Picture this: one building, several stages, about a dozen diverse world music acts, hours of amazing live performances! That's GlobalFest, a major indoor festival--and thank god for that, because New York City tends to be frigid in mid-January!The event happens during the annual conference of the Association for Performing Arts Presenters, which one of Cityfolk's booking staff usually attends. That's how I was lucky enough to be at the first Globalfest six years ago. Paris Combo performed in a small club venue, Rokia Traore in a big ballroom where hundreds of people (myself included) moved to her African grooves.
Listen to a sample of who performed at this year's GlobalFest as WNYC's Rob Weisberg has his picks for the best in the bunch, including La Troba Kung-Fu.
Read more about GlobalFest at World Music Central.
Like what you hear? You can download La Troba Kung-Fu's entire album for free!
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