Originally wandering minstrels who roamed the old Abyssinian countryside, many Azmaris settled down after the founding of Addis Ababa just over a century...
For a long time downplayed and deprived of any recognition whatsoever, Oromo music is one of the liveliest amongst Ethiopians musical traditions. Volume...
Soul Jazz Records’ new release Black Fire! New Spirits! is a deluxe double CD (and limited triple LP) exploring deep, radical and spiritual jazz in the...
This is AWESOME!! Wow! The excellent Sound Way records have surpassed themselves with this, the second part of a planned trio of Nigeria-focused compilations....
Beautifully presented double CD with a fully illustrated booklet!
Here is a remarkable archive -- the first commercial recording of Ethiopian music,...
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Featuring: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Roland Kirk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice...
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...
Classic Richard Evans production at the mighty Chess Records from 1967. featuring mainstay of the label Ramsey Lewis in full flow along with Cleveland...
The Swinging Addis scene of the 1960s and early 1970s, before the military takeover, was a period of intense experimenting that encompassed the traditional...
A side 'Coiled' has received airplay from Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC Radio 1 Experimental as well as from Distance on Rinse.fm, and it's not difficult to see...