New York-based music festival and organization globalFEST and NPR Music have announced the lineup for the third annual Tiny Desk meets globalFEST, a three night online series that features world music, international rock and other genres. The event will run from Tuesday, January 24 to Thursday, January 26 through NPR Music’s digital platforms.
Hosted by African world music star Angélique Kidjo, the series reflects globalFEST’s primary live event, which celebrated its 20th anniversary just days ago at Lincoln Center in New York City on January 15, in spirit but is centered in the framework of Bob Boilen’s acclaimed Tiny Desk Concert Series.
This collaboration will present exclusive video performances from nine artists filmed in their respective homelands, on tour, and in exile all over the world. Each night’s videos will premiere at 8:00 p.m. ET on NPR Music’s YouTube channel.
The lineup features a combination of artists who previously appeared on the live festival, new to the globalFEST fold, and those that have performed in this year’s festival at Lincoln Center.
Tiny Desk meets globalFEST 2023 Lineup
Tuesday, January 24
Dakh Daughters (Ukraine)
Khadija El Warzazia’s Bnat el Houariyat & Esraa Warda (Morocco & USA)
Cui Jian (China)
Wednesday, January 25
Septeto Santiaguero (Cuba)
Bia Ferreira (Brazil)
Moonlight Benjamin (Haiti & France)
Thursday, January 26
Taraf de Caliu (Romania)
Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania)
Justin Adams and Mauro Durante (UK & Italy)
“globalFEST has been a brilliant way to discover music from all over the world, and bringing the globalFEST stage to our Tiny Desk (home) concert series has been a gateway to a new and open-minded audience to so much great talent,” said Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered and creator of Tiny Desk series.
“The opportunity to bring globalFEST artists – from past festivals, the current one and artists we have not worked with before – to viewers’ homes via these exclusive concerts filmed all over the world, is the perfect way to expand the audience for diverse music. And it is with tremendous gratitude that superstar Angélique Kidjo continues her role as the host of this exciting collaboration,” said globalFEST co-curators and directors Bill Bragin, Isabel Soffer and Shanta Thake.
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(headline image: Septeto Santiaguero)
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