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It's hard to say how or even if, for example, soul-rock mischief-makers Gnarls Barkley will intersect with Senegal mbalax star Fallou Dieng and San Francisco art-rocksters Deerhoof in a show July 27. Sometimes even ones that the producers thought would work great failed to click "I remember a few years ago we did Nigerian Afrobeat heir Femi Kuti and (hip-hop innovator] Mos Def with Daara J, the Senegalese hip-hop band," says Connelly, citing the potential of that line-up to show an Afrobeat/hip-hop overlap. "The intention was definitely good. We had wanted to bring in Mos Def, and on paper it made sense. But he ended up doing a jazz set and we were scratching out heads a little after that one." And sometimes there is some public puzzlement over some of the headliners placed under a world music banner "Yes, how did Lauryn Hill fit into a world music festival ?" Connelly recalls people musing. "How does Willie Nelson fit in a world music festival? When we first had our electronica night with Paul Oakenfold, people were probably scratching their heads. But it's that global music thing, music from different parts of the world that have a unique flavor." Part of this, of course, is economic necessity. The Bowl starts from a position of strength, its history and gorgeous setting enough to guarantee a solid base of season subscribers. But it's still a big place, with nearly 18,000 seats -- and the subscribers, with broad and yes, often mainstream tastes, have to be satisfied enough to want to renew next season. The KCRW input helps a lot with getting name-value, and especially up- and-coming acts on the bills. The circumstances sets it apart from what has become a very fertile market for globally minded summer programming around the Los Angeles area, with regular shows of top artists from African, Latin American and other traditions at the California Plaza's Grand Performances series, the Skirball Cultural Center, the Getty Museum and the Santa Monica Pier's Twilight Dance concerts -- all of those free to the public But part of the point behind this whole series is to do things that are not typical and not expected, for any setting let alone the Hollywood Bowl. Connelly points to the very first one as among her favorite examples: "That was a phenomenal concert," she says. "Carlinhos Brown. Up until 1999, it had been predominantly light and breezy bossa nova at the Bowl when they had things like that. Carlinhos enters in this George Clinton fake fur hooded robe and sunglasses and a Catholic incense burner, waving a steel pan in front of him making noise, and in a canvas skirt and long dreads and plays all this really cool, percussive Brazilian music out audience had never heard and it blew their minds. Even the crew, which can be a bunch of jaded stage hands who have seen it all, were, 'Wow! We love him!' The Hollywood Bowl had never seen anything like this." Digg This Permalink | Email this Linking Blogs Comments (0) Sponsored Links "She has Yellow Teeth The Secrets Dentists don't want you to know about Teeth Whitening! www.best-teeth-whitening.com "How I Lost 55 Pounds" Amazing Chinese Weight Loss Secret. Seen On CNN, CBS, NBC, & Fox News www.Wu-YISource.com Lose 30 Pounds w/No Diet 2008 Weight Loss Breakthrough Doctor Recommended. 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