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Soundcheck / January 06, 2004

Soundcheck

Tuesday, January 06, 2004
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  • Haitian singer Emeline Michel
    Haitian singer Emeline Michel

    Cultural Revolution

    This Saturday, sixteen artists spanning the globe will converge on the three stages of the Public Theatre for GlobalFEST, an evening of world music that includes everything from Persian fiddle playing to Cuban hip-hop. The festival comes at a time when foreign artists are having difficulty gaining entry into the U.S. for concert tours, and world music risks losing whatever visibility it currently enjoys. To discuss these issues, host John Schaefer is joined by festival organizer and Joe’s Pub director Bill Bragin, and Haitian singer Emeline Michel. Also on the show, music journalist Ken Smith stops by to preview “Voice of the Dragon 2: Shaolin Secret Stories,” a work by composer and performer Fred Ho that is billed as a “musical-martial arts opera,” and which receives its premiere this week.

Additional Resources:
More about GlobalFEST including a complete schedule
More about Emeline Michel
More about Fred Ho’s Voice of the Dragon
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We revisit memorable in-studio performances from Toumani Diabaté, Cat Power, Regina Spektor, and others.

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Pop music and advertising go together like peanut butter and jelly. Grey Group music director Josh Rabinowitz shares his picks for the best song picks and ad campaigns of 2008.

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Critics Week

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Music writers look back at the year's best pop, rock, hip hop, classical, jazz, Latin and world albums. Plus: the worst music of the year and the best online music. Read our critics' lists here. And don't forget to cast your vote in our best-albums poll.

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Noteworthy New York

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We have invited musicians and artists to help us select their favorite cultural destination in the neighborhood where they live. From parks and coffee shops to bowling alleys and museums, the options are as diverse as our group of contributors.