Spent the evening crying bucketsful with some people from Toulouse.
And why all the tears? Because we were drinking red wine and listening to KarKar. (Boubakar Traoré). It was tears of pleasure of course, for the sheer beauty and the sheer simplicity of his music. Like all great poetry it is universal: ‘Si tu savais comment je t’aime, toi aussi tu dois m’aimer’ ;(If you knew how much I love you, you would have to love me too). Is there a living breathing human being who has ever loved who doesn’t understand the pain and the sentiment of those lyrics? Serre- moi dans tes bras et je chanterais pour toi…..