No time for the customary loquaciousness, but we saw
femi and the afrobeat explosion on friday. as loud
visually as musically, huge sound, and the guy can
wail on his saxamaphone for like 5 minutes straight
without taking a proper breath... he does that thing
where you inhale through your nose while you exhale
into your instrument. crazy to watch! the jams
occasionally got a little tedious, but the energy
coming from the stage was so powerful it was tiring
just to watch, and the crowd was diverse and involved.
He also said a few words about the state of things in
Africa and how hard it is to survive. I think we
forget sometimes, and romanticize the soul that's born
of poverty, forgetting the damage poverty does to the
soul.
anyway, great show!
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