Global Fest @ Sxsw I Blinky Bill, Profetas, Just A Band, Tanya Tagaq, The Jones Family Singers, Sain Tanveer Brothers Fri 3/20 @ Speakeasy

gF is returning to Austin for SXSW! This year's showcase once again draws on sounds from around the world. The soulful gospel of the Jones Family Singers, Inuit throat singing from Canada's Polaris Prize-winning Tanya Tagaq, Just A Band's Kenyan "nerdy" Afro-house and disco, the psychedelic drums and guitar of Punjab's Sain Tanveer Brothers, and the Afro-Colombian hip hop innovators Profetas. We hope that you'll join us in Austin and if you can't, please share the news with your friends! Schedule: 8pm: Blinky Bill, Kenya-flavored electro-disco and Afrofunk DJ Set 9pm: Profetas, Pioneering Afro-Colombian urban alternative hip hop innovators 10pm: Just A Band (Kenya), Nairobi's super nerdy electronic music & art collective 11pm: Tanya Tagaq, Polaris prize-winning Inuit throat singing visionary 12:10am: The Jones Family Singers, hard-driving gospel funk from Texas 1:20am: Sain Tanveer Brothers, Ecstatic trance-inducing percussion wizards from Pakistan Check out the artists on our "gF SXSW" Spotify Playlist: http://tinyurl.com/k9g5cx Check out the press release here: http://globalsxsw.rockpaperscissors.biz/