[FA Worldmusic] WOMEX - 2007 in Sevilla

[Rudresh K. Mahanthappa]

Hey Bill,
Nice to see you yesterday.
Thanks for sending this.

I9m so swamped already for the fall and would not even be able to make the
conference if accepted.
However, both Dakshina and Indo-Pak are recording this year so next year
bodes better.

Hope you're well.

Best Wishes,
Rudresh




On 2/25/07 6:17 PM, "Bill Bragin" <bbragin at publictheater.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am very pleased to have been selected by the WOMEX Conference (Worldwide
> Music Expo) www.womex.com <http://www.womex.com>  as one of the 7 Samurai,
the
> jury who selects the showcasing artists and panels for each year's
conference.
>
> I am sending this to you because you are somewhow connected to world music
-
> you are either are an artist yourself, or work with or are connected to
> artists who should be submitting to showcase at Womex.  World Music for
this
> event is very broadly defined, from traditional styles (including US
> regional/roots music) to new hybrids, to dj-collectives, and everything
> in-between.
>
> I started attending WOMEX about 10 years ago in Marseilles, and my mind was
> completely blown by all the incredible music I discovered, and the annual
> conference has become one of my yearly highlights to discover new music,
> connect with friends from all over the globe and come back with new
> inspiration from my programming and new Cd's for my dj kit.  It's also been
> the inspiration for the creation of globalFEST, as a way to create some of
the
> same sort of revelatory experiences here for the North American music
> community.
>
> One of my responsibilities as one of the Samurai is to encourage people to
> submit proposals for both showcases and panels.  As on of the few North
> American jury-members in it's history, I would really love to see a strong
> representation of North American based world music artists and speakers in
the
> mix at this years conference, which returns to Sevilla, Spain at the end of
> October.  Those of you getting this who may not be based in North America,
or
> work with artists who aren't based here: this email is also intended for
you,
> too. I encourage you all to follow the link below to learn how to submit a
> proposal.  The deadline is in two months - April 27.
>
> Please feel free to forward this around. And apologies if you get this more
> than once - I am cobbling together names from a few different places and
> cross-posting to a few listserves, so there are likely to be dupes.
>
> Hope to see some of you in Sevilla.
>
> All the best
> Bill Bragin




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