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For the third year, Tiny Desk concerts team up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival — Tiny Desk meets globalFEST.

Bob Boilen | January 24, 2023

Hosted by Angélique Kidjo, the series echoes globalFEST's live flagship event in spirit but is centered in the framework of the Tiny Desk concert series. This collaboration presents exclusive video performances from nine artists filmed in their respective homelands, on the road and in exile all over the world. There will be three nights of concerts, each featuring three bands, on consecutive nights beginning Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. ET. The globalFEST team wrote the following biographical information about each performer.

Dakh Daughters, Ukraine

Dakh Daughters create an atmosphere of a French saloon, where Mireille Mathieu befriends Marilyn Manson. On occasion, armed with a full set of strings, keyboards and percussion, the women shake the audience with a roar in the manner of the group Laibach, but can swiftly exchange anger for kindness, turning into fun-loving, Hollywood beauties of the 1950s who dream of tropical vacations in the Caribbean.

SET LIST

"Viyna"

"Fellini"

"Umry"

MUSICIANS

Solomiia Melnyk: vocals, cello, accordion

Ruslana Khazipova: vocals, drums/percussion

Natalka Halanevych: vocals, piano, double bass

Ganna Nikitina: vocals, guitar

Natacha Charpe (Zo): vocals, violin

CREDITS

Director: Vladyslav Troitskyi

Art Manager: Iryna Gorban

Audio: Anton Ocheretyanyy

Video: Nayan Ducruet

Special thanks to Theatre Le Préau and Lucie Berelowitsch

Khadija El Warzazia's Bnat el Houariyat & Esraa Warda, Morocco / Algeria / USA

Khadija El Warzazia's Bnat el Houariyat & Esraa Warda is a pairing composed entirely of women artists: Bnat el Houariyat from the heart of Marrakech performs women's celebratory and trance music, including chaabi and houara. The group's percussion and call-and-response singing and complex polyrhythms build into a deeply transporting sonic experience. It is accompanied by the mesmerizing Algerian-American dancer Esraa Warda, a "rebellious spirit" known for her profound performances of the trance-like jedba hair-swaying dance.

SET LIST

"Dyaf Allah Rjal el Bled"

"Mra Sabra"

"Li Guer imout"

MUSICIANS

Fatiha Benmsinane

Malika Nouader

Khadija el Warzazia

Nouzha Lagrimi

Touria Nouader

Esraa Warda: dancer

CREDITS

Producer: Esraa Warda

Audio: Simo Chafai

Director, Producer, Camera: Ahlam Maroon

Camera: Oussama Mountassir

Lighting: Amine Houmam

Special thanks to Azzedine & Abdelghafour Art

Cui Jian, China

The most influential rock musician in China is Beijing-born, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and vocalist Cui Jian. The former leader of Chinese rock band Ado, Jian's solo music is continually embraced by new generations: his albums having sold more than 10 million copies in Asia. The Wall Street Journal said, "Cui Jian continues to be an inspiration for China's disenchanted youth." However, Jian's prime inspiration comes not from politics, but from personal issues. He said, "I talk about serious things in my heart and people's lives, including, of course, love. But, mostly it's about Chinese culture, the modern culture. They're not political songs. It's just the truth, the modern truth. I talk about our life in China."

SET LIST

"Fake Monk"

"Go On"

"Wild in the Snow"

MUSICIANS

Cui Jian: lead vocals, guitar

Liu Yuan: saxophone

Eddie Randriamampionona: guitar

Liu Yue: bass

Lu Chao: drums

Gao Xing: hand percussion

Wu Na: Chinese guqin