Funny - a coworker just informed me of these folks a couple of weeks ago. Cool stuff. Don't know if I could just listen to it sans visuals, but the stage show sure is neat.
Believe it or not, I find the music very beneficial to meditation.
Funny - a coworker just informed me of these folks a couple of weeks ago. Cool stuff. Don't know if I could just listen to it sans visuals, but the stage show sure is neat.
Interesting backstory... that show was the first live gig. Only 3 people in Heilung... the others were added for this festival.
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Mar 15, 2018 - 7:58am
Red_Dragon wrote:
Funny - a coworker just informed me of these folks a couple of weeks ago. Cool stuff. Don't know if I could just listen to it sans visuals, but the stage show sure is neat.
Arab melodies from Zanzibar with the queen of Taarab, the 93 year old Bi Kidude
Founded in 1958, the Culture Musical Club is Zanzibar’s premier taarab club. The orchestra performs widely at concerts in Zanzibar town, but also frequently travels overland with a fold-up stage and an electricity generator to bring its music to the rural areas as well. The club has released hundreds of songs on the local market and since 1988 they have had six releases on the international market. The orchestra has had highly successful tours all over Europe in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007; in September 2006 they toured the US to high acclaim, in July 2007 the club performed in Japan. A North American tour is planned for the 2008-2009 season. Besides taarab, many club members are also active in kidumbak groups, smaller ensembles that play a more down-home dance-focused music. Both types of music are played on stage, contrasting the serene sound of orchestral taarab to the festive and sexually charged dance that is kidumbak. On its tours the club regularly features invited guest singers. The summer 2009 will include the legendary 93 year old Bi Kidude, the veteran diva of Zanzibar, who is now in her mid-90s but is still famous for breaking taboos, both in her sexually-explicit lyrics and her bravery for daring to sing with her face uncovered.
