[FA Worldmusic] globalFEST 2007: Surf Rock, Palestinian Ouds, Brazilian and Afro-Portuguese Songs, African-American String Band Music...

[Bill Bragin]

Isabel Soffer, Maure Aronson and I are very pleased to announce this year's
line-up for globalFEST.  We are proud to continue the tradition of presenting
a line-up that we hope will combine a number of favorites, alongside artists
we hope will be new revelations for you. Every year ends up having its own
distinct flavor, and we're all especially excited about this year's line-up.

Two big changes to note:  Due to the heavy demand in previous years, we have
moved to a new, much larger venue, Webster Hall, just a few blocks north of
the Public.   Also, we are back to a single night, and due to venue
availability, we are holding it on the Sunday night, January 21, 2007 and
starting a little earlier, at 7 pm.Tickets are on sale now at
www.TicketWeb.com
<http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=xxx&query=search&interface=ticketweb&n
ewhps=1&search=globalfest&x=8&y=8> , 1-866-468-7619.

 We look forward to seeing you at APAP and at globalFEST.


The Public Theater, World Music Institute and World Music/CRASHarts presents


4th Annual globalFEST
12 artists from around the world on 3 stages


  Sun. Jan 21, 2007, 7pm (doors open at 6pm)


Webster Hall
125 E. 11th St., NYC  btwn 3rd & 4th Aves.


All-night 3-stage passes  -  $40


Tickets can be purchased:


- online: www.ticketweb.com
-  by phone: 1-866-468-7619
- in person: cash only at the box office at Mercury Lounge: 217 E. Houston St.
(btwn Ludlow & Essex), NYC


"Another fine job of spreading a globe's worth of artists over three stages."
(Time Out New York)

Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective  (Central American All- stars)
Babylon Circus  (French Reggae/ska punkers)
Boom Pam  (Israeli Balkan-Surf-Rock)
Chambao   (Spanish Flamenco Chill)
Carolina Chocolate Drops  (Piedmont String Band)
Dengue Fever (Cambodian-American Psych-rock)
Julia Sarr & Patrice Larose   (Soulful Senegelese Song Meets French-Flamenco)
Le Trio Joubron  (Palestinian Oud Improvisations)
Les Primitifs du Future  (Parisian Musette & Gypsy Jazz)
Lenine   (Brazil's Groundbreaking Innovator)
Lucia Pulido & Palenque  (Street Songs of Colombia)
Sara Tavares   (Cape Verde's Rising Star)

globalFEST is part of the annual Arts Presenters (APAP) conference and is
sponsored by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy to the U.S. with
additional support from the French Music Export Office and Cultures France.
Presented in association with The Bowery Presents



		Surf Rock, Palestinian Ouds, Brazilian and Afro-Portuguese Songs,
African-American String Band Music, and More:

		Fourth Annual globalFEST Moves to Bigger Venue & Announces 2007 Line-Up


		Roots revival, surf rock, classical ouds, Brazilian and Afro-Portuguese
songs. Expect these and many more styles on three diverse stages of the fourth
annual globalFEST 2007 (www.globalfest-ny.com <http://www.globalfest-ny.com/>
), which takes place Sunday, January 21, 2007, starting at 7 pm. This year the
event moves to Webster Hall (125 East 11th Street, NYC) to better accommodate
crowds that packed previous venues. The event, which has sold out three years
in a row, has become one of America's leading showcases of global sounds,
demonstrating the multiplicity of sounds and performance contexts that fall
under the 'world music' label. Tickets are available from TicketWeb.com
<http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=xxx&query=search&interface=ticketweb&n
ewhps=1&search=globalfest&x=8&y=8> , 1-866-468-7619.

		"globalFEST proved it's possible to respect the past without being forced to
preserve it forever unchanged," reported the Village Voice in globalFEST's
debut year. "In terms of programming, fans can expect the same mix of
established names and new revelations as in past years, that all address the
unanswerable question of 'what is world music?' in their own way," says Bill
Bragin of The Public Theater, who along with Maure Aronson of Boston's World
Music, Inc., and Isabel Soffer of World Music Institute, founded the festival.
"We launched the event in the wake of 9/11 when international artists were
struggling to tour because of the increasingly restrictive American visa
process, yet American audiences were expressing more interest in global
culture," says Soffer. Bowery Presents joins as a producer in this fourth year
as the event expands to a larger venue.

