GlobalFest 2009
Sun 11 January 2009
GlobalFest 2009
Webster Hall, NYC
One of the best curated music festivals in New York. One night, three stages.
Brooklyn Qawwali Party (USA)
www.brooklynqawwaliparty.com
From the program: “Paying tribute to one of the world’s greatest vocalists, Brooklyn Qawwali Party was formed to honor the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The group reworks his thunderous songs for an electic 10-piece orchestra comprised of groundbreaking musicians.”
Calypso Rose (Trinidad & Tobago)
From the program: “In the man’s world of calypso, McCartha Lewis, known as Calypso Rose, had reigned as queen for the last forty years.”
Chicha Libre (USA)
www.myspace.com/chichalibre
Chicha Libre
From the program: “Led by French émigré Olivier Conan, owner of the influential nightclub Barbès, this New York sextet vamps on the distinctive Amazonian sound called chicha, in which the Peruvian love of cumbias mixed with rock organ, surf guitar, and Andean melodies in the free-wheeling late 1960s.”
Hot 8 Brass Band (USA)
www.hot8brassband.com
From the program: “Despite the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, the young New Orleans members of Hot 8 have become icons of the city’s unforgettable second line music, a street tradition linked to jazz funerals and the African-American societies that supported them in the 19th century. The musicians, who began playing together in high school, keep true to this spirit, while infusing their performance with youthful funk and fire.”
Kailash Kher’s Kailasa (India)
www.kailashkher.com
Kailash Kher’s Kailasa
From the program: “Beloved in Bollywood for his superb renditions of Sufi songs… Kher began studying Indian classical vocal music from the age of 12 with his father, and later broke into the limelight, thanks in part to the Mumbai-based ensemble Kailasa.”
L&O (France)
www.leolegroupe.com
From the program: “L&O is an intimate new direction for Olivier Slabiak, co-founder of France’s favorite klezmorim, Les Yeux Noirs…. He teams up with classically trained vocalist wife Laure for a light yet passionate project that explores French chansons and swing in arrangements featuring everything from glockenspiel to tuba.”
La Troba Kung-Fù (Spain)
www.latrobakungfu.net
From the program: “Catalan troubadours with serious attitude, La Troba takes rumba catalana to a whole other global dimension in a way that would make Manu Chao smile, mixing in cumbia, vallenato, salsa, dub, and rock. A project of vocalist and accordinist Joan Garriga with former bandmates from Dusminguet.”
Marcio Local (Brazil)
From the program: “A child of 1970s working-class Rio, Local returns to the music of Brazilian funk pioneers like Jorge Ben, musicians who boldly mixed soul and r&b with samba and bossa nova.”
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International (Ghana/USA)
www.occidentalbrothers.com
From the program: “Led by an indie-rock guitarist who lived in Ghana (Nathaniel Braddock) and a singer from one of Ghana’s hottest highlife bands (Kofi Cromwell of the Western Diamonds), this ensemble brings together the musical best of what West and Central Africa (highlife and rumba) and Chicago (avant-garde jazz, house, underground rock) have to offer.”
Shanbehzadeh Ensemble (Iran/France)
Shanbehzadeh Ensemble
From the program: “Multi-instrumentalist and dancer Saeid Shanbehzadeh and his son perform traditional music and dance from Bushehr in Southern Iran on the Persian Gulf. Their music and dance is an extraordinary amalgam of the Persian, Arab, African, and Indian influences of the region, and cultural crossroads for centuries.”
Tanya Tagaq (Canada)
www.tanyatagaq.com
Tanya Tagaq with cellist Cris Derksen
From the program: “As an art student far from her native Arctic home of Nunavut, Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq began perfecting her groundbreaking take on the complex traditional vocal games played between two female singers. Her otherworldly approach soon caught the ear of the Kronos Quartet, Björk (who invited Tagaq to join her for her Vespertine tour and sang on Tagaq’s first CD, Sinaa), Faith No More, and Mr. Bungle’s Mike Patton (who signed her onto his influential Ipecac Records).”
Watcha Clan (France)
www.watchaclan.com
Watcha Clan
From the program: “The French world-electronica group Watcha Clan evolved in the Mediterranean melting pot of Marseilles, where mixtures of Sephardic, Balkan, and North African sounds come naturally. Watcha, fronted by dread-shaking Jewish vocalist Sistah K, takes the sounds of its home port and adds hard-hitting global drum-and-bass and dub beats.”
See the webcast on wnyc.org.
Photos by William Avery Hudson. View the slideshow on Flickr.
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ALI MUHAMMAD TAJI is well known and International Qawal. He was born at Karachi in the year
1954. His father Ustad Fateh Muhammad Khan Sahab, belongs to Jai Pur Kishan
Garh Duriyat Family. His Grand Father name is Ustad Mehtab Khan, who was the
Great Singer at the Maharaj’s Court. His Great Grand Fathers namely Ustad
Rajab Ali Khan, Ustad Dasteyab Khan and Ustad Nazar Muhammad Khan Sahab
were also the Great Court Singers.
