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George Harrison & Fats Domino Birthdays & Dominican Republic Independence Day

Monday, February 23

Global Village highlights more world and world-inspired music from Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners for the February feature –including Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Bob Marley and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Plus music from the Juno-nominated release from Ayrad, and the latest Grammy and Latin Grammy winning album from Carlos Vives.

Tuesday, February 24

Global Village highlights some influential albums–including  Grammy Lifetime Achievement honoree Tito Puente’s classic Dance Mania;  Salif Keita’s groundbreaking Soro album (which launched his solo international career and set new production standards for African albums); Brazil Classics I – Beleza Tropical (the release that launched the Luaka Bop label and introduced American audiences to Brazilian tropicalia music); and Paul Simon’s Graceland (which helped introduce a wider audience to music and musicians of the South African townships).

Wednesday, February 25

SPECIAL: Global Village remembers Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner (the February feature) George Harrison on his birthday with music he did with the Beatles, on solo albums, and as a guest artist with Ravi Shankar (another Grammy Lifetime honoree), plus covers of his songs from Beatlejazz, Soulive, Easy Star All Stars, the Skatalites, Larry Coryell and more

Thursday, February 26

Global Village celebrates the birthday of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Fats Domino, and continues with more music from other Lifetime honorees, including Ravi Shankar, Bob Marley, Tito Puente and Flaco Jimenez.  Plus Juno Award nominees Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, new music from Kirk Elliott & the Orchestra of Unmitigated Gaul, and a blast from the past from Cannibal & the Headhunters.

Friday, February 27

It’s Independence Day in the Dominican Republic and the climax of a month (!) of carnival celebrations that go on there every year. Global Village celebrates with classic and contemporary merengue and bachata from Juan Luis Guerra, Wilfredo Vargas, Luis Vargas and more. Plus new music from Red Baraat and DJ Dolores, and a couple of blasts from the past from BeatleJazz and Jesse Winchester.

Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.