Bristol’s fine purveyors of idiosyncratic folk-raving, Ushti Baba, who if you’re in Devizes you might recall played Street Festival in 2022, have a new single…..
Chucking Fairport Convention a human beatboxer is probably not the best idea, neither would handing Mr C a concertina; herein lies the genius of Ushti Baba.
“A song about the brittle nature of art and of those creating it and the fragility of meaning; the stories we tell ourselves about who we are,” the band describe it, from an idea originating back in 2015 while jamming with other musicians around a campfire outside squatted garages.
I would never advocate anyone covering Sparks’ This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both of Us, but if someone’s life depended on it, and it was up to the Afro-Celt Sound System to save them, it might come off a tad like this! Though this remark might sound a smidgen critical, it really isn’t intended to be, because that would be one heck of a tricky number to effectively pull off, and while Ushti Baba’s sound is kooky, it’s avant-garde and beguiling, ergo apt for such a unnatural request. If anyone could make a good job of a cover like that, the Baba could, for which you’ve got to hand it to them!
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