So you are out to write a story about this beautiful Ghanaian musician who is not really that much known in Uganda but is like a really big deal in West Africa and on international channels.
You are backstage and there she is; the Efya Awindor. You are star struck and it ought to be even more if at least you new more than three songs of hers.
But a star is a star so it is only right that a mere Ugandan mortal bows to her. Then she comes over to and claims she has met you before. You say no but she still insists that you met in South Africa. You have never been past the East African borders. So you decide to play a long with her, after all, she has a crowd of Ugandans waiting for her.
That is what befell me at Efya's Tusker Malt 100 club concert at Serena last week. And it works for her because a musician that modest in person has got to be superwoman with her music and that is exactly what she was. Of course, she had a couple of curtain raisers who would actually pull in their own crowds if they were ever to be granted a solo show.
Isaiah Katumwa blew his saxophone and you have got to blow his trumpet because he is one of those Ugandan sounds you rarely bump into but when you do, you can't get enough of him.
There was someone else who was talented in the house. Pragmo; that multi instrumentalist who is bigger on music than he is on fame had a shot at the stage. He lived up to his name and stayed pragmatic with his notes. All this time, the crowds were having doses of Tusker Malt and a couple of eats.
When Efya did step on the stage looking appealing in a black dress, there was applause. The crowd did not know all her songs but when someone's vocal delivery is that nice, you have got to play along. She performed some her back songs and tracksr from her soon to be released Love Genesis album.
Blame Ugandan radio for not putting Efya out there because her love ballads actually sparked bonfires in the audience. Why do we not get to listen to Efya that much on our radios?
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