Loads of sounds coming through New York this SUnday January 10. Here’s the line-up:
– Alif Naaba, West African acoustic song (Burkina Faso)
– Cara Dillon, striking Celtic vocalist (Ireland)
– Caravan Palace, swingin’ electro manouche jazz (France)
– Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Creole Zydeco heir from Louisiana (USA)
– Federico Aubele, bolero and cumbia meets electro downtempo (Argentina/USA)
– François Ladrezo & Alka Omeka, Gwo-ka master (Guadeloupe)
– La Cumbiamba eNeYé, music from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Colombia (Colombia/USA)
– La Excelencia, old-school salsa dura revivalists (USA)
– Meta and the Cornerstones, African roots reggae export (Senegal/USA)
– Namgar, Siberian shaman rock from the Central Asian steppes (Russia)
– Nguyên Lê’s Saiyuki, acclaimed French-Vietnamese guitarist leads a Pan-Asian jazz trio
(Vietnam/Japan/India/France)
– Nightlosers, Transylvanian blues-rock/Gypsy chameleons (Romania)
François Ladrezeau’s gwo ka is definitely what caught our attention… read more about him here.