¡Globalquerque! is an annual music festival held each September at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Along with evening concerts, the festival also features a free Global Fiesta community day on with workshops, films, presentations, inter-activities and performances, as well as the Global Village of Craft, Culture & Cuisine, open throughout all parts of the festival, and featuring international food, art and artisan crafts available for sale. The performances also reach tens of thousands of listeners in the U.S. and Canada through live broadcasts on Native Voice 1 and Southwest Stages.
History The festival, first presented in 2005, has featured musicians from six continents.New Mexico Daily Lobo :: ¡Globalquerque! After an initial one-night event, ¡Globalquerque! expanded into a two-day festival with an attendance of over 4,000.¡Globalquerque! New Mexico's 3rd Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture at National Hispanic Cultural Center (Friday September 21, 2007) - Upcoming
Performers
Acts from around the world that have performed at previous editions of ¡Globalquerque! include:
17 Hippies Jojo Abot Afro-Cuban All Stars Kiran Ahluwalia Alborz Trio Rahim AlHaj A Moving Sound Anda Union aneXo al Norte Anjani's Kathak Dance of India Antonia Apodaca Khaïra Arby Aurelio Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Aynur Susana Baca Baka Beyond Baldino Baka Beyond Baraka Moon Jay Begaye Debashish Bhattacharya Bideew Bou Bess The Big Spank The Bills Black Eagle Blick Bassy Bombino Burkina Electric Calypso Rose Canteca de Macao Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Cava Cellicion Zuni Dancers Charanga Cakewalk Chirgilchin Cimmarón Lankandia Cissoko Robert "Tree" Cody & Native Wisdom Dance Theatre Coreyah The Cowboy Way Cuarenta y Cinco Curumin DahkaBrahka Rocky Dawuni Maria de Barros Delgres Deolinda DePedro Kassé Mady Diabaté Prince Diabaté Lila Downs Dragon Art Studio Tony Duncan DVA EarthRise Sound System EastRiver Ensemble Youssra El Hawary Alejandro Escovedo Engine Liu Fang Vieux Farka Touré Majek Fashek and the Prisoners Of Conscience Federspiel Felix y Los Gatos Fémina Fiamma Fumana Samantha Fish The Flatlanderswith Tom Russell Forro in the Dark Frigg Fula Flute Ensemble Gaida Gamelan Encantada Genticorum Gjallarhorn Golem Marta Gómez Louie Gonnie Derek Gripper Hassan Hakmoun Hapa Joy Harjo Mickey Hart's Global Drum Project Jarlath Henderson Herencia de Timbiquí Hong Sung Hyun’s Chobeolbi Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna Iļģi Indian Ocean Jah9 Beto Jamaica Markus James and Wassonrai Jemez Seasonal Dancers Orlando Julius & The Afrosoundz Jupiter + Okwess Mor Karbasi Mamak Khadem Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird Maya Kamaty Kardemimmit Kenge Kenge Kinky Kobo Town Oumar Konaté Assane Kouyate Krar Collective Kusun Ensemble LADAMA La Dame Blanche La Familia Vigil Las Flores del Valle Bettye LaVette Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Lemon Bucket Orkestra Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca Les Yeux Noirs Yungchen Lhamo Little Cow Kevin Locke Lo Còr de la Plana Lo'Jo Lone Piñon Germán Lopéz Los Amigos Invisibles Los de Abajo Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto Los Galliñeros Los Martinez Los Matachines de Bernalillo Los Primos featuring Lenore Armijo Los Reyes de Albuquerque Los Texmaniacs Lura Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo Luísa Maita Thomas Mapfumo and The Blacks Unlimited Mariachi Mystery Tour Yolanda Martinez Emel Mathlouthi Frank McCulloch y Sus Amigos Melody of China Nacha Mendez Mexican Institute of Sound Emeline Michel Bill Miller Robert Mirabal Mokoomba Mono Blanco Ali Akbar Moradi Ensemble Gaby Moreno Shelley Morningsong Oliver Mtukudzi R. Carlos Nakai Earth Sounds Ensemble Nation Beat Native Roots Nawal Niyaz noJazz Non Stop Bhangara Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible Nosotros Maarja Nuut Novalima Erkan Oğur's Telvin Trio Olodum Dona Onete Orchid Ensemble Oreka Tx Orkestra Mendoza Otava Yo Dwayne Ortega & The Young Guns Ozomatli Plena Libre Puerto Plata Razia Martha Redbone Red Stick Ramblers Reelroadъ Sofía Rei Rhythm of Rajasthan Rio Mira Leon Russell Buffy Sainte-Marie Saints & Tzadiks: Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg Christine Salem Samarabalouf Poncho Sánchez Eli Secody Keith Secola Band Sergent Garcia Noura Mint Seymali Simon Shaheen Shooglenifty Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Sihasin Sky City Buffalo Ram Dance Group Slonovski Bal Jill Sobule Solas Söndörgő Sons of the Rio Grande Chango Spasiuk Nano Stern Rajab Suleiman & Kithara Supaman Koko Taylor Clark Tenakhongva Líber Terán Te Vaka Andrew Thomas Ti-Coca & Wanga-Nègès T.O. Combo Joe Tohonnie Jr. & The White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers Trad.Attack! Trio Da Kali Vân-Ánh Võ Väsen with Darol Anger & Mike Marshall ¡Viva la Pepa! Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole Savina Yannatou Yjastros Mary Youngblood Yuri Yunakov Ensemble Zeb and Haniya
Reviews The festival has been acclaimed as "one of the country's top world music festivals."Local IQ - When worlds collide National Geographic called ¡Globalquerque! "another great regional 'microfestival' that punches far above its weight... New Mexico's ¡Globalquerque! festival offers some of the most adventurous world music programming set against one of the Southwest's most beautiful cities... the festival is becoming a destination in its own right,"feature : National Geographic World Music while the U.K. publication Songlines hailed it as "world-class."
References
External links Festival web page Local iQ profile Daily Lobo profile National Geographic feature on music festivals