Last night I went to a local Egyptian show with my cousin's friend Joyeeta who is also living in Cairo for a few months. Most of the people in the audience knew each other so it wasn't so much a concert as a community show. The event was put together as a fundraiser for underprivileged women and they had about six artists/bands so the show went on pretty long. The first guy was an Egyptian rapper- I couldn't understand what he was rapping about but it sounded cool. I don't think rapping is very big in Egypt though.
The second band was really good, kind of like an Egyptian Coldplay. They sang in English with songs like "Blind Walking" and "Coma." The lead singer Mustafa had a really nice voice, and the tambourine guy (far left) was fun to watch. I would buy their CD if they had one.
After them a really horrible band came on and apparently it was their four year reunion. They were all pretty cheesy, wearing sunglasses and trying to act like rockstars. They butchered covers of songs like "This Love" by Maroon 5. Sitting through that was miserable.
One of the last performers to come on was a solo girl who was incredible. Her voice was just beautiful and she sounded like Alanis Morisette. She did a couple of songs, including a cover of "Michel" by Anouk. I wish I got some of it on video.
It was cool to see live Egyptian music. I'm sure I'll be seeing more of them while I'm here.
