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Tuesday, Mar 11 2014, 6PM
Brasil. Read about his last live show in Seattle at the old King Cat theater: blog.kexp.org
Cameroon. Bebey helped launch the career of Manu Dibango.
Nigerian singer Eno Williams - Nigerian Tropical beats.
Bern. This twelve member band identifies their style as "Agrarian Notes & Urban Groovz!"
See this Seattle based Balkan band live sometime or hear them here: kexp.org
American-Israeli. The most recent 2012 album "Give" was recorded in Tel Aviv’s Vibromonk East studio.
Using a sample from "Funkytown"
US. Nickodemus has collaborated on remixes for Billy Holiday, Nina Simone, Mr Scruff, Thievery Corporation, Sultan Kahn, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Balkan Beat Box. Turntables on the Hudson is a compilation celebrating his monthly Friday residency at NYC's Cielo: www.cieloclub.com
You can hear Angelique Kidjo live in KEXP studios on live @ KEXP Volume 4.
Bhangra is globally considered a musical genre as well as dance form.
France. The 2004 album "Tékitoi" brought acclaim and recognition from other rock musicians, including Mick Jones from The Clash.
This highly regarded Indian composer of primarily music for Tamil films has composed over 4500 songs and provided film scores for more than 950 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years
Born in New York City to Cuban parents, aka Marcos García, continues to create a hybrid of Afro-Cuban rhythms, Afrobeat and classic freestyle that has emerged to be one of the new, vibrant musical styles of today.chicomann.blogspot.com
Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston where he combined his jazz and Latin music interests with traditional Ethiopian music.
Brazil. Little is known about OS BRAZÕES except that they formed in Rio De Janeiro late in 1969 and that their main claim to fame was being picked by Gal Costa as her backing band.
Premiering March 15 @ SXSW new documentary charting the formation, early years and rise of Rodrigo y Gabriela. www.rodgab.com
Japan. considered one of the pioneers of Japanese hip hop.
Manu Chao sings in Spanish, French, English, Portuguese, Galician, Arabic and Wolof
T.K. Ramamoorthy - great South Indian film music director. He took up the violin at the early age of 6 and by 16 was playing violin solos.
2009 Mojo Magazine put out this compilation CD with music from Africa. www.discogs.com
Born in Iran, lives in Oslo. Abdulrahman Surizehi is considered among connoisseurs as the worlds leading performer on the Baluchi instrument Benju.
Brazil's answer to Nick Drake. www.tiganasantana.com
A whole album of never-heard original disco, lovingly retouched by the world’s finest remixers. audiofreemusic.com
