Last night the 19th of November. I went to a concert at a cultural centre. There are cultural centres all over the city and these are places where you can go to see many kinds of cultural events like live music. A a few nights before, I went to a centre in San Telmo and saw a choir recital. The choir was singing songs about psychological conditions like being paranoid. I really did not understand much of the Spanish but they did sing well. The performance was also quite theatrical.
Getting back to last night's performance. I went to the "Ciudad Cultural Konex. Quite an interesting space as well; it is on the grounds of an old warehouse. The concert took place in the courtyard and the main band played on a stage that was like a large staircase. I have noticed there is quite some interesting architecture in Buenos Aires.
http://www.ciudadculturalkonex.org
The performance was by a group called "La Bomba de Tiempo". They are a group of percussionists who play improvised music. When I saw them play last night, one person was standing in front conducting the band. They also had a guest musician playing the saxophone. It was a good performance and everyone was having a good time. It was a fairly young crowd; yet there was some people a bit older (like me) and some of them came with young children. I did attempt to speak some Spanish and was chatting a bit with a guy named "Herman" (but say that with a Argentine accent). At the end of the gig. I asked him how would you say "Very Cool" in Espanol and his reply was "Muy Buen".
http://labombadetiempo.blogspot.com/
The band has some videos up on You Tube. I also shot some video with my camera phone; let me know if you want to see it.
It was an really nice evening to be out; the weather here in Argentina has started to warm up again after a rather unsettled period of rain & wind. And all going well, I shall be going to a few more performances this week.
I found out about the gig from the "What's Up Buenos Aires" web-site. Having been here some time now; I have been accumulating more information about what is going on the city. The Internet has really changed the way we can find information when travelling.
http://www.whatsupbuenosaires.com/
