Pandu lives! FN On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 01:44, Pandu Lampiao <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am wondering if Carmo came to Mumbai around 1981-82...he performed or > tried to perform in Bomoi. > Press photographer Thomas Rocha, a govan who lived in Vassai took his > picture which was published in the Free Press. Uncle Eugene may > remember..... > My recollection was he had long hair, said he was doing performances in > Canada...and was staying somewhere near Dhobitalao during his visit. > Silviano, you have any recollections? > > The Pandu > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 7:53 AM Linken Fernandes < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Francis, > > > > Great stuff about Carm (to use the form of his name that he preferred). > I'm > > actually listening to the album, Someday Soon, now as I write this post. > > (Thanks for the url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GJpWgbgfuQ&t=84s). > > Too soon to comment on it, of course, but the first reaction is delight > > that he wrote and put together an entire album by himself. Not too many > > Goans playing Western music tend toward original compositions, much less > > entire collections of them, and in a niche category at that. One waits to > > get hold of the lyrics to be able to form an assessment of Carm's > > achievement as a song-writer before his tragic, premature demise. In this > > album, though, I would have preferred his vocals leading the music, > rather > > than the accompanying instruments, particularly the sax, dominate, and, > at > > places, almost drown them out. > > To address Roland Francis's observation (in his post earlier) that the > > creators of the website seem to have missed the Goan element in > > Matharpacady's heritage, one can, perhaps, excuse them as they come from > a > > later generation, and most of the Goans who lived there, particularly in > > and around Club Lane, have now moved away or on. A few of the clubs too > > have shut down for good, now that Bombay is no more a transit, or > > migration, point for Goans. (This omission will be remedied, a little, in > > my novella, now in the works, which uses my birthplace as a locale. There > > is a reference, though, to Matharpakadi, and to Byculla, in my book, The > > Sun In Her Hair, published a couple of years ago; a notice of its > > publication appeared here, in Goanet, at the time). > > There are more objective writers, of course, and local historians > (Rafique > > Baghdadi, for one) who do mention the presence of Goans whenever they > > ponder Matharpacady's history. > > > > Linken Fernandes > > > > < > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > > Virus-free. > > www.avast.com > > < > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > -- > "Explanation Destroys Art." > -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 <https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha> TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp
