2009 Northwest Folklife Festival
African Music Roundup


Spruce Street Marimba Ensemble
--> Friday, May 22, 2009; 2:25pm; Fountain Lawn Stage; 5 tracks, 27:00
--> "High-Energy Youth Marimba"


Matemai Mbira Group
--> Friday, May 22, 2009; 6:00pm; Fisher Green Stage; 6 tracks, 38:37
--> "Mbira with Soaring Vocals"


Lora and Sukutai
--> Saturday, May 23, 2009; 4:45pm; Fountain Lawn Stage; 6 tracks, 28:52
--> "Music and Dance of Zimbabwe"


Maurice Rouman
--> Sunday, May 24, 2009; 4:30pm; Fisher Green Stage; 6 tracks, 28:04
--> "Egyptian Oud"

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2009 Northwest Folklife Festival
Seattle, Washington, USA
May 22-25, 2009


--> Festival website: . Many of this year's acts can be sampled in the audio archive.


--> Lineage for all shows: HLSC (w/windscreens) --> LS-10 --> USB --> CDWave --> FLAC Frontend


--> Factors which may detract from the listener's enjoyment include: wind, ambient bleed from neighbouring venues, asshole talkers in the audience. None of these are too bad, really; but it is noticeable at times (especially on Friday afternoon and in quieter passages).


--> With a few exceptions, the setlists are not known. If anybody is able to fill some of them in, please do!


--> All photos taken by yours truly. Feel free to do with them what you will.


--> Torrents in the series:

2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 1 of 9) - Fiddlers' Showcase (887 MB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 2 of 9) - Folk As Punk Showcase (761 MB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 3 of 9) - Balkan Bridge Showcase (810 MB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 4 of 9) - Pirates, Punks, and Pints Showcase (661 MB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 5 of 9) - African Music Roundup (674 MB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 6 of 9) - Bluegrass Roundup (784 MB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 7 of 9) - Celtic Roundup (1.17 GB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 8 of 9) - World Music Roundup (986 MB)
2009 Northwest Folklife Festival (No. 9 of 9) - Miscellaneous Roundup (1.22 GB)