The first set of showcases at Tiny Desk meets globalFEST took place on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Prior to the concerts, globalFEST’s organizers hosted a…
Tiny Desk meets globalFEST 2022, Day 1
Category: Concert reviews
Egungun Siwaju: Elevation, Emergence and Empowerment
Restart Stage in Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center On July 25th, Lincoln Center, NYC, presented a very nice concert of African-Caribbean drumming and singing on its…
Zakir Hussain at Global Arts Live Online
The tabla is a traditional Indian instrument composed of two drums of different sizes, the smaller giving a treble sound, the larger a bass. It’s…
Virtual encounters: The Regional Music of Mexico
At the end of January The Center for World Music (CWM) presented a stellar live- streamed concert of Regional Music of Mexico as part of…
Terrific Online Concert from Ladysmith Black Mambazo
In February, Global Arts Live presented Ladysmith Black Mambazo online in a concert recorded in South Africa. What great work it was! This is a…
Newpoli Live-streamed at Global Arts Live
What a terrific group Newpoli is! They gave a concert live-streamed by Global Arts Live on October 25, 2020 from Starlight Square, Cambridge (Massachusetts). The…
Natu Camara Livestream at Global Arts Live
Global Arts Live presented a terrific livestream concert on October sixth, 2020. Natu Camara sang from her home studio for 70 minutes. She was accompanied…
Fantastic Virtual Edition of the 2020 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival
Last year I had the pleasure of visiting South Korea for the first time to attend the 2019 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival. It was a…
Black String Virtual Concert prerecorded in Seoul
On October 13, Global arts Live presented a virtual concert by the Korean quartet Black String. This extraordinary group works in the traditions of Korean…
Futuristic World Music and Tradition Keepers at WOMEX 2020 on October 24
The last set of WOMEX 2020 showcases took place on Saturday, October 24. Golnar & Mahan Trio The first act on stage left was…