		Year after year, the globalFEST producers spotlight underexposed hybrids,
roots revivalists, and virtuosic performers from all corners and this year
will continue that tradition. Compelling patterns emerge from the festival
roster each year.

		Two themes recurring from years past are remarkable vocalists and "stars
back home." Lenine, though deeply rooted in regional Brazilian forms, weaves
together both threads while embodying the Brazilian tendency to reconstitute
and fuse popular forms from rock to bossa nova, from hip hop to MPB. Sara
Tavares unites her Cape Verdean and Portuguese roots into a more modern
songwriter aesthetic accessible to newcomers of world music and with touches
of folk and R&B.

		This year fans might ponder the Lebanese roots of surf guitarist Dick Dale,
whose music influenced two festival performers: Boom Pam, an Israeli guitar,
tuba, and drums outfit which reclaims surf rock's Mediterranean roots, and Los
Angeles's Dengue Fever, which is as equally influenced by a Cambodian garage
rock and psychedelia craze of the 1960s. Spain's Chambao fast-forwards the
festival to an emerging hybrid of downtempo club-culture-meets-flamenco.

		The French connection continues as in previous years spotlighting France as
a gateway of musical immigrants. Senegalese songstress Julia Sarr and French
guitarist Patrice Larose team up to offer an internationalist and modern
approach to the singer-songwriter and guitar conventions. Paris-based Le Trio
Joubran, three young oud-toting Palestinian brothers, reminds us that world
music encompasses classical styles, and classical music can include thrilling
improvisation. Babylon Circus plays a Gallic/Mediterranean ska that inherits
much from the global punk and new wave movements of the '80s. Early twentieth
century music gets a boost from Les Primitifs du Futur, which blends
world-musette and Django-style guitar into old-fashion originals (and whose
founders include legendary cartoonist R. Crumb).

		Roots music is also represented by the African-American string band Carolina
Chocolate Drops, which plays an American traditional style that historically
created a bridge across between African and European Americans. Meanwhile,
Central American cultural ambassadors Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective
reignite the traditions of a culture that emerged from escaped slaves and
whose modern-day descendants are dispersed from Belize to Nicaragua. Vocalist
Lucia Pulido and Palenque take on the repertoire of the chirimma, a type of
Colombian street band, in their search for a distinct, experimental style that
is simultaneously deeply rooted and contemporary.

		Not only has the event broadened and deepened participants' appreciation for
the enormous breadth of global music, it has opened new opportunities for
international musicians in the performing arts field. Scheduled to coincide
with the annual Arts Presenters conference (www.artspresenters.org
<http://www.artspresenters.org/> ), globalFEST has introduced upcoming stars
to hundreds of concert presenters and the general public.

		"For those of us located between the coasts, globalFEST offers presenters an
opportunity to see a good number of artists in a suitable venue," explains
Cynthia Quinn Patterson of the University of Texas (Austin), Performing Arts
Center. "We're able to observe audiences as well as the artists, which can be
very useful for a presenter trying to understand a new form or culture." Luis
Barros, North American manager for Lura (Cape Verde/Portugal), who used last
year's festival to secure a major booking agency, says "globalFEST is the
artist's ultimate entrie to be exposed to the leading talent agents,
influential critics, and talent buyers in North America."

		For the fourth year in a row, globalFEST is sponsored by The Cultural
Services of the French Embassy, with additional support from the French Music
Export Office and Cultures France, recognizing France's pre-eminent role as a
hotbed for world music activity. In addition to providing financial support
for the festival, artists who have French productions, regardless of their
national origin, are eligible for subsidies to support their travel to
participate in globalFEST. Emmanuel Morlet, the director of the music
department of the French Embassy, says, "We continue to see how globalFEST
serves the vital dual function of helping artists develop international
careers and introducing audiences to culturally diverse performers."

		Boom Pam's performance is presented with support from the Office of Cultural
Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York. Visa services for globalFEST
have been provided by Tamizdat, a nonprofit committed to fostering the free
exchange of information and ideas between artists, audiences, and industry,
and across cultures.

		"globalFest is a vital point of connection between artists and the cultural
arts community," explains Scott Southard, president of booking agency
International Music Network. "It's one of the few chances to break past the
media monopoly's blockade of information exchange."

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