Did Jim ever find out what that key concept was, I wonder?
Last night, I was extremely fortunate enough to catch Paco Pena and Nishat Khan and friends, performing at the RFH. I had meant to book a couple of tickets ages ago and forgot but, happened to be down there, nursing a juice and catching up on letter-writing (hey, remember snail-mail???
I can only just remember where to stick the stamp!) when the concert was announced as being about to start.... never has Buga cleared so many stairs in so little time - had I been going up several floors and not down, it would've taken a couple of hours rather than seconds, admittedly... I digress!
Anyway, so, Paco played some flamenco, Nishat a raag and then they played flamenco music together. It was all very, very beautiful and I enjoyed every second of it but still, I just couldn't hear any obvious (to me!) connection. Perhaps I should be listening less to the posh stuff and more to the folk music of Rajasthan for clues, because all I can hear within flamenco music are hints of moorish influences.
So ...... what is that certain something? I am at a complete loss!
"Does my bum look big in this installation?"