Rokia Traoré at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Meets Globalfest (Live Stream)

Rokia Traoré at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST (Live Stream)
Jan. 11-14 via NPR's YouTube. Premieres at 8PM EST

Rokia Traoré is an award-winning singer and songwriter from Mali whose music combines traditional West African instruments and rhythms with Western pop. She is also one of this year’s guests at the 18^th annual globalFEST, which, in a normal year, would bring musicians from around the world to New York to celebrate the diversity of the world’s music. This year’s globalFEST will be digital, and it’ll be done in collaboration with NPR’s very popular Tiny Desk Concert series.  

Rokia Traoré is one of 16 global artists performing at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST series, which opens Mon., Jan. 11,  and runs through Thurs. night, Jan. 14. West African superstar Angélique Kidjo is the host.

The schedule is as follows:

Jan. 11
Dedicated Men of Zion - USA
Labess - Algeria / Canada
Sofia Rei – USA
DakhaBrakha - Ukraine

Jan. 12
Minyo Crusaders – Japan
Hit La Rosa – Peru
Natu Camara – Guinea / USA
Emel Tunisia / France / USA

Jan. 13
Vox Sambou – Haiti / Canada
Aditya Prakash Ensemble – USA /India
Rachele Andrioli - Southern Italy
Martha Redbone USA

Jan. 14
Edwin Perez – USA
Elisapie – Nunavik / Canada
Nora Brown – USA
Rokia Traoré - Mali