PLAYLIST FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
WITH GUESTS KAYHAN KALHOR AND ETRAN FINATAWA
10 AM – NOON
HOST: YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS
E-MAIL: yatrikashahrais@gmail.com

Artist (country)/ Album/ Label

10:00 – 10:30 AM

1- Kartik Seshadri (India)/ Raga: Rasa/ “Gat in Rupak Tala” from Raga jog/ Traditional Crossroads
Kartik Seshadri and Rajeev Taranath perform at the Agape International Center on Friday, September 26 at 8:00 PM, 5700 Buckingham Parkway, Culver City 90230. Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. Info: 310-348-1250  www.agapelive.com  www.festivalofsacredmusic.org

2- Dya Singh (Australia)/ Sukhmani Simren/ www.sikhnet.com/dya
Dya Singh and his ensemble perform Sikh devotional music on Thursday October 2 at 8:00 PM at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 (exit Skirball Center Drive on the 405 freeway). A Pre-concert lecture at 7:30 on Sikhism precedes. Info: www.skirball.org 310-440-4500

3- Enzo Avitabile (Italy)/ Sacro Sud / Figliule ca ‘nce jate a la Maronne/ Folkclub Ethnosuoni

4- Enzo Avitabile (Italy)/ Sacro Sud / Crucifixus/ Folkclub Ethnosuoni
Enzo Avitabile performs his Sacro Sud project featuring master launeddas player Luigi Lai and Maurizio Ghironda, master of the Ghironda at the Getty Museum on Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 PM, 1200 Getty Center Drive, LA 90049 – Tickets and info: 310-440-7300 www.getty.edu Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. For info: www.festivalofsacredmusic.org

5- Suzanne Teng (USA)/ Enchanted Wind/ Breath of Love/ Autumn Light Productions
Suzanne Teng & Mystic Journey, Prince Diabate and Ensemble perform on Saturday, September 27 at 8:00 PM at the Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga park 91303. Info: 818-347-9938  www.culturela.org/madridtheatre Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. For info: www.festivalofsacredmusic.org

10:30 – 11:00 AM
Interview with Kayhan Kalhor (Iran)
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, special guests, Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble with Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus with Sheikh Hamza Chakour & Ensemble Al-Kindi, The Qaderi Dervishes of Kurdistan, Nour Mohammad Dorpour, Ostad Kaboli, calligrapher , Shohreh Aghdashloo, poetry reader Iraj Gorgin, poetry reader appear in A Celebration of Rumi: The Sights and Sounds of Mystic Persia On Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 PM at the Hollywood Bowl. 323.850.2000 www.hollywoodbowl.com

6- Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider (Iran, USA)/ Silent City/ Parvaz/ World Village

7- Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider (Iran, USA)/ Silent City/ Ascending Bird/ World Village

8- Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (USA- multinational)/ Silk Road Journeys: Beyond The Horizon/ Gallop of a Thousand Horses/ Sony

9- The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus, Sheikh Hamza Shakkur and Ensemble Al-Kindi (Syria)/ Al Nawba ou Hadra (Dikhr gtom the Great Ummayad Mosque)/ Le Chant Du Monde

11:05 – 11:50 AM
In studio live performance by Etran Finatawa (Niger). They perform at at the Japanese American National Museum in a doulbe bill with Chucha Libre on September 25 at 6:30 PM, 369 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Little Tokyo. FREE concert. For info: www.janm.org

10- Etran Finatawa (Niger)/ Desert Crossroads/ Saghmar N Nanna/ Riverboat Records

11- 4 live pieces

11:50 AM – Noon
12- Tony Khalife (Lebanon)/ Transcendence/ Mush Wadaa/ www.tonykhalife.com

World Poets with Tony Khalife Group and Unity Nguyen Ensemble perform on Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 PM at World Peace Auditorium, 525 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica 90401  Tickets and info: 310-657-5511  www.levantinecenter.org 

 Other Events:

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia performs with his ensemble at the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday, October 23, at 8:00 PM, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles 90049. Info and Tickets: 310-440-4500 or www.skirball.org