Wednesday, February 25, my wife and I attended the Master Musicians' performance at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater. It was like a dream come true. Eight guys in green robes. Seated. Four drums, four winds. Two winds sometimes played drums one the fiddle. Bashir played winds and gimbri (like a lute). As befits the setting, for a long while the audience was somewhat sedate, but gr...
Master Musicians Of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar
Lately Ive been listening to the Master musicians of Jajouka w/ Bachir Attar and Ganawa music almost exclusively. My listening habits get deeply intrenched in the music that moves me most for that time of my life. I just tend to submerge myself in a type of music for years. (that often includes music I'm producing) Any who know me know this well. I have vacilated between Ganawa and Qawwali for ...
I'll never forget the first time I heard the Master Musicians of Jajouka live. It was in San Francisco at the Maritime Hall. (Subarachnid Space opened! And the Extra Action Marching Band closed the show!) The venue was a typical one with a large stage and dancefloor like a high school gymnasium. It was ok, but nothing like hearing them play numerous times over 48 hours in a huge warehouse ...
Wednesday, February 25, my wife and I attended the Master Musicians' performance at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater. It was like a dream come true. Eight guys in green robes. Seated. Four drums, four winds. Two winds sometimes played drums one the fiddle. Bashir played winds and gimbri (like a lute). As befits the setting, for a long while the audience was somewhat sedate, but gr...
Master Musicians Of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar
Lately Ive been listening to the Master musicians of Jajouka w/ Bachir Attar and Ganawa music almost exclusively. My listening habits get deeply intrenched in the music that moves me most for that time of my life. I just tend to submerge myself in a type of music for years. (that often includes music I'm producing) Any who know me know this well. I have vacilated between Ganawa and Qawwali for ...