April 04, 2006

MUSIC - MY TRUE LOVE

Burntface

 

My father used to say, ሙዚቃ የማይወድና ያልተጠረበ ድንጋይ አንድ ናችው (people who don't appreciate music are similar to a stone that is not carved) - no offense to all of you who are walking around with slanted heads and no MP3 full of Teddy Afro and Mulatu Astatke songs, but you don't know what you missing. Speaking of Teddy Afro.

I had the previlege of attending his concert in LA recently, although thanks to the organizers, who somehow miraculously managed to muffle even Teddy's voice becasue of their cheap sound system. I hope the money they saved was worth it! Nice work, guys. It was like drinking soda without the carbonation. Now that I have gotten that 3 month old load off my shoulders... Teddy, what a talent and what a young man!

So, I was walking around the concert hall with my ahem... glass of milk in my hand and I ran into ths little booth set up right next to the 'sound guy' ...yeah right, some sound! They had all kinds of stuff for sale like T-shirts, CD's etc... One of the T-Shirts they had on display caught my eyes, because it showed an image of the African Continet upside down. So, I walked over and asked one of the shop keepers if there was any significance to that and sure enough, it did! To make a short story long or a long story short or a long..never mind. Actually, the explnation one of the young men, who by the way was very polite and very articulate, gave me was very interesting. It made sense too. Maybe it was all that milk I had in my hands, but I ended up purchasing a CD from them and I must say they really are a talented bunch. I listened to the CD without the milk the next day and was still impressed. You be the judge.

 

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Posted by CHEREKA at 11:32:44 | Permanent Link | Comments (2) |
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1 - I like this Teddy guy though. I hope to see him in person and heard that he is great stage performer as well. (Comment this)

Written by: kebe at 2006/05/01 - 19:43:46
2 - thanks I found it! (Comment this)

Written by: Nolawi at 2006/07/28 - 07:42:48
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