Life should begin at forty. But does it when you want to shake a leg and party in coastal
Goa, with your kind of music? Hardly, with teeny boppers to twenty some-things,
dominating floor space and headspace in the nightlife circuit.
Hence, it will indeed be a bit of breather
and a relief to have a place to rewind, put your feet up and listen to the
classics, the middle aged have grown upto and grown up with.
Favela in Baga will have a different vibe
this Sunday, May 26, 2019 from 9pm onwards. The music will take you back in
time at ‘Classic Circus’ which is looking at the age group of 40 plus crowd who
are looking forward to a relaxed and chilled out Sunday. The band, Raul and
Friends, will be performing live at the Favela,
The band is made up of talented musicians,
Raul D’Mello on the vocals, Daryl Rodrigues on keyboard, Jonathan Dias on drums
and Diego Fernandes on bass. Raul has opened concerts for international artists
like Ricky Martin Andy Williams, Buddy Greco, Jack Jones and Diana King and
mostly has been the only Indian to be a part of that stage. Raul introduces the
band, “Daryl Rodrigues has played with the big Indian artists like Louis banks,
Leslie Lewis and Hariharan to name a few. Diego Fernandes is the founder member
of the Goan band ‘Syndicate’. Jonathan Dias is a part of my band Raul with
Ragas To Riches and has also been the drummer for Remo Fernandes.”
Explaining how the idea of ‘Classic
Circus’ came into existence, Raul says, “Goa has everything to do with party
life but sadly nothing for the middle aged society. I was in the Phillipines
with Gregg Furtado, (a part of the trio that runs by Goodlife, a company which
spearheaded by Amit Bakhale and Gautam Bakhale) looking for bands when we
talked about different kinds of music. This whole concept was put together at
7am in the morning. This concept is still evolving and every show will be
different as we plan to add a couple of new artists at every show. There is so
much talent in Goa that believes in this genre of music and I would like to
have different singers and musicians join me on that stage.”
He further adds, “We are targeting the 40 plus segment as they
are the ones that will relate to this genre the most. We are also trying to
educate the younger audience about the classics that has created an impact and
left so much for the future. I have lived through the timelines of this music
and I just want to give it back to this generation and which better place than
Goa.”
What
can the audience expect this Sunday? “The audience can expect to hear different
connotations of their most loved songs from yesteryears with a twist of my
soul. Just to give you a taste of the music we will be covering songs by
artistes like Lionel Richie, Stevie wonder, Luther Vandross, Billy Joel,
Beatles, Englebert Humperdinck etc and many more,” concludes Raul.
