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News 26 May 2012 2 min read

He reunited with the audience at the Mohammed V Theatre: Vigon, Back to the roots

He reunited with the audience at the Mohammed V Theatre: Vigon, Back to the roots
Who would have imagined that Abdelghafour Mohsine, alias Vigon, would find the R'bati public again after half a century of absence?Indeed, it is in Rabat where he was born 72 years ago, that he revealed himself before leading a career as a singer and musician in France and everywhere in the world.This time, Vigon returned to his roots: rock'n'roll and rhythm'n'blues, which carved out a nice place for themselves on the stage of the Mohammed V Theatre where he had not performed for decades."As if it were yesterday," noted Vigon, very moved, to evoke these reunions with the public of the capital and all the visitors to Rabat at the end of spring marked by shows in all directions within the framework of the "Mawazine Rhythms of the World" Festival.The good old days are therefore back for the man who roamed the streets of the Medina and the Ocean district in the early 60s, and who has found…

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