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Thread #76372   Message #1358404
Posted By: muppett
16-Dec-04 - 05:16 AM
Thread Name: Black Britons & Folk Music?
Subject: RE: Black Britons & Folk Music?
I was at the Bradford Mela a couple of years ago (well I'm there every year, it's when I get my wardrobe re stocked and I sample the many different dishes from across the world)and at this particular one as well as the big names from the Bangra world performing, on the smaller stage through out the weekend were the finalist of a fusion band compitition. By eck what a treat that proved t' be. It was a case of bangra meets Ragga meets rap meets celtic meets wot ever. There were Celtica Salsa (I think that's what they're called), but wot I enjoyed most a group which really fused cultures, the set started with the guy who plays the pipes in the Afro Celts on stage on his own doing a series of gigs and reels, then a group of guys in traditional costume came on with Bangra drums and joined in and graduly took over the set for 5 mins or so, then the pipes came back and joined in and then took over and he finished doing a solo again. Mind blowing or what.I look around and everyone was up and rocking, young, old, brown and pink, it was a moment to savour.