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I have a bigger complaint too, but it’s less about the festival’s organizers and more about the general state of the marketplace for international music. Also stealing oxygen from the WMF are the excellent international musicians playing in Chicago during its run but outside its purview: great flamenco guitarist Vicente Amigo performs at City Winery on September 17 and 18, for instance, and Senegalese trio Bideew Bou Bess (proteges of Youssou N’Dour) have a show at the Old Town School on September 15. But the pace of this year’s fest has slackened perhaps too much-there’s something to be said for momentum and excitement, and it’s tougher to maintain either with so many days off. The WMF has long been less grueling than a typical music festival, both because it spreads out its lineup across so many days and because most of its shows are in cozy venues where you don’t have to compete for elbow room with tens of thousands of people. In its 19th year, Chicago’s World Music Festival is as sprawling as ever-it lasts 17 days, from Friday, September 8, till Sunday, September 24-but because it’s abandoned booking concerts on Mondays and Tuesdays, overall it feels more modest. Esperanza spalding torrent discography beatles movie#
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