As previously reported, on Saturday January 12 the inaugural
Mondo Music Festival will take place at New
York’s Highline Ballroom. The eclectic,
internationally-themed festival will feature a number of New York-based funk
and world music artists, including Daptone
recording artists The Budos Band, Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca, Zemog El
Gallo Bueno and Burkina Electric. DJ Busquelo will provide entertainment
between sets. The multi-band event is
hosted by the Mondo Mundo Agency, a group known for its work with Brazil's Milton Nascimento and Romania's Taraf de Haidouks. The
event will coincide with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters
convention, which will take place throughout Manhattan
from January 11 – 15. Budos Band, who also shares members with Antibalas and
Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, recently received a boost when
several of its members backed Amy Winehouse as part of the Dap-Kings. Members
of the group are rumored to perform with Winehouse if she clears customs
and is allowed to sing at the Grammy Awards in February.
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