globalFEST this Sunday, Femi Kuti Cancels

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While globalFEST 2009 will go on as planned, Femi Kuti had to cancel that appearance, and his entire tour due to illness. Get Well Soon Femi! He hopes to go on a Canadian and U.S. tour this summer in support of his new album, Day by Day.

globalFEST is happening this Sunday, January 11 at Webster Hall and will feature 12 artists from around the world:

BROOKLYN QAWWALI PARTY – Thunderous jazz-funk tribute to Nusrat
CALYPSO ROSE – The legendary Queen of Calypso
CHICHA LIBRE – Psychedelic surf cumbia from Brooklyn
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 Hightlife
SHANBEHZADEH – Iranian Afro-Asian trance music and dance
TANYA TAGAQ – Canada’s Inuit vocal experimentalist
WATCHA CLAN – Electric Mediterranean diaspora dance party

Tickets are still available, get them here.