Dec 3, 2009 evening saw a very interesting music concert at the Goa Velha church grounds.
Everyone on stage was into rendering Konkani music: local artistes, Fado singer Sonia Shirsat, the guitar-strumming journalist Sigmund de Souza. The lady with the impressive stage presence and powerful voice, Marushka Rebello. So was The Saskia Laroo Band (with her Dutch and American players) and Harikumar described as "one if the most exciting violinist in the country today." Here are some photographs from the event: The event venue: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4156484042/ All decked up, the St Andre's Goa Velha church: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4156358866/in/set-72157622927972746/ Saskia Laroo, the live-wire, focussed on her Konkani notes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4156480948/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4155698087/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4156450086/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4156448234/ Marushka Rebello, the face to watch, the voice to keep tuned to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4155669951/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4155668607/ The setting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4155619273/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4156387534/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4156374762/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/4155622429/ To get a better feel of the event, check out some of these moving images: [*****] Undream mojea mama... an old Konkani song, with a new twist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Q1rOj5zJ4 Here's Fado singer Sonia Shirsat, singing in Konkani: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMOmK_AlquE You'll find more videos getting uploaded at http://www.youtube.com/user/fredericknoronha Kudos to Armando Gonsalves (you can find him and his many Jazz ventures via Facebook and elsewhere) for putting up such an event! And to everyone else who participated and contributed. FN PS: This post is dedicated to the is-Malaika-a-Goan-song debate on Goanet :-) PPS: For more on Goan music http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goamusician -- FN +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 Updated: http://www.youtube.com/user/fredericknoronha -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 ANOTHER GOA: http://tiny.cc/anothergoa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fredericknoronha Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to saligao-net@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to saligao-net-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!