World Music News
"IS AMERICA PART OF THE WORLD?" Outdoor Music Festival, Sat, July 11
Friday June 5,2009
 In 2007 NY-based, Brazilian-influenced band Nation Beat was invited to perform
at a "world music" festival where they were asked to not play their songs
that were in English, specifically their American country songs (the same ones
that Willie Nelson sang with them at Farm Aid). This inspired Nation Beat band
leader Scott Kettner to bring together musical acts who blur the lines of world
music, as well as foster a platform of discussion and debate about this controversial
and very vague term.
On July 11 Brooklyn, which has become a veritable breeding ground for musicians
looking beyond America's borders for inspiration in recent years, will play
host to the launch event of the "Is America Part of The World?" outdoor music
festival at the BKLYN
Yard. Produced by Nation
Beat, Beleza
NYC and Electric
Lila, the event features four of New York's premiere music-mixocologists: Forró
in the Dark, who dig deep into the sounds of northeastern Brazil, while singing
in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, Nation Beat, who create a 21st century
fusion between thunderous Brazilian maracatu drumming and New Orleans second
line rhythms, bluegrass, and country-blues, Red
Baraat Festival, who meld the
infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with brass funk, dhol, percussion, horns
and traditional Punjabi songs, and DJ Nickodemus, who explores the intersection
of urban & regional sounds with funk, jazz, hip-hop, house & dub, all
seen through the eyes of a New York native.
Presented in association with Modiba, National
Geographic Music and Afropop
Worldwide, these American artists are joining forces to move hips while challenging
the way we think about "American" and "World" music. Join us on this joyous
celebration as we celebrate the fruits of our cultural exchanges.
Nation Beat, Beleza NYC and Electric Lila present
"IS AMERICA PART OF THE WORLD?"
Saturday, July 11 2009
2pm - 9pm
Forro In The Dark
Nation Beat
Red Baraat Festival
DJ Nickodemus
at the BKLYN Yard
388 - 400 Carroll St.(by the Gowanus Canal in Carroll Gardens)
Brooklyn, NY
Limited $10 adv tickets available until June 15, $15 afterwards at www.brownpapertickets.com
$18 at the door
All ages - Kids enter for FREE
> Find
out more at the Is America Part of the World website
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