Yvonne Darcq (YDQ) urges all of us who care to listen: "Don't start a fire, huwezi zima!" [Don't start a fire you can't (huwezi) put out (zima)]. Mmmm. That's zima, not Zuma, OK?
Fire is a surprisingly 'high-definition' song, visually and aurally. 'Dropped' only on December 3, 2015 -- just under two weeks ago -- it has 1,914 views so far. I think this number will rise steadily as more and more folks tune it.
A confession: I didn't think much of YDQ in Ooh Lala Oui Oui, a song she released earlier this year with the talented and hard-working Diva, Victoria Kimani. But Fire, something of a controlled blast, is a pleasant discovery, from the very start. It forces a reassessment of the earlier song by the likes of me. Bravo!
YDQ thus joins the Legion from the East which seems poised to stealthily offer a refreshing alternative to the Nigerian juggernaut, while South African artistes seemingly continue, in the main, to grope in the dark for a winning genre.
A strong eastern counter-force to the Nigerian wave can only enrich African music overall, don't you think. It may, indeed, prompt the Nigerians to reach even higher than then so far have.
I think I see early signs that we're about to reach a musical critical mass -- to witness a burst of awesome creativity in all directions -- here in Africa. Waiting with bated breath.
But we do need about 50 or so actively creative sorts from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda to have the effect I have in mind. That is, fifty or so artistes each releasing 3 or 4 singles each year.
Click Here: A very useful bio of Yvonne Darq by Bottomline Kenya
