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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.

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 Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. ET. The globalFEST team wrote the following biographical information about each performer.

Septeto Santiaguero, Cuba

Septeto Santiaguero was founded in 1995 by members of Melodías de Ayer, a group formed in the early 1960s, together with the Estudiantina Invasora and the Cuarteto Patria, had for over three decades animated many a day and night at the Casa de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba. In 1993 and 1994, a number of young musicians from other septets — such as Sones de Oriente and Septeto Luz — joined Melodías de Ayer, and Fernando Dewar, a tres player, took over the leadership of the group. The group preserves and pays homage to one of Cuba's most important musical forms, with a vitality demonstrating that the septeto tradition is still fresh and alive in Santiago de Cuba today.

SET LIST

Inocencio Heredia Castillo: "Y Sigo Pa'lante"

Rudens Matos Matos: "Recuerdos del Ayer"

Ignacio Piñeiro: "La Meneadera"

MUSICIANS

Fernando E. Dewar Webster: tres, vocals

Giraldo Bravo: güiro, vocals

Inocencio Heredia Castillo: maracas, vocals

Rudens Matos Matos: guitar, vocals

Dairon Robert Salazar: bajo

Gabriel Montero González: conga low, conga high, jam block

Carlos Danger Plana: bongos, cencerro, tools

Alain Brito: trumpet, vocals

CREDITS

Producer: ALLEGRO Productions, Yanni Labori, Alexander Legro

Assistants: Yasmany Dutel, Gustavo Savigne, Vivian Puebla

Audio: Fernando Dewar Romero, Norge Matute Pelegrin, Damian Busqueta Mineto

Director of Photography / Camera 3: Adrian Rey

Camera 1: Ray Mila Vega

Camera 2: Freddy Miguel

Special thanks to Salón del Son en Santiago de Cuba, Centro de Patrimonio Cultural de Santiago de Cuba, Centro del Libro de Santiago de Cuba, EGREM Santiago de Cuba, Centro Cultural Interactivo ALLEGRO

Bia Ferreira, Brazil

Bia Ferreira is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and activist. Her music, which she defines as "MMP — Música de Mulher Preta," discusses topics such as feminism, anti-racism and homophobia. She makes music that harnesses a combination of funky beats, reggae and soulful ballad grooves while lyrically pushing her listeners toward the discomfort that generates "movemente," or action. Her lyrics have been described as "escrevivência," a term Conceição Evaristo uses to "tell our stories from our perspectives." It represents the subjectivity of a Black woman in Brazilian society.

SET LIST

"Antes De Ir"

"De Dentro do Ap"

"Levante a Bandeira do Amor"

"Aquela Moça"

"A Conta Vai Chegar/Cota Não É Esmola"

MUSICIANS

Bia Ferreira: vocals, guitar

Maurilio Santiago dos Santos Nascimento "Pé Beat": drums

Mariana Lima Valim: guitar

Erica Souza da Silva: bass

CREDITS

Producer: Zeferina Produções, Rafaella Bonatti

Audio: Dj Go Locadora, Renato Venom

Video: Quixó Produções

Direction and photography: Luan Cardoso

Photography: Camila Picolo

Gaffer: Marcela Katzin

Editor: Beatriz Dantas

Special thanks to Zeferina and Rafaella Bonatti, Erica Silva, Mari Lima, Pé Beat

Moonlight Benjamin, Haiti / France

Moonlight Benjamin describes her music as a blend of vodou and rock and roll. Born in Haiti and living in France, she is both a vodou priestess and a powerful singer-songwriter with an impressive vocal range. Benjamin's sounds are both thrilling and thoughtful.

SET LIST

"Memwa'n"

"Haut là Haut"

"Bafon"

"Taye Banda"

MUSICIANS

Moonlight Benjamin: vocals

Matthis Pascaud: guitar

Matthieu Vial-Collet: guitar, backing vocals

Quentin Rochas: bass, backing vocals

Bertrand Noel: drums

CREDITS