BACKSTAGE PASS WITH H_ART THE BAND: “ULIZA KIATU(ASK MY SHOE)”

As the crickets crackled up all night their in-tube soundtrack; a music band took to the stage; all jovial and full of humor; set at the PAWA254 Hub during the Fatuma’s Voices Poetic edition.

Their song “Uliza Kiatu”; I don’t know where it falls in terms of genre but it did bring out H_art the Band as an emerging vocal powerhouse among many Kenyan vocalists.

The tune is humor filled and certified feel -good; boisterous love song about a guy who goes out of his way; despite being not so rich to impress a girl.

It is a story of a guy jilted but still crazy in love and if his shoes were to talk; they would give a painful yet loving memoir of a boy who has paid for an expensive cab but ran to catch the train at Railways Nairobi.

The band had in tow a guitarist; Kenchez Muya who just churned out this funk; soul and reggae sounds drift. In between the song; the lead vocalist drifts into a spoken word frenzy that just blew the crowd away.

The tune is armored well and justice is done by their cool lyrical fuse of English and Swahili. It is a sure light-up for your musical senses.

As they take to their seats; Hart the Band jokes; “find us on Facebook on H; underscore; Art the Band! Na Kama huchui underscore ni nini; just andika E then toa F! (And in case you don’t know what an underscore is; just write E then remove F from it!)”

The ecstatic 50-plus audience at the event burst out; ribs aching and joy engulfing the whole room; H_art the Band know it is only for a short while; they will be back again.

They are definitely poised to scale milestones in fusing music and poetry.

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