Monday May 26
SPECIAL: The final Monday of every month, it’s Global Village at the Savannah Music Festival, our award-winning monthly concert series featuring world music artists and groups who have appeared at the prestigious annual festival that takes place each spring in Savannah, Georgia.
This time, in conjunction with the May Classic Africa feature, it’s Trio da Kali. The balafon, bass ngoni, and vocal trio burst onto the world music scene in 2017 with the Ladilikan album done with the acclaimed contemporary classical ensemble, Kronos Quartet, and have just returned with their first new album since. Trio da Kali is deeply rooted, both personally and musically, in the traditions of Malian music and their appearance at the Savannah Music Festival proved the versatile and moving Trio continues to brilliantly add to that long and rich musical history.
Tuesday May 27
Global Village highlights music from a triumvirate of legendary Latin percussionists - Mongo Santamaria, Patato and Candido. We’ll also hear more great Latin sounds courtesy of Eliades Ochoa with Cuarteto Patria and Manu Dibango, Spain’s Cuarteto Caramuxo, and Cuba’s Orquesta Akokan.
Wednesday May 28
SPECIAL: Global Village pays tribute to Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi on his birthday in this special edition of the show. We’ll hear him as a leader and as a special guest with Brazil’s Trio da Paz, harmonica player Hendrik Meurkens, Cuban saxophonist Paquito d’Rivera, and with Nova Bossa Nova in a tribute to John Coltrane.
Thursday May 29
SPECIAL: It’s marimba (and a little bit of balafon) mania this time in the Global Village, as we highlight musicians from many different corners of the world who play that delightful wood percussion instrument. Among the artists and groups featured are the Balafon Marimba Ensemble, Bones & Tones, Manu Dibango, Dave Samuels, the Sones de Mexico Ensemble, and Trio da Kali.
Friday May 30
This time in the Global Village we mark the birthday of legendary Latin jazz and Latin rock percussionist Armando Peraza. We’ll hear one of his earliest recordings with hep cat Slim Gaillard, along with work he did with Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, Alice Coltrane, Santana (where he was a key part of the band for over two decades), and from the only album he did under his own name.
