mosaic music festival 07

just got back from 'femi kut, and the positive-something' (im terrible with names obviously) which ended the festival for this yr. it was some african 13 man band n they did pretty well. the audience were standing n grooving for the 2nd half of the show, gd experience :)

last night was alot more exciting. from changi airport right after hanoi, it was straight to esplanade for rachel yamagata. prior to this, ive never heard of her, nor the kind of sound that she wld churn out from her mouth (im ignorant, i know i know..) but with the raved reviews ive heard, i decided to give her a shot. i left with her cd so thankfully, she was quite gd. n its a plus as she made funny comments throughout the show which kept everyone entertained. i wanted to get her to sign on my cd but upon seeing the queue, we both agreed ' ah heck it. im hungry. lets go get food.'

after her bit, it was a 2hr break before we caught 'tokyo ska (yes anna, kimmy n trace, i got it this time! not spa! ) paradise'. compared to all 4 acts i caught this yr, this was indeed the best, hands down. the light sticks the gave out before the show was really a nice touch to make everyone go mad during the show. if they came back to spore ( as the promised, but i wont be too sure, they always say 'we'll be back'. always.) i get third row seats. no questions asked. once again i left with their cd too, but sadly the tracks on it werent those they played. so ill be on a look out for them.

the last act, or rather the very first one of the festival, i caught was 'take 6'. they werent too bad, but i wld think before getting their tix again. just not that mind blowing for me... tokyo ska paradise is the way to go i say!