Say Zdravei To The Foundation...!

Ostavka Man was there... 

and The Foundation simply never knew...!

Dobrei...!

What a fine concert it was, still; 

full of raw emotion, nostalgia aplenty 

and great rock! 

Five -count'em, five!- Bulgarian artists 

of immense talent: 

Kiril Marichkov (“Shturtsite” - The Crickets!)
Ivan Lechev (of “FSB” renown)
Doni (one half of “Doni & Momchil”)
Slavcho Nikolov (of “BTR” renown)
and drummer Venko Poromanski (“Te”)

Five representatives of different groups 

united to bring Bulgarian music to Bulgarians abroad! 

Beautiful! 

They went on a sort of mini-tour across North America 

performing in Seattle and Toronto 

before landing in Montreal - 

basically, everywhere that there are, now, 

flourishing Bulgarian communities!

The songs they performed were familiar to me, too; 

all the hit songs that inspired 

generations of Europeans 

to reach out for their dreams 

and deepest aspirations. 

And not just each other's various hits 

but other bands hits, too 

(such as the quite emblematic now Kukla...!)

However, for the partly-Canadian Barbarian observer, 

appreciative of the sounds, beats, emotions 

but only -possibly- of a fraction of the lyrics 

(hey - it's all Greek to me, okay?)

it was like seeing the most compelling assemblage 

of diverse musicians ever assembled on one stage: 

imagine attending a show featuring 

Geddy Lee (it was good Doni looks and sounds like him;

and not like Donny of Donny & Marie!) 

André Rieu (Ivan Lechev can give André a run for his violin...)

David Crosby (Kiril projects the same aura -

he doesn't just sport the same hairstyle!)

Robbie Robertson (Slavcho is another Robbie, methinks...)

and Nir Z (of Genesis renown) on drums...

That's what The Foundation looked like to me! 

And that is, admittedly, a great foundation 

to keep on building upon, 

indeed!

Bravo! 

Viva Bulgaria! 

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Thanks, Joro! 

;-)