Ustad Ajpal Khan Sahab, Ustad Willayat Khan Sahab, Ustad Bob Khan Sahab, Ustad Badi-uz-
zaman Khan Sahab and Ustad Shafique-uz-zaman were very popular singers at their times and
all belongs to the Maternal Family of Ali Muhammad Taji.Ustad Fateh Muhammad Khan Sahab
father of Ali Muhammad Taji, was a great Singer at Maharaj’s Court. His very popular songs like,
MOOREY SAEEYA UTAR GAEEY PAR, WO CHALEY HAIN JHATAK KEY DAAMAN, NADEEYAN DEERAY
BHOREE HAIN etc. He came to Karachi in the year 1947.
Ali Muhammad Taji in the age of 7, studied the regular education of Classical Music. He also
learned the education of Classical Music from the great singers of that time,
namely, Khan Sahab Wahid Hussain, Khan Sahab Habibuddin, Khan Sahab
Sarwar Khan, Khan Sahab Bob Khan and Khan Sahab Manzoor Khan Sahab,
under their supervision, he studied the best education of classical music.Ali
Muhammad Taji Qawal having the great name in the Art of Qawali and enlighten
the name of his father Mr. Fateh Muhammad Khan Sahab.
He toured many countries, like Dubai , Sharjah , Kuwait , Egypt , Iran , Germany , France ,
England , Norway , Denmark , Copenhagen , Australia , Canada , South Africa , India , Mauritius
etc. and presented his Art of Qawali. He is not only possessed the great name in Art of Qawali
and Ghazals singings in Pakistan nevertheless he is well known in other countries as well and
also received a lot of rewards and awards. His Music Albums are also very popular in the world.
His first trip to South Africa in the year 1974 was very successful and then he traveled to London ,
England in 1980, that tour was also very triumphant. Afterward in the year 1983, he toured to
India . The people of India appreciated his talent and produced a lot of Music Albums with him,
which were very successful. Some of his songs were used in the Indian movies as well.Ali
Muhammad Taji, in his Paternal Family (Dadeyal) and Maternal Family (Naneyal) well known
as “KHAS QAWAL BACHCHA” because both the families are very renowned in Classical Music.
In which Family of Khan Sahab Ajpal Khan Sahab is recognized as “QAWAL BACHCHA”. The Family
of Sikendarabad, Family of Jai Pur Kishan Garh is also known as “QAWAL BACHCHA”. They all are
related to the footstep of Shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Ulleya.
Bachchu Khan and Muradoon Khan are sons of Maternal Family (Naneeyal) of Ali Muhammad Taji,
also known as “Qawal Bachcha”, and are also related to the Shrine of Hazrat
Nizamuddin Ulleya. This pseudonym was given by Hazrat Ameer Khusro and this is
their biggest fortuity. Furthermore names are also related to the Shrine of Hazrat
Nizamuddin Ulleya viz. Jai Pur Kishan Garh’s Fateh Mohammed, Nazir Mohammed,
Wazir Mohammed and Abdul Karim Khan Sahab. There are also well known and well
recognized singers of “Qawal Bachcha”.Ali Mohammed Taji is Maternal Grand Son of
Murad Khan Sahab and are known as “KHAS QAWAL BACHCHA” in his Paternal
Family (Dadeyal) and Maternal Family (Naneyal).
SAQIB ALI TAJI, AASIM ALI TAJI and AHSAN ALI TAJI are three sons of Ali Mohammed Taji,
who under the great supervision and as being student of Ali Mohammed Taji hold the unique
names in the Art of Qawali and singing. Their studied Semi Classical Education from Javed
Hussain. Because their father belongs to the Qawal Bachcha Family, therefore, inheritably there
possessed the same unique style of singing as their father possessed. There are learning Ghazal
and Qawali according to the rules and regulations from their father Ali Mohammed Taji. By the
way of this, their enlighten the names of his father, their ancestors and Country.
ahsanalitaji@hotmail.com
Comment by ali mohammed taji qawwal — 29 March 2009 @ 6:32 pm
HI ,
ALI MOHAMMAD TAJI is one of world famous QAWWALI SINGERS in Sufi Mystic/folk and semi calssical songs of PAKISTAN.
ALI MOHAMMAD TAJI golden voice has swept audience into a trance with scintillating renderings of devotional ecstatic Sufi
mystical Poetry with his unique style,being the only vocalist who can sing QAWWALI / AND FOLK melodies in Urdu/ Hindi/ poorvi/ Panjabi/ and Sindhi language. ALI MOHAMMAD TAJI till now perfromed EUROPE/INDIA/UAE/ SOUTH AFRICA AND UK. His beaufiful uplifting music transcends all linguisitc boundaries.
SAQIB ALI TAJI
SAQIB ALI TAJI is a bonafide singer, has the capability of singing classical music, including Thumri, Darda, Ghazal and Kafi. He has been performing in qawwali since the last 22 years with his father ALI Muhammad Taji qawwal. He is one of the best qawwal of Pakistan
THANKS
yours very trully
( AHSAN ALI TAJI )
resarch and media Manager,
www.QAWWALALIMOHAMMEDTAJI.COM
http://www.osa.co.uk/search.asp?search=Ali%20Mohammed%20Taji&cmbsearch=2
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