4 of the colors of Ginger, at An die musik.
It’s a root, and at first, it appears brown in color. Wash it a little, there appears the beginning of a yellow hue, and a little redness may show up.
Red ginger though, is a flower, not the root. Some men fall deeply in love with “red heads” even describe them as “ginger red foxes”. It’s that red flower…endorphins catalyst.
“ROOTS”, whenever audible, is often linked to the black man, and invariably its referencing the musical atmosphere, connoting the “BLUES” .
Hence when a “roots” artist is in performance, no one really knows the “hue” of his/her tone until the recital is heard or seen in total.
I have never heard of JOEL SANTIAGO until last week, and that he and his group play Haitian music! So, I streamed An die Musik on Charles Street Baltimore Md.
I was hearing Zouk, Kompa, Boleros, Reggae, all, as expected,.. the African diaspora roots landscape. Then I began to hear some whistling. This was not the traditional Roy Rogers of the Western Movies whistling; it was the kind I grew up with, often heard done by street corner singers, or men having had “the happy experience”, where they saw the skies open, and like Tarzan, were beating their chests in exultation!
But no one way singing! Where then was this whistling coming from?
From the guitar of JOSEPH “Fan Fan” LEWIS. So melodious, he made the guitar behave like a violin in serenade.
He is no doubt, brown ginger color,… and in love with his red head, the guitar.
(An die Musik continues to stream throughout this pandemic period, it costs less than a cup of coffee, at your high end coffee house).
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