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globalFEST 2011: An Amazing World Of Sound

Each January, musicians from around the world gather in New York to kick off a new year with one amazing night of live music. It's called globalFEST, and this year — the festival's eighth in New York — 13 bands performed 13 different concerts at Webster Hall, with a mix of exotic, beat-driven sounds from India, Peru, Haiti, Hawaii and many other distant locales.

In this edition of All Songs Considered, Afropop.org senior editor Banning Eyre and WFMU Transpacific Sound Paradise's Rob Weisberg join host Bob Boilen to look back at the amazing world of sound they encountered at this year's globalFEST. Hear music from India's theatrical beat-droppers in Rhythm of Rajasthan, Aurelio Martinez, New York City's Red Baraat and more.

Hear all 13 concerts performed at globalFEST 2011

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GlobalFEST 2011 In Review

Must Kulunda

From 'Live at globalFEST 2011'

By Rhythm of Rajasthan

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Siepa

From 'Live at globalFEST 2011'

By Aurelio with Garifuna Soul

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Baraat to Nowhere

From 'Live at globalFEST 2011'

By Red Baraat

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Halinkata Diambe

From 'Live from globalFEST 2011'

By Segal and Sissoko

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Pantera Mambo

From 'Live at globalFEST 2011'

By La-33

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Chinchivi

From 'Live at GlobalFEST2011'

By Novalima

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Defile

From 'Live at globalFEST 2011'

By RAM

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Barissaxaya

From 'Live at GlobalFEST2011'

By Yoro Ndiaye

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