[ojos de brujo at the roundhouse...again!]

Thanks to LavaOcean for letting me know that ojos was going to be in town at the roundhouse again this year. Although I had already seen ojos live I was no less excited and at the end of the vening (3am!) I was still rearing to go. The upbeat music and extreme enthusiasm that the group exhibited was totally contagious. Unlike their performance in Feb. '07, ojos was joined by their now not pregnant dancer who was breathtaking. The way she coordinated her tapping feet, clapping hands, snapping fingers, swinging hips, and turning head was beautiful. Also joining ojos was a special guest and friend Faada Freddy (Daara J). Injecting some senegalese flavour only drove the crowd even wilder and soon their roaring almost drowned out the lead singer's (Marina Abad) voice. Another difference this time at the roundhouse was an amazing brass sound thanks to a very talented Cuban trumpeter Carlos Sarduy.

A short vid of the dueling between singing and dancing: