern Italy
  • 8:20 – 9:20 (The Studio) Wang Li (U.S. Debut): Sublime Chinese jaw harp master-improviser
  • 8:35 – 9:20 (Grand Ballroom) Zaz: Chart-topping French chanteuse
  • 9:20 – 10:10 (Marlin Room) Mayra Andrade: Golden-voiced Cape Verde-born singer
  • 9:40 – 10:40 (The Studio) M.A.K.U. Sound System: Furious rhythms of NY’s Afro-Colombian underground
  • 9:40 – 10:25 (Grand Ballroom) (The Silk Road Ensemble: Virtuoso collective from around the globe
  • 10:30 – 11:20 (Marlin Room) SMOD (U.S. Debut): Hard hitting, political folk-rap from Mali
  • 10:45 – 11:30 (Grand Ballroom) Diogo Nogueira: Rio’s red-hot samba star
  • 11:00 – 12:00 (The Studio) Debo Band: Slinky Ethiopian funk and searing jazz grooves

subject to change

Food will be available for purchase all night.

Press Highlights from globalFEST 2011

NPR – The Best of globalFEST 2011 – stream audio of each group’s full set

The New York Times – Sounds of the World, Sousaphones Included

Afropop World Wide – globalFEST: The Goods At Last - video clips and coverage

Full press coverage available at rock, paper, scissors