Hugh Masekela?s trumpet becomes a mining drill in ?Songs of Migration,? the tuneful, quietly stirring musical tribute running through Saturday at the Kennedy Center?s Terrace Theater.
True, the internationally renowned musician?s horn does not literally transform into a piece of machinery. But as Masekela discusses the laborers who have historically traveled from far-flung regions to toil in South African mines, he pumps his trumpet as though it were a drill chipping away at rock. When he refers to the miners? daily descent below ground, he lets the word ?deep? ring out for several seconds, in an anguished, falling cry.
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