Last night I met a friend and her cousin after work. My friend has just came back from Denmark and her half Swedish cousin has just been back from the US. We had Indian food for lunch, went to a Cuban band's fusion concert at Cairo's Citadel. That's Globalization !
The concert was one of Fathy Salama's new projects. Now Fathy Salama is an extra ordinary artist, looks like a Rastafari and is always (IMHO) either drunk or high. So (again IMHO) he is to be heard not seen. However, the kind of music that he and his band plays is the type that you like to listen to live not in playback, which defies the first observation. Hence, you find yourself in a catch-22 situation.
Anyway, so this concert was a new fusion project between Fathy Salama and a Cuban band. Naturally when you hear the term "Cuban Band" you think amazing fast beat Rumba music.To my disappointment, it was just slow and mellow. I was apparently thinking Pina Colada on the beach and Cuban Cigars, what I got was plain orange juice and Marlboro cigarettes! Which was okay really... but not what I had in mind. It was a band of five girls that looked more from Downtown Cairo than from Cuba, however, they had amazing coordination of hip-work and sways.
Anyway.. I had a lovely time with my friends... we cracked up laughing. Thanks Monmon and Deena for the good time!
The concert was one of Fathy Salama's new projects. Now Fathy Salama is an extra ordinary artist, looks like a Rastafari and is always (IMHO) either drunk or high. So (again IMHO) he is to be heard not seen. However, the kind of music that he and his band plays is the type that you like to listen to live not in playback, which defies the first observation. Hence, you find yourself in a catch-22 situation.
Anyway, so this concert was a new fusion project between Fathy Salama and a Cuban band. Naturally when you hear the term "Cuban Band" you think amazing fast beat Rumba music.To my disappointment, it was just slow and mellow. I was apparently thinking Pina Colada on the beach and Cuban Cigars, what I got was plain orange juice and Marlboro cigarettes! Which was okay really... but not what I had in mind. It was a band of five girls that looked more from Downtown Cairo than from Cuba, however, they had amazing coordination of hip-work and sways.
Anyway.. I had a lovely time with my friends... we cracked up laughing. Thanks Monmon and Deena for the good time!
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