UPDATE:
And then I saw these guys – two conga players, a maracas player, and two guys playing ELECTRIC mbiras (they were wearing battery powered amps. An empty sound gourd can just be seen in front, decorated with cowrie shells, being used as a tip bowl. The musicians were wearing animal skins and singing – I’m not sure the crowd realized how radical their electrified sound was compared to the trad sound of the other group that was in the Alki courtyard performing area behind me.
Ginny
I can has iPhone?
Via: Flickr
Title: Electric Mbira
By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 23 May ’09, 2.07pm CDT PST
