Drums United

[shadowspar]

Saw Drums United last night.

The sight & sound of percussion from all over the world uniting into one rhythm was awesome, both musically and metaphorically. There was so much awesome it's hard to single anybody out, but still, the Senegalese drummers (Aly N'Diaye Rose on a set comprised of sabar, djembe, and bougarabou; Maracas Pape Thiam on tama) were spectacular to behold; Niti Ranjan Biswas made sounds emanate from the tabla that I've never heard from any instrument before. I was a bit disappointed that the timbales sat idle most of the night, but really it's hard to find any fault with the show, and I think they were missing their usual timbalero besides.

I've also come to the conclusion that to enjoy a concert as much as I'd really like to, I'm going to have to be on stage. We'll have to see about that. ^^;