.
This show marks DakhaBrakha s return to globalFEST and Tiny Desk. The Ukrainian band s first globalFEST performance was in 2014, and their 2015 Tiny Desk concert remains a favorite. We ve had them in our spaces, so it s a real treat to see them in theirs, the Dakh Theater in Kiev. Coming together, their performance maintains the energy and joy that define their music, bouncing off each other musically and emotionally. DakhaBrakha aims to keep Ukraine s musical and storytelling tradition alive by making it more accessible to a younger, international audience, a kind of self-proclaimed ethno-chaos. They craft stunning sonic worlds for traditional songs, reinventing their heritage with a keen ear for contemporary resonances. This performance took place during the opening night of our 2021 festival.
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Edwin Perez, Elisapie, Nora Brown, Rokia Traoré
Featuring salsa, First Nations music, Appalachian folk and a West African star.
NPR
The Tiny Desk is teaming up with globalFEST this year for a thrilling virtual music festival: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST. The online fest includes four nights of concerts featuring 16 bands from all over the world. From Monday, Jan. 11, through Thursday, Jan. 14, we ll be streaming new performances at 8 p.m. ET on NPR Music s YouTube channel and NPR.org.
Every January, I attend globalFEST at a New York City nightclub and see some of the most fantastic music I ll experience all year. Now, given the pandemic s challenges and the hardening of international borders, NPR Music and globalFEST is moving from the nightclub to your screen of choice and sharing this festival with the world. Each night, we ll present four artists in intimate settings (often behind desks donning globes), and it s all hosted by African superstar Angé
By: Andy Gensler
Angélique Kidjo, who is hosting the 2020 iteration of globalFEST with Tiny Desk Concert Jan. 11 - 14 seen here performing in 2016 at Brooklyn s Prospect Park (Photo by Al Pereira/WireImage)
Angélique Kidjo is the perfect host for 2021 s Tiny Desk Meets
globalFEST, which runs online Jan. 11–14 and features 16 performances from across the world. For one thing, she performed at the inaugural
globalFEST in 2004, which now runs every January and is exquisitely
timed to the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)
Conference. The confab brings music buyers from performance art centers
and other venues from across the country to New York City looking for
The Tiny Desk is teaming up with globalFEST this year for a thrilling virtual music festival: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST. The online fest includes four nights of concerts featuring 16 bands from all over the world. From Monday, Jan. 11, through Thursday, Jan. 14, we ll be streaming new performances at 8 p.m. ET on NPR Music s YouTube channel and NPR.org.
Every January, I attend globalFEST at a New York City nightclub and see some of the most fantastic music I ll experience all year. Now, given the pandemic s challenges and the hardening of international borders, NPR Music and globalFEST is moving from the nightclub to your screen of choice and sharing this festival with the world. Each night, we ll present four artists in intimate settings (often behind desks donning globes), and it s all hosted by African superstar Angélique Kidjo, who performed at the inaugural edition of globalFEST in 2004.
Pollstar, The Voice of Live Entertainment for over 38 years, provides the most up-to-date, relevant and useful data available for the global concert industry, delivering an unmatched archive of live entertainment data, a focus on editorial excellence, and the most powerful metrics of entertainment industry success available anywhere.