Domin kusan duk waƙar da ake ji a Amurka
ana tafiyar da mafarkai na shahara da sa'a, sautunan ƙungiyar Cuban
da aka sani da Buena Vista Social Club suna da ban mamaki nan da nan. Wakokin,
raye-raye, da waƙoƙin ƙungiyar suna jan ku tare da fara'a mai lalata da
sha'awa kyakkyawa. Mawaƙa da ƴan wasa da al'umma sun yanke hukunci
daga makircin PR da tallace-tallace, wannan 'dan de Cuba' yana da wuya
abu - kida kai tsaye daga zuciya.
Yawancin mawakan suna yin wannan kiɗan mai ban sha'awa
sun kasance, har 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, kusa da mantawa. Sa'an nan a cikin 1996, American guitarist
kuma tushen kiɗan duniya Ry Cooder ya zo Cuba yana neman yin rikodin a
zama tare da mawakan Cuban da Afirka ta Yamma. Lokacin da 'yan Afirka suka kasa
nuni, Cooder ya raunata taron duk wani simintin Cuban don yin rikodin boleros, guijiras
(makoki na karkara), da kuma cha-cha-chas shahararru a Cuba kafin juyin juya hali. The
Kundin da ya haifar, Buena Vista Social Club (Nonesuch/World Circuit), ya zama a
Nasarar nasarar da aka samu ta hanyar siyar da kwafi miliyan daya a duk duniya
da kuma samun lambar yabo ta 1997 Grammy. Nan da nan ƙungiyar mawaƙa tsofaffi,
tsakanin shekaru 60 zuwa 90, sun sake kasancewa cibiyar. Kuma alhamdu lillahi,
"dawowa" nasu yana da ban mamaki a cikin Cooder (producer) da
Darektan Jamus Wim Wenders yana motsa fim ɗin Buena Vista Social Club.
Ɗaukar zaman maimaitawa a Havana da kide-kide
a Amsterdam da New York's Carnegie Hall, fim ɗin yana ba da ban sha'awa
wasan kwaikwayo na melancholy da romantic music wanda ya haifar da ban mamaki
sababbin masu sauraro don kiɗan Cuban. Daga cikin masu wasan kwaikwayon akwai "taurari" irin wannan
Nat (King) Cole na Cuba, Ibrahim Ferrer, mai shekaru 72, mai shekaru 92.
na ɗan Cuban, mawaƙi / mawaƙa Compay Segundo, ɗan wasan piano mai shekara 80
Ruben Gonzalez, da ƙwaƙƙwaran ɗan shekara 69 bolero kuma mawaƙa Omara
Portugal.
Amma Buena Vista Social Club yana da yawa fiye da a
fim ɗin kide kide. Haɗa fim ɗin aiki tare da hirar mawaƙa da taƙaice
Tsakanin rayuwar titin Havana, darektan Wenders ya ba da shawarar mahimmancin
dangantaka tsakanin kiɗa da mutanen Cuban. Yawon shakatawa na tsohon mawaki
unguwanni da kuma nuna girman ruɓewar da ke kusa da boulevards na birni, Buena
Vista yana haifar da dadewar kwanakin tsohuwar Havana, abubuwan da suka faru
Takunkumin Amurka, da alkawarin gurguzu. Amma duk da haka a matsayin music cewa
ya zo daga wadannan tituna yana isar da bakin ciki da wahala, ba ya samar da shi
rawar jiki, karimci da girman kai.
Ko da yake ba fim din siyasa ba ne, biyu
gayawa kalaman shugaban mawaƙin Buena Vista Ibrahim Ferrer ya bayyana wannan juriya
ruhi. Kamar yawancin mawaƙa a cikin shirin, Ferrer ya sami
damar barin Cuba kuma ya yanke shawarar zama. Yana zaune a cikin ƙaramin gudu
Havana Apartment kuma kafin a kira shi daga tituna don shiga Buena
Ƙungiyar Vista tana haskaka takalma. Yarda a cikin wata hira da cewa rayuwa a Cuba
ba shi da sauƙi, Ferrer har yanzu yana kula da wancan lokacin kafin Castro "suka kasance
Kuma a wani lokaci kuma ya kara da cewa: "Idan muka bi hanyar
dukiya, da mun rigaya mun tafi."
An share tare da sauƙi mai sauƙi da mai kyau mara jurewa
wasiƙar mawaƙa da kiɗa, maganganun Ferrer na iya wucewa ba tare da an lura da su ba. Amma
a cikin tawali'u mai tawali'u, mawaƙin yana nuna sha'awar kiɗan.
Akwai ɗimbin kidan ban sha'awa da ake nunawa a Buena Vista, amma zuwa
ganin kiɗan da aka yi ba tare da laifi ba na ɗabi'a, matsayi, kuma kasuwa yana daɗaɗawa. Yawancin
lokacin, ba ma yin haka a Amurka.
Wani abu kuma ba mu kara jin yawa ba, sai a ciki
ƙananan sansanonin waɗanda aka riga sun tuba, su ne mutanen da ke kan gaba da hagu
waka. Amma tayar da hayaniya a birnin New York wani ɗan shekara 30 Richmond ne,
Mawallafin mawaƙin Virginia mai suna Stephan Smith wanda ke da alama ya koma baya
karatun boko.
Yin a zanga-zangar, kulake, makarantu, da
majami'u, Smith ya gina ci gaba a hankali biyo bayan rahoton labarai na
ranar tare da tabbataccen anti-capitalist slant da adalci kalubale ga
gina duniya sabuwa. Kuma tare da sakin kundi na farko na watan Yuni, Now's The
Lokaci (Rounder Records), yana samun harbi a masu sauraron ƙasa.
An yanke shi daga zaman rikodi na kwana huɗu cewa
rubuta waƙoƙi 60, Yanzu Lokaci ya gabatar da lambobi 14 Smith da aka zaɓa
yana nuna faffadan batutuwansa da salonsa. Da muryarsa kawai,
guitar, banjo, da harmonica, Smith yana daidaita tarihin zalunci
na Abner Louima da kuma mummunan harbin da aka yi a filin makaranta a West Paducah, Kentucky
a kan bege da waƙoƙin tarihin rayuwa waɗanda aka tuhume su da manufa ta zamantakewa da a
kira zuwa gwagwarmaya.
Dauke kayan aikin kasuwancinsa ta hanyar ƙaura
aiki a Turai da aikin gona a tsaunukan West Virginia, Smith ya koya
muhimman abubuwan waƙar gargajiya tun kafin ya ji Woody Guthrie, Pete
Seeger, Dylan da Ochs. Kuma tare da waƙar ballad ɗinsa mai ban tsoro, clawhammer banjo
wasa, da ɗaukar yatsa na ruwa, yana ba da babbar shaida ta mai kyau
makaranta. Amma a ƙarshe, iko da gaggawar Zamanin Yanzu yana zaune a ciki
sakon. Daga "It Rose From the Dead," waƙar da ba ta yi ba
da album yanke, Smith ta kullum sha'awar: "Idan kowa ya tambaye ku
'Yaya wannan motsi ya fara?'/ Faɗa muku. Ya fara a cikin zuciyata/ Kuma
ya tashi, ya tashi, ya tashi daga matattu/… bangaskiyata kuma za ta ɗauki ruhuna
ku."