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[513] danga ma bëgg nax yay duu ñëw
And we're back to work! Again! Some more! The holiday party was Fine, the food was decent and the band was decent and they put my name on a plaque and gave everyone fifty bucks for attending, so definitely worth it in the end, even if I would have rather stayed at home and watched lucha libre.
As one of the 29 employees silly enough to still be working here after ten years of the new owners, I have received a gift certificate for a dinner theatre in Edmonton, so now I have to decide if I use it when I'm down there for Dynamite in April anyway or plan another trip sometime this year to go see something other than One Night With Roy Orbison. Something to think on! I will need stuff to do when I'm down there because there's a full week between the Winnipeg and Edmonton shows, so.... I HAVE BOOKED MY DAYS OFF, IT'S TIME FOR THE PLANNING TO BEGIN IN EARNEST. Though it'll be another week before ROH/MLP tickets go on sale, and I should wait to lock those down before committing to travel and accommodations.
Current mood: cold.
Wikipedia Sez: Immigrés is an album by Senegalese singer and percussionist Youssou N'Dour. AllMusic remarks that the album is "a good part of what put [N'Dour] on the international map".
Genre: International
Styles: Afro-Pop, Mbalax, Worldbeat, African Traditions, Senegalese Music, West African
Release Date: The internet has no goddamn clue beyond '1984'.
Prior Familiarity: None. WAIT, THIS IS THE GUY WHO DID IN YOUR EYES WITH PETER GABRIEL.
What I Did While Listening: Tidy time after work.
Verdict: It's fun! Didn't really stand out a lot in the way of much international music on this list, but it's short enough that it never gets old, and there's some fun synthesizer stuff here that I did not expect from it. Mbalax is a new tag for my database, and it's definitely more interesting than some other Senegalese music I've heard.
Favourite Song: Immigrés/Bitim Rew
Leshia's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
As one of the 29 employees silly enough to still be working here after ten years of the new owners, I have received a gift certificate for a dinner theatre in Edmonton, so now I have to decide if I use it when I'm down there for Dynamite in April anyway or plan another trip sometime this year to go see something other than One Night With Roy Orbison. Something to think on! I will need stuff to do when I'm down there because there's a full week between the Winnipeg and Edmonton shows, so.... I HAVE BOOKED MY DAYS OFF, IT'S TIME FOR THE PLANNING TO BEGIN IN EARNEST. Though it'll be another week before ROH/MLP tickets go on sale, and I should wait to lock those down before committing to travel and accommodations.
Current mood: cold.
Wikipedia Sez: Immigrés is an album by Senegalese singer and percussionist Youssou N'Dour. AllMusic remarks that the album is "a good part of what put [N'Dour] on the international map".
Genre: International
Styles: Afro-Pop, Mbalax, Worldbeat, African Traditions, Senegalese Music, West African
Release Date: The internet has no goddamn clue beyond '1984'.
Prior Familiarity: None. WAIT, THIS IS THE GUY WHO DID IN YOUR EYES WITH PETER GABRIEL.
What I Did While Listening: Tidy time after work.
Verdict: It's fun! Didn't really stand out a lot in the way of much international music on this list, but it's short enough that it never gets old, and there's some fun synthesizer stuff here that I did not expect from it. Mbalax is a new tag for my database, and it's definitely more interesting than some other Senegalese music I've heard.
Favourite Song: Immigrés/Bitim Rew
Leshia's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