Laughing Matter

Laraaji will perform at Seattle First Baptist Church on Saturday, May 18.by Lindsay CostelloIf you’re acquainted with avant-garde music history, you might already know the story. One day in 1979, Brian Eno happened upon Laraaji meditatively busking with an electric zither in Washington Square Park and scrawled a short note inviting him to collaborate. Equally present in the online sphere is the counterpoint that Laraaji “discovered” Eno that day, a sentiment I tend to agree wit