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| What they are saying about
the Monterey World Music Festival: |
| What is happening at the Monterey World Music Festival on June 7
and 8 is the result of our time, its ease in communication, the melding
of boundaries…Today it is possible for significant numbers of listeners
to hear the music created by instruments from around the world, both classical
and cultural, and enjoy their precious and personal legacies. No longer
only the subject for rarefied study, the musics of the planet now have
a name and a draw: World Music. ~ Kate Price, Connection Magazine June, 1997 ~ |
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| Whether it's music for your head, your feet or your soul, there's
music for you this weekend. Just in terms of numbers of world-class bands,
the festival is significant, both in Monterey County and around the world.
~ Chuck Thurman, Coast Weekly, June 5, 1997 ~ |
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| Each year in Carmel about this time, a unique, glistening event happens
that draws a superb core of musicians. They are not classical artists.
Nor do they represent popular contemporary styles. These music makers
of the Monterey World Music Festival hail from places like Tibet, Pakistan,
Ireland, Arabia and India. Their repertoire comes from deep within the
cultures of the world, from the hearts of ancient traditions, rhythms
and melodies. We live in times of the merging of many traditions and cultures,
with the urgent need of moving beyond the animosities of the past and
the wars of the present. We can express ourselves with greater freedom
artistically in an environment where boundaries are much more permeable.
What better way to plant the seeds of community and communication than
the sharing of the music, especially the sacred music of many lands and
cultures? ~ Barbara Rose Shuler, Monterey County Herald, October, 1999 ~ |
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| The fusion of traditional Guinean music with modern funk, jazz, Caribbean
with Diallo's stated attraction to the sound of George Benson, Mark Knopfler
and other Western musicians is no mere mix, but a thoughtfully realized
blend that could easily convince the angels to lay down their harps and
groove on up to higher ground. ~ Joyce McGreevy, Monterey County Herald, Sept. 28- Oct. 4, 2000 ~ |
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| The [Monterey] World Music Festival provided a return to everyday
America and a much-appreciated break from the images of destruction brought
by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Tuesday…The
Khac-Chi ensemble opened the afternoon's events with an hour and a half
set that had the crowd clapping and singing in unison. "I think it
has been very hard for everyone," said Bic Ho, a member of the ensemble.
"We all share a sense of loss with everyone. Today, we wanted to
perform our music and bring people together." ~ Marc Carig Monterey County Sunday Herald, Sept.16, 2001 ~ |
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| With its multiplicity of international organizations
- the Navy's Defense Language Institute and Monterey's Institute of International
Studies are both in the neighborhood - Monterey seems like a natural spot
for a major world music festival…" ~ Andrew Gilbert, San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 14, 2001 ~ |
