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EIGHTH ANNUAL SMALL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
THE BEAT OF THE GLOBE IN THE HEART OF TORONTO – SEPT 24 – OCT 4 ARTIST PROFILES / CONCERT DETAILS:
TASA (Canada / USA) Thursday, Sept. 24 @ 9:00 pm
Lula Lounge Tickets: $15 / 20
Celebrating their 10th anniversary, Tasa releases ALCHEMY
– the next step in the evolution of one of Canada's most consistently innovative world-jazz fusion groups. The performance will feature special guests, including legendary New York violin improviser Mark Feldman and local piano ace Adrean Farrugia, contributing to Tasa's rich instrumental mix.
ELECTRIC GYPSYLAND (Germany / Canada)
Thursday, Sept. 24 @ 9:00 pm
Gladstone Ballroom Tickets: $15 / 20
Electric Gypsyland is a global dance party dedicated to the infectious grooves of Gypsy Funk, Dub &
Electronica. The night features the return of dunkelbunt, one of Europe's hottest DJs, moving seamlessly between dub, klezmer, trip hop and breakbeat. NOMADICA, Toronto's new Balkan music sensation, lay down their live
brassy, rhythmic vibe. The groove is completed by DJ medicineman, one of Canada's finest global fusion purveyors.
OMNESIA LIVE
(India / Canada) Saturday, Sept. 26 @ 8:00 pm
Al Green Theatre (Presented in association with Miles Nadal JCC)
Tickets: $20 / 25
Lead by musical innovator Anuj Rastogi, Omnesia is a remarkable ensemble featuring some of Canada's finest global musicians. A sonic journey that bridges ancient and
modern, east and west, Omnesia has garnered critical acclaim in Europe and North America. Their Toronto debut will feature the vocal and tabla mastery of Cassius Khan, and include soul and Hindi vocalists,
bansuri, sarod, cello, guitar, electronica and live animated visuals. SMALL WORLD ON THE STREET (Canada) Sunday, Sept. 27, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Queen's Park
(Presented in association with Word on the Street) Tickets: FREE!!
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, WORD ON THE STREET has become Canada's pinnacle literary festival,
transforming Queen's Park into a booklover's paradise with a marketplace of more than 250 book and magazine exhibits. Small World is delighted to be programming the music stage alongside Canada's top authors, poets,
storytellers and close to 200 readings, performances and workshops.
An impressive cross-section of Toronto's thriving world music scene is represented: REBEL RHYTHM (Latin Funk), HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (Reggae
Jam), NOMADICA (Balkan Beat), MASAISAI (Afro Groove), DJ MEDICINEMAN (Ethnogroovology), JOANNA MOON (French Gypsy & Flamenco), NJACKO BACKO (Afro Drum), THE THING IS (Eastern-European Jazz Fusion)
BAJOFONDO (Argentina / Uruguay) Tuesday, Sept. 29 @ 8:00
pm - Rescheduled!
Sound Academy
Tickets: $25 / 30
Over the course of two sold-out Toronto shows, Bajofondo's electronica-infused tango rock has taken crowds by storm, enveloping them in a sweaty delirium
of sound and dramatic visuals. Combining some of the hottest players in Argentina and Uruguay under the direction of multiple Oscar & Grammy award winner Gustavo Santaolalla, the band's hypnotic sound has seduced
dance floors worldwide.
BÉLA FLECK / ZAKIR HUSSAIN / EDGAR MEYER
(India / USA) Tuesday, Sept. 29 @ 8:00 pm
Koerner Hall, (Presented in association with Royal Conservatory of Music) Tickets: $20 – 75
A unique
meeting of masters brings together three of the most influential artists of their generation. BÉLA FLECK, the premier banjo player in the world, has won eight Grammy Awards while reinventing the image and sound of the
instrument. Tabla
master ZAKIR HUSSAIN is renowned as an international phenomenon in the field of percussion and a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement. EDGAR MEYER is a masterful bassist with a celebrated career as both a performer and a composer.
