Mouraine
Sat., Oct. 1, Palomino, downstairs
Still buzzing about his track getting played at the recent Raptors exhibition game in his Edmonton hometown, Sudan-born Mouraine prowls the basement stage, barely avoiding it’s low ceiling with his ever-bobbing head, like an impatient point guard eyeing a route to the net, determined to break free. Mouraine’s urgent raps are made all the more so as he cajoles and commands the audience to come closer to the stage as he balances on monitors and spits rhymes with the intensity of a warning. Eventually, he’s into the crowd as his DJ pumps the beats and he passes and pounces from one corner of the crowd to the other. Mouraine almost grabs the crowd by its collective collar as he dares a roomful of now-new fans to listen and sing along.
Bilingual rap, fresh-sounding, old-time country highlight Breakout West festival
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