Colombia, Uribe, Hostages, FARC, Rescue Videos: Help, we need a music break

[magbana]

From: Haiti-Cuba-Venezuela Blog

After a solid week of scrutinizing Colombian hostage rescue videos trying to figure out why Ingrid looks so good after 6 years in the jungle, why the FARC soldier, "Cesar," shown on the rescue video is about a foot taller and fairer skinned than another guy also called "Cesar" that the Colombian military had doing the "perp" walk, and wondering how much this rescue escapade will cleanse Uribe's dripping-with-blood past, I realized I needed to get a life. Listening to great music seems an essential part of the transition.

Below is a ten minute video of a Senegalese band called Orchestre Baobab. They specialize in Cuban son and pachanga music, but everything they do is unmistakably Senegalese. This group has been around for at least 35 or 40 years and tours the US and Europe frequently. Enjoy!

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http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/colombiauribehostagesfarcrescue-videos-help-we-need-a-music-break/

[Judi Lynn]

1. Oh, wow! Never heard these guys before. Had to check You Tube for more.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Orchestre+Baobab&search_type=&aq=f

They are so damned good!

Love that "Son" sound. The 3rd one's singer sounds very, VERY similar to the sound of the Buena Vista Social Club from Cuba, or the way they would have sounded when they were younger.

Wonderful.

I'm filing this away to keep. Thank you, so much, magbana.

Now I've got something special to share with someone else, myself.

(In reference to the article, I've read people attempting to explain the remarkably GOOD condition in which Ingrid Betancourt appeared as being the result of the FARC's knowing she'd be handed over soon and wanting to fatten her up for appearance's sake! They've got a magical answer for everything, don't they?)

Thank you, back to "Orchestre Baobab!"

[Judi Lynn]

2. Orchestra Baobab 'Nijaay - Live at Malta Jazz Festival'

More vocal:

Orchestra Baobab 'Nijaay - Live at Malta Jazz Festival'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldLO4LwNLHY

Orchestra Baobab at the Jazz Cafe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJOUb4AH0xY

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB AT THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK6LPVX0J7U

Orchestra Baobab 'On Verra Ça'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDtzUVk-648

[magbana]

3. Glad You Posted These Additional Links

I went through all of the Baobab stuff I could find last night and finally settled on the one. But with your good work, people can check out a bunch. BIG THANKS!. I can't remember which video it is , but in one, they are dressed in their "grand boubous" and it is is downright magical.

Glad you are enjoying the music.