Big 5, Deishovida Thrill Crowds
Feb 19, 2004
THE sudden twinge of anticipation that crept from the anxious crowd that overflowed the rim of Ndere Centre’s amphitheatre was understandable.
By Patience Atuhaire and Raphael Okello
THE sudden twinge of anticipation that crept from the anxious crowd that overflowed the rim of Ndere Centre’s amphitheatre was understandable. The audience had been served with the same diet of traditional African music by over 30 groups from different districts. Never mind that it had been well served.
The coalition of Deishovida band from Austria and the Big 5 band from Uganda promised to serve a unique Afro-Western music cuisine.
The evening concert was a harmonious combination of African and western music instruments.
The African drums and xylophone played by Albert Bisaso and the enthusiastic Godfrey Lubuulwa respectively fused with Kurt Baver’s honeyed violin fluctuations, Mathias Loibner’s thrilling Hurdy Gurdy, Lothar Lasser’s accordeon and Sasa Prolic’s E-bass to back-up Juliet Ssesanga’s slithery vocal in the songs Tweyanze, Ssemusajja and After Midnight.
The cheesy jazz Ewaffe and African Child, the brainchild of Lubuulwa, left the audience intrigued. The two songs were a hybrid of Afro-Western sounds.
It was almost an hour-long concert but an engaging one for both the audience and the artistes. However, the ease with which the two different bands merged was not only a remarkable feat but also a symbol of unity between Austria and Uganda.
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THE sudden twinge of anticipation that crept from the anxious crowd that overflowed the rim of Ndere Centre’s amphitheatre was understandable. The audience had been served with the same diet of traditional African music by over 30 groups from different districts. Never mind that it had been well served.
The coalition of Deishovida band from Austria and the Big 5 band from Uganda promised to serve a unique Afro-Western music cuisine.
The evening concert was a harmonious combination of African and western music instruments.
The African drums and xylophone played by Albert Bisaso and the enthusiastic Godfrey Lubuulwa respectively fused with Kurt Baver’s honeyed violin fluctuations, Mathias Loibner’s thrilling Hurdy Gurdy, Lothar Lasser’s accordeon and Sasa Prolic’s E-bass to back-up Juliet Ssesanga’s slithery vocal in the songs Tweyanze, Ssemusajja and After Midnight.
The cheesy jazz Ewaffe and African Child, the brainchild of Lubuulwa, left the audience intrigued. The two songs were a hybrid of Afro-Western sounds.
It was almost an hour-long concert but an engaging one for both the audience and the artistes. However, the ease with which the two different bands merged was not only a remarkable feat but also a symbol of unity between Austria and Uganda.
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