Music can transport you, take you to a different plane, away from the daily thoughts, worries, the mundane to another planet. Speaking to your heart and galvanising emotions which speak to your very humanity. The reason for living. Life as it should be. Pure and clean. People on stage transmitting their energy, joy, talent so that all that matters is what stands before you, presenting their magic. Masked or with faces free, connecting from their souls to yours. The power of stabs, sharp short brassy bassy arrows into you, flying from the platform through the bodies of the thronging mass, weaving and dancing to the flowing beats. Beauty emanating from each individual instrument to create a cohesive whole, subtle rhythmic interplays, changes in dynamics which have infinite steps, dialing through equalisation. The tightness of power, the strength of being exactly together at the same point with nuanced differences, pushing instruments, their resonance connecting back to their players, feeling, transmitting, transporting. Music can set us free, unleash the power of the collective, transcend the wrongs of the world and provide hope, that there is something good out there.
The amazing Fulu live at The Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, courtesy of East Devon Soul
