Mamak Khadem
¡Globalquerque!
Musical Artists
The world-spanning roster contains
artists from India, Ghana, Mexico and
Brazil as well as local samplings from
New Mexico musicians like Dwayne
Nation Beat
Ortega & The Young Guns (Questa,
NM). Copperman says, “Tom Frouge
and I personally pick all the perform-
ers in the festival, so not surprisingly, it
is full of musicians I’m excited about.
5
th
Annual
Both nights are going to end with
pretty spectacular performances on the
World Music
Plaza Mayor at the NHCC. Friday will
be Novalima, a Peruvian octet that lays
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down a super slinky percussive groove,
tosses in a DJ, and promises to fill the
plaza with high energy dance music.
an
Culture Festival
Saturday ends with Indian Ocean, an
east Indian fusion band whose music
creates an expansive cinematic sound-
scape with soaring rock elements that
are held together by traditional rhythms
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and solos that harken back to Indian
¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Annual Celebration of
classical music.”
World Music and Culture, returns to the National His-
Some of the other featured global
panic Cultural Center (NHCC) on September 25 and 26.
musical artists include Maria de Barros
The event has become the Southwest’s premier world
(Cape Verde), Mamak Khadem (Iran),
music festival, drawing music lovers from throughout
Blick Bassy (Cameroon), Little Cow
the region and across the country. It is the brainchild of
(Hungary) and Mono Blanco (Mexico).
event co-founders Tom Frouge and Neal Copperman.
“I’ve seen about half the bands that are
According to Copperman, “¡Globalquerque! is a little
performing, and I think the one I am
like the goddess Venus. It sprung almost fully formed
most eager to see again is Mono Blanco
from our heads!”
from Mexico. The band is one of the
The festival lights up the center’s soaring plazas
more traditional groups at the festival,
with world-class musical artists from around the globe
but their interpretation of rural Mexican
who will entertain at 6 p.m. each night. Visitors can
Robert Mirabal
Son Jarocha music is so spirited that it
enjoy performances at the intimate courtyard set-
can go head-to-head with any modern
ting of the Fountain Stage, the state of the art 692-seat
fusion group around,” says Copperman.
Albuquerque Journal Theatre and dance outside on the Plaza Mayor. “The heart
And for those festival goers look-
of ¡Globalquerque! is the dramatic energy of having three stages of amazing
ing to reconnect with their country
international artists performing more-or-less simultaneously within a few minutes
roots, a popular bluegrass band will
walk of each other,” says Copperman. “That is what we designed
satisfy those cravings. Neal shares, “I
the very first year and while the festival grew to two days, that
also can’t wait to see how the tradi-
general component remains central to the festival. The
things we add tend to be more at the periphery.”
However, the fringe events they produce are no
small affairs. For instance, this year, Frouge and Copper-
man are working with the New Mexico State Fair to present
¡Localquerque! on September 20. “It features a half dozen
of Albuquerque’s best world-influenced performers and
kicks off the ¡Globalquerque! festival week, which will in-
clude a concert at NMSU in Las Cruces, a party at Annapurna
and a free school mini-fest,” explains Copperman.
Toppah & Yazzie
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilve
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