Global Roots Series
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Season 56
GLOBAL ROOTS SERIES
AIDA CUEVAS* | KODO | DREAMERS’ CIRCUS | SONA JOBARTEH*
Each season the Global Roots Series showcases spectacular performances from the world over, exploring the globe’s musical traditions.
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*LJMS debut
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AIDA CUEVAS
Sunday, October 13, 2024 · 7 PM
Balboa Theatre
Aida Cuevas has created one of the most important careers in traditional Mexican music. With a 46-year career and 41 album releases to her credit, Cuevas, dubbed “The Queen of Mariachi,” is an esteemed figure in Mexico, beloved for her unswerving devotion to traditional mariachi music and her mastery of its demanding vocal forms. Cuevas celebrates a long-lasting career with a GRAMMY® award, a Latin GRAMMY® award and eleven GRAMMY® nominations in the “Best Mariachi/Ranchero Album” category.
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FAMILY
KODO
ONE EARTH TOUR: WARABE
Thursday, February 6, 2025 · 7:30 PM
Balboa Theatre
In “Warabe,” Kodo looks to its classic repertoire and aesthetics from the ensemble’s early days. This production blends simple forms of taiko expression that celebrate the unique sound, resonance, and physicality synonymous with Kodo—forever children of the drum at heart. Come and experience the soul-stirring rhythm of life firsthand.
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DREAMERS’ CIRCUS
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 · 7:30PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
Dreamers’ Circus has emerged as a youthful, driving force in Nordic world music. Pairing adventurous attitude with outstanding musicianship, the trio of Nikolaj Busk (piano and accordion), Ale Carr (Nordic cittern) and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin) has brought the band to the forefront of the world music scene by inventively reinterpreting the deep traditions of folk music from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the far reaches of the windswept Faroe Islands into something entirely their own.
The winners of five prestigious Danish Music Awards, Dreamers’ Circus has toured throughout Europe, North America, Japan and beyond.
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SONA JOBARTEH
Saturday, April 5, 2025 · 7:30 PM
The Baker-Baum Concert Hall
“All the makings of an international star” — The Guardian
Enjoy dazzling vocals and intricate rhythms from Sona Jobarteh, who has revolutionized the kora, a traditional Gambian instrument, which—until now—has only been passed down from father to son.
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