American world music showcase globalFEST 2020 is set to take place on January 12, 2020 at the Copacabana club in Manhattan, New York.
The globalFEST 2020 lineup includes:
– Ak Dan Gwang Chil (South Korea): Korean shamanic music
– Bohemian Betyars (Hungary): speed-folk (NY debut)
– Cheikh Lô (Senegal): spiritual West African folk
– La Chica (Venezuela/France) Introspective electro pop (USA debut)
– Les Amazones d’Afrique (France): West African female supergroup (USA debut)
– Meklit (Ethiopia/USA): Ethiojazz
– Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Louisiana/USA): accordion-driven Creole dance music
– San Salvador (France): (USA debut) French polyphonies and percussion
– Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda (Algeria/France): Raï (USA debut)
– Tufan Derince (Kurdistan/Netherlands): Electric Kurdish wedding songs (USA debut)
– Xenia França (Brazil): Afrofuturistic Bahian soul
– Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet/USA): Songs, chants and prayers by iconic vocalist
More at globalFEST
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