The most renown and the
firebrand political singer of the current era of Konkani Stage Francis de Tuem
recently released his 13th Konkani Album in the form of Audio CD
consisting of 13 powerful songs all composed by Francis de Tuem only and
rendered besides by him, also by Lawry Travasso, Marcus Vaz, Xavier Gomes and
comedian Richard. Musical score was
beautifully provided by Joaquim D’souza and his troupe.
It is very difficult to
say which is the best song among the 13 since all the songs are equally
best. But all these songs especially the
political ones are composed with thorough research. To compose such songs the composer needs to
have full knowledge of the subject and that Francis de Tuem is having such a
powerful knowledge was proved by the way he composed these songs.
The title song “GST” is
such that it makes mockery of Modi for fooling the people of the country by
sucking the blood of the poor by introducing the GST and also introducing
Demoneytisation.
In the second song
“Facebook and Whats app” Francis the Tuem laments the misuse of social media as
it was informed thru this that Remo Fernandes died when this was not true. He
said this venue should not be used for mischief.
The third song very
beautifully and with serenity rendered by Francis de Tuem describing the life
of Padr Agnel while the next song Modko a trio by Francis de Tuem-Lawry
Travasso –Comedian Richard is worth admiring.
The next song on
killing of Gauri Lankesh the renowned journalist in Bangalore was worth listening
and worth admiring too. In this song Francis de Tuem describes how the fanatics
are trying to silence the free voice. In the next song “ Pordesantle
Goenkar” Francis de Tuem raises the issue of giving the facility of dual
citizenship to these Goans while indicating so many other countries are giving
this facility to their citizens. In the next solo “Khuris” the singer Francis de
Tuem raises the issue of Cross desecrating done recently and how the
authorities made an scapegoat of an innocent person. The “Beef” is the other song which highlight the
dadagiri of BJP of controlling the eating habbits of the minorities. Ram Rahim is another powerful song which
gives full ugly account of the Head of the Ashram and how he was involved in
raping the virgin girls under his command, in the name of his religious belief.
The next song “Devosponn”
by Xavier Gomes describes the ill effect of the transparent dress used by our
ladies in the religious places just as the late Jacinto Vaz indicated in his
solo “Nylonache Lugot”. “Hindu Rashtra” is another powerful song where the
singer showed his condemnation against those fundamentalists who showed open
discriminations on Christians. The
singer powerfully said that Chritians are also patriotic people and how
some of them have done a great job in the service of the nation. “Kalakaranche
Sacrifice” in this trio Xaier-Marcus – Francis de Tuem describes how much sacrifices
the Tiatists are doing in the promotion of this art. Some of them have even acted in the Tiaros
when their own people were declared dead and their dead bodies were lying in
the Coffin at their residences. This is
a very interesting and informative song.
The next solo “Abghat”
by Lawry Travasso describes the pathetic story of the picnickers who lost their
precious lives while they were involved in fun and frolic during the Picnic. And the last song rendered by Francis de Tuem “Fotting”
describes Parricar as aliar.
According to me this is
the best Audio CD of recent time and as such no Goan should miss it. Congratulations to Francis de Tuem and his
colleagues and Musicians to too.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
