A performance of The Nile Project. Credit: Matjaz Kacicnik/YES! Magazine. All rights reserved.
It starts with a drum, a line from the bass, or a few notes from the oud. At some point there is saxophone and guitar, the riq tambourine, and the cane flute known as the kawala. More instruments and voices join in, weaving one song from many elements. People in the audience are grinning, and by the end of the evening they're on their feet, dancing.
