Moonlight Benjamin: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023

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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. Bob Boilen | January 29, 2023 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 Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. ET. The globalFEST team wrote the following biographical information about each performer. 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: Jo

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