SET 1
Paquito Hechavarria / All of Me / Frankly / Calle 54 Records
Anouar Brahem / Dances with Waves / The Astounding Eyes of Rita / ECM
The Silk Road Ensemble / Air to Air-K'in Sventa Chul Me'tik Guadalupe / Off the Map / World Village
Mercedes Sosa / Cantame, duet with Franco de Vita / Cantora 2 / Sony Music-Argentina

SET 2
Martin Portillo, harp / Cajita de Arpa-Sueño de Angelita / Maitei America-Harps of Paraguay / Folkways
Kassé Mady Diabate / Nankoumandjian / Manden Djeli Kan / Wrasse Records
Trio Ifriqiya / El Chaabi / Petite Planete / Adami-World Village

SET 3
Buika & Chucho Valdés, piano / Un Mundo Raro / El Ultimo Trago / WEA Latina
Sachal Vasandani / Don't Worry About me / We Move / Mack Avenue
Bebo & Chucho Valdés / Tres Palabras / Juntos para Siempre / Calle 54 Records

SET 4 - 11:00 AM - Special feature on Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo / Amorosa Guajira / Flor de Amor / World Circuit Nonesuch
Omara Portuondo / Drume Negrita / Gracias / World Village
Omara Portuondo / Nuestro Gran Amor / Gracias / World Village
Performing on Friday, October 23, 8:00 PM at UCLA's Royce Hall. For info: www.uclalive.org

SET 5
Baaba Maal / Miracle / Television / Palm Pictures
Lenine / E Fogo / Labiata / LadoB-Casa9 Universal Music-Brasil
Ruben Blades / Olaya / Cantares del Subdesarrollo / www.rubenblades.com
Sara Tavares / Keda Livre / Xinti / World Connection
Performing at the Skirball Cultural Center, Thursday, Nov 5, 8:00 PM. For info: www.skirball.org

SET 6
Lila Downs / La Noche de mi Mal / The Best of El Alma de Lila Downs / EMI Music
Lila Downs / Los Pollos / Shake Away / EMI Music
Performing:
Saturday, October 24, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, as part of the Day of the Dead Festival. For info:
www.ladayofthedead.com
Sunday, October 25, at THE GROVE of Anaheim
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"LATIN MUSIC SALON"

Zamba,  Son Huasteco,    Guajira,    Vallenato,    Ranchera,    Conjunto,  Milonga,   Bolero,    Festejo,   Choro, y mucho más...
WHAT? It's not all SALSA?
Come and join us at the "Salón Latinoamericano" with Betto Arcos, founder and host of "Global Village" on KPFK.
Join a small but passionate party of music lovers for this special afternoon.
We'll listen a little and learn a lot about the enormous variety and dizzying complexity of the category known as Latin Music.

Saturday, October 24th, 2009
3:45 to 6:00 p.m.  (The program will begin at 4:00)

Good wine, tasty hors d'oeuvres, fascinating conversation, interesting people, Latin Music

If you're interested, email Betto directly at:

bettoarcos@earthlink.net