Before she became famous as a singer and krar (traditional lyre) player, Asnatqèch Wèrqu was known as an actress and a dancer. At a very young age she...
A surprising gathering of Ethiopian, French and Dutch musicians, Jump to Addis presents an exhilarating blend of Abyssinian tradition, jazz revisited and...
The Ethiopiques reissue series is excellent and we recommend you buy them all - but if your budget doesn't stretch to 21 CDs and counting then this is...
Tazeta - Ethiopian Blues and Ballads One of the best titles in this ESSENTIAL reissue series of Ethiopian music from the sixties and seventies! Highly...
Mahmoud Ahmmed - Ere Mela Mela 1975 Another ace compilation of obscure Ethiopian music in this essential series, this time from the superb Mahmoud Ahmed!...
For a long time downplayed and deprived of any recognition whatsoever, Oromo music is one of the liveliest amongst Ethiopians musical traditions. Volume...
Beautifully presented double CD with a fully illustrated booklet!
Here is a remarkable archive -- the first commercial recording of Ethiopian music,...
Originally wandering minstrels who roamed the old Abyssinian countryside, many Azmaris settled down after the founding of Addis Ababa just over a century...
Mahmoud Ahmed has proved the star vocalist in the Ethiopique catalogue - he has invented a world of uncertain borders, an improbable mix of Eastern-African...
Soul Jazz Records’ new Punk 45 release documents the first radical underground punk bands to come out of France including Metal Urbain (the first group...
The Swinging Addis scene of the 1960s and early 1970s, before the military takeover, was a period of intense experimenting that encompassed the traditional...
As was the case with Ethiopiques 1 and 3, this 24th CD in the Ethiopiques collection presents a selection of powerful pieces from the historical Amha...
Orchestra Ethiopia was a flexible group of around a dozen musicians, who between 1963 and 1975 led a revival of interest in the country’s traditional...
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With excellent sleevenotes by Lloyd Bradley (author of the classic book Bass Culture - When Reggae Was King (Penguin)) this album is dedicated...