Life is funny sometimes... you know, funny wonderful. I was eating dinner with a friend at La Biznaga just before the art opening the other night, when I heard this music. It reminded me of something I had recorded years ago, same key, same sort of beat. Mine was called "From Whole Cloth," because I made it by taking little pieces of indigenous music and then, using the computer, made it sound like... well, close to what you are about to hear.... only this is much cooler. I asked one of the servers if she could find out who was singing. Y gracias, she did. Turns out it was Oumou Sangare from Mali, singing "Moussoloue." So Oumou Sangare became a part of la noche oaxaqeña.
I like how all these threads weave together. From the music to the wonderful artwork, the artesanos, the food and friends.....
Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo
The hereafter re me
- Christopher Stowens
- Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler
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