LUDY DOBRI (Ukraine) Wednesday, Sept. 30 @ 9:00 pm
Lula Lounge Tickets: $15 / 20
Ludy Dobri (Good Folk) is a Lviv-based band that collects and interprets folk music from across Ukraine, re-envisioning traditions, unearthing
fading forms and reformatting well-known classics. The band infuses this mix with a youthful energy that takes listeners through contained-chaotic-bliss, to the heart of the band's instinct-driven Ukrainian-ness.
BEYOND THE PALE
(Canada / Israel) Thursday, Oct.1 @ 9:00 pm
Lula Lounge Tickets: $15 / 20
Mixing Klezmer, Balkan and East European folk with an eclectic range of influences,
Beyond the Pale is one of Canada's top world/roots fusion groups. Releasing their new CD POSTCARDS, the award-winning sextet displays their consummate musicianship, explosive dynamics, and innovative
compositions. From raucous dance rhythms to intricate "chamber folk", the group is exuberant and genre-defying.
PARNO GRASZT & MAX PASHM (Hungary / UK) Friday, Oct. 2 @ 9:00 pm
Lula Lounge Tickets: $20 / 25
From Gypsy roots to Balkan DJ beats. The name PARNO GRASZT has become shorthand for 'authentic Hungarian Gypsy music'. Indeed, in their hometown, music is shared between everyone during social occasions.
There is no band, there is no audience - just one unified joyful gathering. UK-based DJ/musician, MAX PASHM fuses a unique blend of Balkan/Gypsy & Klezmer music with high-energy electronic beats. A special one-off
jam will unite old & new under one groove.
MUSIC, MOVEMENT AND MYTHICAL CREATURES (Canada / Palestine) Saturday, Oct.3 @ 1:00 pm
Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre (Presented in association with Harbourfront Centre)
Tickets: FREE!!
The festival's World Music for Small People program presents belly dancer ROULA SAID and friends present an interactive concert of Middle-Eastern music and movement,
culminating in a mythic story. Children in the audience will help bring the story to life by animating the characters through rhythm, gesture, vocalization and dance. SAEID SHANBEZADEH
(Iran / France) Saturday, Oct. 3 @ 8:00 pm
Richmond Hill Performing Arts Centre Tickets: $30 - 50
Paris-based, internationally acclaimed Iranian musician and
dancer, SAEID SHANBEZADEH returns to Toronto after his resounding success at the 2008 Tirgan Festival. Crossing both international and cultural borders, Saeid has shared Iran's dance artistry with the world. Presenting
the rarely seen music and dance of the province of Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf, the group perform an intensely physical and spiritual tradition.
CELEBRATE! HOLIDAYS OF THE GLOBAL VILLAGE (Canada / Lebanon)
Sunday, Oct. 4 @ 1:00 pm
Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Centre (Presented in association with Harbourfront Centre) Tickets: FREE!!
"Parent's Choice"
award winner, CHRIS MCKHOOL, celebrates the multicultural mosaic in the second "World Music for Small People" presentation. Celebrate! is an interactive and playful musical journey into holidays, customs &
festivities enjoyed in the North-American fall & winter. Children will learn traditional and original songs encouraging them to share our diversity with neighbours and friends. VENUE & ADVANCE TICKET INFORMATION: Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street W. 416
588-0307 / lulalounge.ca for dinner reservations & guaranteed seating Advance tickets: smallworldmusic.com & Soundscapes, 572 College St.Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street W. 416 531-4635 / gladstonehotel.com Advance tickets: smallworldmusic.com & Soundscapes, 572 College St. Al Green Theatre
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave. 416-924-6211 / mnjcc.org Advance tickets: smallworldmusic.com & Soundscapes, 572 College St. Opera House
735 Queen Street E. 416 466-0313 / theoperahousetoronto.com Advance tickets: 416 870-8000 / ticketmaster.ca & Soundscapes, 572 College St. Koerner Hall
TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street W. 416 408 2824 / rcmusic.ca Advance tickets: 416 408-0208 Lakeside Terrace
York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. Free admission Richmond Hill Centre for the Arts
10268 Yonge St Advance tickets: 905 787-8811 / richmondhill.ticketwindow.ca
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