GlobalFest 2009

The sixth annual GlobalFest will take place on January 11, 2009 at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale at noon today. Here’s the lineup:

CALYPSO ROSE - The legendary Queen of Calypso
CHICHA LIBRE - Psychedelic surf cumbia from Brooklyn
FEMI KUTI & The Positive Force - Afrobeat rebel torchbearer
HOT 8 BRASS BAND - New Orleans street party
KAILASH KHER’S KAILASA - Bollywood’s Sufi pop idol
LA TROBA KUNG-FÚ - Barcelona’s rumba catalana mestizos
L & O - Swinging French chanson
MARCIO LOCAL - Brazil’s samba soul innovator
OCCIDENTAL BROTHERS Dance Band International – Chicago’s Kings of Highlife
SHANBEHZADEH - Trance music and dance of Southern Iran
VALKYRIEN ALLSTARS - New dimensions in Norwegian hardanger fiddling
TANYA TAGAQ - Canada’s Inuit vocal experimentalist
WATCHA CLAN - Electric Mediterranean diaspora dance party