Monday, August 28, 2006
womad 2006 - radio mundial
what made womad worth the entrance fee this year would be the band called radio mundial. along with producing excellent latino rock (which i might add is EXTREMELY dancey) the co-leads of the band, the shepherd brothers are pleasing on the eye and have lotsa charisma. they were the main act on friday night, where they played on the main stage. my beef with that location is that the area in front is sloping, so dancing becomes a bit hard. but damn good atmosphere. they rocked the crowd.
on saturday, they held a workshop session. the room was packed. people were sitting for the 1st song and the crowd was bouncing along to the music. by the time they were gonna start playing their 2nd piece i decided that i'd stand to the side and dance. but jean (the less flamboyant of the 2 brothers) was encouraging the crowd to dance, so from the 2nd piece onward, everyone was on their feet dancing away. i myself was dancing like i was high on some controlled substance. dancing in an air-con room is nice because (1) you're that much cooler, and (2) unlike the main stage area that was graded, the room has a flat floor, so much better for dancing :D
i must admit that after shaking my hips (as well as other parts of my body) to radio mundial, jimmy cliff on the main stage was a bit of a letdown.
oh well... i'm looking forward to what the organisers are gonna do for womad 2008, since it's the 10th womad fest in singapore and so it's gonna be a grand affair, where they are gonna try and bring back past fave acts and such. that should be fun :)
on saturday, they held a workshop session. the room was packed. people were sitting for the 1st song and the crowd was bouncing along to the music. by the time they were gonna start playing their 2nd piece i decided that i'd stand to the side and dance. but jean (the less flamboyant of the 2 brothers) was encouraging the crowd to dance, so from the 2nd piece onward, everyone was on their feet dancing away. i myself was dancing like i was high on some controlled substance. dancing in an air-con room is nice because (1) you're that much cooler, and (2) unlike the main stage area that was graded, the room has a flat floor, so much better for dancing :D
i must admit that after shaking my hips (as well as other parts of my body) to radio mundial, jimmy cliff on the main stage was a bit of a letdown.
oh well... i'm looking forward to what the organisers are gonna do for womad 2008, since it's the 10th womad fest in singapore and so it's gonna be a grand affair, where they are gonna try and bring back past fave acts and such. that should be fun :)
thus spake satchithananda at 2:18 pm
2 Comments:
THEY ARE NOT good lookin .. rubbish
Anonymous, at 29/8/06 11:07 am
they dun look tt fab in pics.. but in person it's diff
