What less than a good party partywithin la Mercèto support this candidacy of the most genuinely Barcelona genre for UNESCO as Intangible Heritage of Humanity. That was, this Saturday, the party by Rumba All Starsto reaffirm the powers of this mestizo, festive and poetic music with the help of a competent troop of musicians and voices gathered for the occasion.
Objective accomplished, on Cathedral Avenue, facilitated by the profession of those summoned and the pedigree, popularity and variety of the repertoire. Abundance of popular tunes, starting with that ‘Rumba de Barcelona’, by Gato Pérezserved as a welcome, reminding us that “the rumba neix al carrer, filla de Cuba i d’un gitanet”, with views of Somorrostro and Hostafrancs, Carmel and Poble Sec. Jack Tarradellas He then took up a robust ‘March’ (the Ramonet theme that Rosario made famous), and Young guy defended his own piece, ‘Miquelet’. guitar in fan high performance and wide band, acoustic and electrical, with the voices and palms of Alba and Selu.
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Catalan rumba, in short, as he emphasized, with an accent on the demonym, Yacine Belahcene, precisely the one who deviated the most from the canons with its arabesque ‘Sidibibi’. Rumba All Stars defended an open framing of the genre, even integrating the ‘broken pipe’ sound of the 70s into a Las Grecas ‘medley’ embroidered by Selu. And they went to the essences with those hot topics deployed by Sam Mosketón‘Chaborro’ (lucky adaptation of ‘The Living Dead’) and ‘Chavi’, by Peret. Another voice with authority, Yumitus, married ‘Paraules d’amor’, by Serrat, with ‘Gitano Fino’ and raised his voice to ask “all institutions” to please support the rumba. “It’s time!”
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In an atmosphere not only of camaraderie but of family, the rumbas flowed, genuine or incorporated, like the tuned ranchera ‘Volver, Volver’. A revitalizer of the genre could not be missing, such as Joan Garriga, giving new life to ‘Spring Flower’, from his times with La Troba Kung-Fú.
And finishing off the session, a legend, no less than the seismic Maruja Garrido, presented very neatly as “Dali’s muse”, boasting of genius and figure at 81, revolutionizing the patio with her singing, her wiggles and the tugging she gave to her skirt. His famous ‘Son, son, sera’ crowned the night with the audience amazed, dancing and making his voice heard so that the echo reached the corresponding institutional offices.