African Drums and Spirits
Six friends were at a small cozy place called Zinc bar (located on LaGuardia and Housten in NYC) this past friday. Zinc bar is one of the few places in New York City where one can get the opportunity to watch live African bands perform. This past week, it was the turn of a Nigerian band by the name "KOFO THE WONDERMAN & THE DAYLIGHT STARS". The music was brilliant The jazzy sounding music with the fast paced rhythmic sounds of the drum beat reminded me of the afro funk style of Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade. I could also hear calipso beats used in some of the songs. The music is the sort of music one can dance to or sit and casually listen to. Only in NYC one can have such an experience for a meager $5. Although Zinc bar was too small to allow patrons to dance freely, I and one other friend managed to shake our bum bum to a song called "Hot down below"J
http://www.zincbar.com (the bar)
http://www.kofothewonderman.net/index.htm (the band)
