Monday September 21
SPECIAL: Global Village marks International Day of Peace, a day set aside by the United Nations since 1982 in support of world peace. The program highlights topical tunes from a variety of artists from around the world, including Third World, Vieux Farka Toure, Sameer Gupta, the Holmes Brothers, Edwin Starr, and more.
Tuesday September 22
SPECIAL: Global Village celebrates the birthday of King Sunny Ade - one of the giants of Nigerian music and a key figure in helping to introduce contemporary African music to international listeners. The show features music from across his career along with guest appearances he made with Jorge Ben and Manu Dibango, and music from an artist who had a profound impact on Ade, the pioneering I.K. Dairo.
Wednesday September 23
SPECIAL: Global Village celebrates the fourth annual European Folk Day with a program devoted to artists and bands rooted in (and often expanding upon) traditional musical forms from across the continent. Stops along the way include Finland, Scotland, Italy, France, Denmark, Portugal and more, with selections from Varttina, Radio Tutti, Spoket I Koket, Flook, Dancas Ocultas, Eliza Carthy with Norma Waterson, and Jordi Savall.
Thursday September 24
SPECIAL: September 23rd marked the centennial birthday of jazz giant, John Coltrane. Global Village celebrates with a special program showcasing some ‘Global Coltrane.’ We’ll hear the master tenor player on his definitive version of Mongo Santamaria’s classic, “Afro Blue,” along with world music influenced covers of his compositions from the Afro Blue Band, Conrad Herwig (from the first of his decades-long Latin Side series), Rebel Tumbao, Dave Valentin, Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, and Coltrane’s wife and son, Alice and Ravi Coltrane.
Friday September 25
SPECIAL: Global Village celebrates the Moon Festival (or Harvest Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival as it is also known) which has been celebrated around the full moon at this time of year for millennia in a number of Asian countries. Global Village celebrates with music from some of those countries, including China, Vietnam, Korea, Cambodia, and Japan, with both traditional and contemporary sounds, cultural fusions and more. Among the artists featured are the Silk & Bamboo Ensemble, the Minyo Crusaders, Guo Gan, and Ros Sereysothea.
