January 2015 Concert Calendar

January's Global A Go-Go picks:

1. The University of Richmond's Gamelan Raga Kusuma will perform a Balinese wayang kulit (shadow puppet play) with master puppeteer Gusti Sudarta at Balliceaux on Thursday January 8; they'll perform it again in DC at the Indonesian Embassy on Saturday January 10
2. The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, America's number one salsa repertory ensemble, visits the University of Richmond;s Alice Jepson Theatre on Thursday January 22, as part of the Modlin Center's performance series
3. Zap Mama and Antibalas (the latter is pictured above) are on tour together: they visit Richmond's Carpenter Theatre (in another Modlin Center event) on Wednesday January 28 and DC's Lisner Auditorium on Friday January 30
4. George Lowe (ex-Rattlemouth) premieres his new 7-piece Ethio-funk-jazz band Afro-Zen Allstars at Balliceaux on Thursday January 29

Have an event you'd like me to include, or a suggestion for the concert calendar?  Just drop me a line at globalagogoradio [at] gmail [dot] com, or leave me a message right here.

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Thursday Jan 1
Feedel Band at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Saturday Jan 3
Rattlemouth at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Sunday Jan 4
Miramar at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond)
http://www.hardywood.com/events

Monday Jan 5
The Funk Ark at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Tuesday Jan 6
Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

UltraFaux at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Wednesday Jan 7
Puerto Candelaria at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Thursday Jan 8
Gamelan Raga Kusuma with Gusti Sudarta at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Friday Jan 9
Non Stop K Pop with DJ Carlito at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Kamel Zennia at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Saturday Jan 10
Gamelan Raga Kusuma with Gusti Sudarta at Indonesian Embassy (DC)
http://ragakusuma.org/home

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Veronneau at Creative Cauldron (Falls Church)
http://www.creativecauldron.org/passport_2015_249.html

Tuesday Jan 13
Richmanian Ramblers at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Kahulanui at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Cheick Hamala's Griot Stree at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Wednesday Jan 14
Orchester Prazevica at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Jan 15
The Snails and The Fuss at Bossa Bistro (DC)
https://www.facebook.com/events/814000871997640

Friday Jan 16
Hotel X at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

The Cheick Hamala Diabate Experience at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Saturday Jan 17
Lobo Marino at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond)
http://www.hardywood.com/events

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Sunday Jan 18
Passafire at the Southern (Charlottesville)
http://www.thesoutherncville.com

Tuesday Jan 20
Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Wednesday Jan 21
Trio Momo at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Jan 22
Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Alice Jepson Theatre (Richmond)
http://modlin.richmond.edu/events/index.html

Los Master Plus and G-Flux at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Friday Jan 23
The Big Guys at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond)
http://www.hardywood.com/events

Los Master Plus and G-Flux at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Gato's Sin Frontera at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Saturday Jan 24
Bio Ritmo at the Broadberry (Richmond)
http://www.thebroadberry.com/calendar

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Tuesday Jan 27
Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Wednesday Jan 28
Zap Mama and Antibalas at the Carpenter Theatre (Richmond)
http://modlin.richmond.edu/events/index.html

Tarus Mateen & WestAfroEast at Millennium  Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Thursday Jan 29
Afro-Zen Allstars at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Fado Nosso at Ashland Coffee & Tea (Ashland)
http://ashlandcoffeeandtea.com/events

Corey Harris Rasta Blues Experience at Blues Alley (DC)
http://www.corey-harris.com/dates

Thursday Jan 29
Cissa Paz & Friends at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Friday Jan 30
Black Masala at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Mighty Joshua and Nesta at the National (Richmond)
http://www.thenationalva.com/events

Zap Mama and Antibalas at Lisner Auditorium (DC)
http://lisner.gwu.edu/events

Corey Harris Rasta Blues Experience at Blues Alley (DC)
http://www.corey-harris.com/dates

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Strathmore (Bethesda)
http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar.asp

Saturday Jan 31
Corey Harris Rasta Blues Experience at Blues Alley (DC)
http://www.corey-harris.com/dates

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events