To what started as another Sunday evening turned out to be the most passionate evening of my life, well second most passionate, my most was when I was informed I will be a dad in nine months, but that was 7 years ago.
Ragazzi live bar (in Cape Town, number 7 Loop Street) last night took me to a musical journey that I never refuse to repeat. It reminded me of the days of UWC Ithuba arts festival and the Ithuba arts cafes. Back then music, poetry, visual arts, dance were the order of the day. The goose bumps that you’d feel were amazing and felt right even if it were politically incorrect for one to feel that way. Passion, Talent and sheer love for the stage is what brought me to write this piece. The journey that began as an invitation to see a friend perform put me right back to where I used to be so many donkey years ago, the experience was exhilarating and damn well fun.
When I walked in I was called out by the beautiful rendition of a somewhat familiar genre of music. One that would most certainly catch you even if you were passing through you would have entered.
Muziek Sensation, these guys are from Khayelitsha and they just dazzled me with their songs, they captured the audience and you could see that they were having fun on stage, now this is what defines a performing artist, passion. The passion that they showed somewhat made me feel Nostalgic and sad. Their acapella was very creative and very good. They created, with their voices, instruments and beat boxes that excited me. Needless to say, I purchased their CD and my car just doesn’t stop playing it. Well, me, I just can’t get enough of these guys.
 |
| Muziek Sensation |
Then there was D’Ver CT, OMG.
This is what blew my mind away, they were awesome to say the least. This band, which my friend (Rosebud) is part of, captured me the most. Not because I am biased, well maybe a little, but because of their creativity. They created something spectacular and gave it to us just as spectacular. I have never heard any one rap in French before, but last night I did.
You guys rock.
 |
| D'Ver CT |
You can follow these guys, find them on Facebook and maybe you, just maybe, you won’t have to take my word for it.
