¡Globalquerque!’s Statewide Celebration Starts September at New Mexico State Fair

globalquerque_1¡Localquerque! will take place on September 20, 2009, 12pm – 8pm at The Pavilion at The New Mexico State Fair. ¡Localquerque! is a day of World Music from some of New Mexico’s best internationally flavored music ensembles! 

After the ¡Localquerque! appetizer, ¡Globalquerque! will take place September 25 & 26 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ¡Globalquerque!  is New Mexico’s 5th Annual Celebration of World Music & Culture. ¡Globalquerque!  includes 20 performances by 17 Acts from 5 Continents on 3 Stages over 2 Nights.

Confirmed artists at ¡Globalquerque! 2009 include: Blick Bassy (Cameroon), Cava (East LA,USA), Maria de Barros (Cape Verde), Indian Ocean (India), Mamak Khadem (Iran), Kusun Ensemble (Ghana), Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (Nashville, USA), Little Cow (Hungary), Robert Mirabal (Taos Pueblo), Mono Blanco (Mexico), Nation Beat (Brazil/USA), Novalima (Peru), Dwayne Ortega & The Young Guns (New Mexico, USA), Saints & Tzadiks: Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg (Irish/Yiddish), Toppah & Yazzie (Diné/Kiowa), Väsen with Darol Anger & Mike Marshall (Sweden/USA)

¡Localquerque! schedule:

 

12:00-1:00 PM
Kathryn Stately & Bob Mihovilovich (Eastern European)

1:30 -2:30 PM
Los Reyes De Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA)

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Sekhou Senegal Etoiles (Senegal)

4:30 – 5:30 PM
Gamelan Encantada (Bali)

6:00 -7:00 PM
The Rebbe’s Orkestra (Klezmer/Judaic)

7:30 – 8:30 PM
Wagogo (New Mexico/Zimbabwe)

Tickets at at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque box office and all Ticketmaster locations. More at http://www.globalquerque.com

Author: World Music Central News Room

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