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Global Fest 2005
Nearly all the music in this program was recorded by Afropop Worldwide at GlobalFEST 2005, and the Public Theatre in New York. Our "recommended titles" include the most recent releases by the artists featured in the program. Enjoy the show!
Also look for these recommended titles.
Mory Kanté "Sabou"
(Riverboat Records, World Music Network 2004) Rokia Traoré "Bowmboï"
(Indigo 2003, Nonesuch 2004) Eva Ayllon "Eva! Leyenda Peruana"
Afro-Peruvian music has received well-deserved attention since the 1995 Luaka Bop release The Soul of Black Peru, compiled by David Byrne and Yale Evelev, and also many subsequent releases and tours by the group Peru Negro, and especially, singer Susana B (Times Square Records 2004) Antibalas' Afrobeat Orchestra, Antibalas "Who Is This America"
(Ropeadope Records)
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