Pardon my ignorance of the Goan Mando, but it appears to me that I hear today the same mandos I have been hearing from the age I was old enough to appreciate music (make that 5 years old).
Haven't any Goans added to the repertoire of that music in the intervening years? Where have all the Goan musicians gone? Have they not been able or skillful enough to have added to the old compositions of our fathers and grandfathers? Have Goan musicians somehow gone brain-dead? The excuse that they have concentrated on other strains for daily living or lucrative purposes does not cut any ice. For example If Remo had made it big on the Indian scene could he not give back something to Goan music? Basilio Magno and peers, hear me? Cheers Roland Francis
