Mama Kandy - The Whitening
Mama Kandy - The Whitening
Mama Kandy is the meeting of Guillaume Allardi, actor, musician, and poet, and Didier Bouchet, guitarist, bassist, ukulele player, among other things. From their meeting in 2017, significant discussions blossom; they talk about blues, voodoo sorcery, punk spirit, their love for old guitars, and analog sound. Then, they start playing... Mama Kandy becomes a journey through the states through the music of slaves, outcasts, and the overlooked, whether they be black, white, or red. From blues close to the ground with the voices of T. van Zandt, L. Cohen, Hoyt Haxton, Woody Guthrie, and original compositions.
In the language of blues, The Whitening speaks about life being mistreated, inside our souls and outside in all that is alive. It addresses our desire to change and everything that prevents us, the changes we expect, and those that overwhelm and truly transform us.
When things finish burning, they become ashes, white and light like snow crystals. At the end of darkness, there is whiteness. But sometimes, one must flirt with madness, dare violence, go to the extreme of the unreasonable, and lose everything to find, where it was least expected, that moment of emptiness and clarity at the end of the darkest hours.