Dud Sea Scrawls The Writing, clearly, is not on the wall!

Recently I heard the news that one of my favorite supergroups the legendary ‘Return to forever’ will reunite [ Return to Forever to reunite in 2008 ] And I have been looking forward to some really exciting live performances being recorded during this summer. Chick Corea has been a favourite musician of mine for as long as I remember. And I’ve been a fan of Bobby McFerrin ever since I heard ‘Dont worry be happy’ on the soundtrack of the movie ‘Cocktail’.

Disclaimer - This is not an objective review. It is my very subjective observation.

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I have to share this with you. Take a listen to my friend Raghu’s music. After many years of blood, sweat and tears his first album has finally been released….and endorsed by the baadshahs and belles of bollywood . But honestly, the music is wonderful…and not just coz its my friend’s. His myspace page has samples…listen and order a copy of his CD.

June 2nd 2007, Saturday
The day’s packed. I am sick of waiting for the “clients” who are supposed to come to our office. As the HR bumpkins scamper around trying to spruce up the place, I am reminded of a Kannada saying ‘boLammanige singaara maaDidru’ [they decked up the widow].

Fireflies Festival of Music (in association with the Alliance Francaise,
Bangalore) Sat -14 April, 2007 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM

Venue: FIREFLIES INTER-CULTURAL CENTRE
DINNEPLALYA VILLAGE, KAGGALIPURA POST
BANGALORE 560082

What the press said about last year’s Festival:
“Electrifying. A whirl of joy.”
- The Hindu
an exciting mix of the traditional and the modern…”
-Deccan Herald

What is the Fireflies Festival of Music?
• Inspired by the World Sacred Music Festival, held annually at the mystical city of Fes, in Morocco.

I have heard about this movie ‘Godavari’ from my wife. One of her most favourite student has played the ‘second hero’. She was quite unhappy with the whole thing.

10:40 PM, Unmaad ground, IIMB Campus
As the thousands of people gathered there for the magical evening with Ian and company started to walk towards the entrance, Louis Armstrong’s ‘Wonderful world’ started playing over the PA System. The crowd which had been clamouring for more of Jethro Tull’s music and were unsatisfied with just around two hours of music cheered up and started singing along… I’m sure they all really believed in the lyrics at that time.
As the Queen would’ve said I’ve to begin at the beginning…

Watched a Malayalam movie recently called “Runway”. The movie itself was forgettable. But the music was a nice surprise . For better or worse, I think the attempts by the music industry in its northern neighbor to “contemporize” has rubbed off in Kerala’s music as well - songs like “Lajjavathiye” & then the music in this movie. I haven’t been following Mallu movies for a while now, so I don’t know if this is a trend. But I’ve always associated Mallu movie tunes to the likes of the awesome classical-based music in movies like “Bharatham” & “His Highness Abdullah”. So the new music comes as a surprise to me.

Some pretty darn funky music - what else ??

Needless to say, enjoy … hey Cap’n/Kculon and other B’lore-based jam-heads - you’ve seen these guys live ??

This is a blog I wrote a long time ago, Friday Apr. 4, 2003 to be precise. The day of the concert. I am posting this here now because SSM was talking about the Stones’ concert scheduled sometime next month or so.

http://chays.blogspot.com/2005/08/flying-high-on-jazz-and-wine.html

…unless they ask you, ever, how they can make you happy. Because they want to make you happy. And I haven’t been asked, so I’ve not said. And perhaps he doesn’t need another hungry mouth pulling, pulling at him. But he should remember that I didn’t find him.

Kya Hain Yahaan??
Theek se dekho!!
Kuch to Milega

Trick title (see the P.S. for additions to your fund of pointless trivia), but let’s just call this Timbuktu-redux for now, shall we ?

Issa Bagayogo aka Techno-Issa

This guy defies labels. Techno-Issa’s got a foot in two worlds, so to speak - the Wassoulou music from his ancient land, and the more contemporary dancehall music. He’s got an unbelievably cool, gravelly, blues voice, and a great backing band. Guitar, the 6-string version of the kamele n’goni, percussion, flute, and the electronic mumbo-jumbo (loops, synth, etc) handled by a Frenchman called Yves Wernert who’s apparently established his recording studio in Mali. The CD I have is his latest “Tassoumakan” (Six Degrees Records) released sometime last year. Found Issa in a compilation “Putumayo presents Mali” (Putumayo World Records) - which, incidentally, is a great introduction to the fabulous sounds coming out from that country, and that led me to this album. This country seems to be churning out great musicians like the Caribbean pace-bowler-production-assembly-line once did.