Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023: Septeto Santiaguero, Bia Ferreira, Moonlight Benjamin
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For the third year, Tiny Desk concerts team up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival — Tiny Desk meets globalFEST.

Hosted by Angélique Kidjo, the series echoes globalFEST's live flagship event in spirit but is centered in the framework of the Tiny Desk concert series. This collaboration presents exclusive video performances from nine artists filmed in their respective homelands, on the road and in exile all over the world. There will be three nights of concerts, each featuring three bands, on consecutive nights beginning Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. ET. The globalFEST team wrote the following biographical information about each performer.

Septeto Santiaguero, Cuba
Septeto Santiaguero was founded in 1995 by members of Melodías de Ayer, a group formed in the early 1960s, together with the Estudiantina Invasora and the Cuarteto Patria, had for over three decades animated many a day and night at the Casa de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba. In 1993 and 1994, a number of young musicians from other septets — such as Sones de Oriente and Septeto Luz — joined Melodías de Ayer, and Fernando Dewar, a tres player, took over the leadership of the group. The group preserves and pays homage to one of Cuba's most important musical forms, with a vitality demonstrating that the septeto tradition is still fresh and alive in Santiago de Cuba today.

SET LIST
Inocencio Heredia Castillo: "Y Sigo Pa'lante"
Rudens Matos Matos: "Recuerdos del Ayer"
Ignacio Piñeiro: "La Meneadera"

MUSICIANS
Fernando E. Dewar Webster: tres, vocals
Giraldo Bravo: güiro, vocals
Inocencio Heredia Castillo: maracas, vocals
Rudens Matos Matos: guitar, vocals
Dairon Robert Salazar: bajo
Gabriel Montero González: conga low, conga high, jam block
Carlos Danger Plana: bongos, cencerro, tools
Alain Brito: trumpet, vocals

CREDITS
Producer: ALLEGRO Productions, Yanni Labori, Alexander Legro
Assistants: Yasmany Dutel, Gustavo Savigne, Vivian Puebla
Audio: Fernando Dewar Romero, Norge Matute Pelegrin, Damian Busqueta Mineto
Director of Photography / Camera 3: Adrian Rey
Camera 1: Ray Mila Vega
Camera 2: Freddy Miguel
Special thanks to Salón del Son en Santiago de Cuba, Centro de Patrimonio Cultural de Santiago de Cuba, Centro del Libro de Santiago de Cuba, EGREM Santiago de Cuba, Centro Cultural Interactivo ALLEGRO

Bia Ferreira, Brazil
Bia Ferreira is a Brazilian singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and activist. Her music, which she defines as "MMP — Música de Mulher Preta," discusses topics such as feminism, anti-racism and homophobia. She makes music that harnesses a combination of funky beats, reggae and soulful ballad grooves while lyrically pushing her listeners toward the discomfort that generates "movemente," or action. Her lyrics have been described as "escrevivência," a term Conceição Evaristo uses to "tell our stories from our perspectives." It represents the subjectivity of a Black woman in Brazilian society.

SET LIST
"Antes De Ir"
"De Dentro do Ap"
"Levante a Bandeira do Amor"
"Aquela Moça"
"A Conta Vai Chegar/Cota Não É Esmola"

MUSICIANS
Bia Ferreira: vocals, guitar
Maurilio Santiago dos Santos Nascimento "Pé Beat": drums
Mariana Lima Valim: guitar
Erica Souza da Silva: bass

CREDITS
Producer: Zeferina Produções, Rafaella Bonatti
Audio: Dj Go Locadora, Renato Venom
Video: Quixó Produções
Direction and photography: Luan Cardoso
Photography: Camila Picolo
Gaffer: Marcela Katzin
Editor: Beatriz Dantas
Special thanks to Zeferina and Rafaella Bonatti, Erica Silva, Mari Lima, Pé Beat

Moonlight Benjamin, Haiti / France
Moonlight Benjamin describes her music as a blend of vodou and rock and roll. Born in Haiti and living in France, she is both a vodou priestess and a powerful singer-songwriter with an impressive vocal range. Benjamin's sounds are both thrilling and thoughtful.

SET LIST
"Memwa'n"
"Haut là Haut"
"Bafon"
"Taye Banda"

MUSICIANS
Moonlight Benjamin: vocals
Matthis Pascaud: guitar
Matthieu Vial-Collet: guitar, backing vocals
Quentin Rochas: bass, backing vocals
Bertrand Noel: drums

CREDITS
Producer: Ma Case Prod
Audio: Frédéric Carayol, Mercredi 9 studio
Video: Eric Allard-Jacquin
Special thanks to Raphael Chassin and Fabrice Absil (Absilone Technologies)

TINY DESK TEAM
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Editing: Joshua Bryant
Tiny Desk Team: Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer

GLOBALFEST TEAM
Co-Directors: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer and Bill Bragin
2023 Curators: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin and Meera Dugal
Event Producer: Ian Thake
Host: Angélique Kidjo
Legal Services: Tamizdat
Legal Services: Duane Morris
Video Production: Karim Tabbaa

FUNDERS:
The Mellon Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

SPECIAL THANKS:
Ken Umezaki
Fabian Alsultany
Steven Kirkpatrick
David Komar

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