Speaking of the Ethio-Jazz he created while studying music at Berklee in Boston, and later collaborating with great Jazz musicians in New York City in the 1960s, Mulatu Astake, said, "I always believed we should bring it back home to Africa, and things should come from Africa to the rest of the … [Read more...]
Exotic Ethiopian Music — Funky, Soul Jazz With A Distinctly Ethiopian Flavor
Check out this article because it will turn you onto some of the most hypnotic, irresistible, exotic grooves you've ever heard! The intoxicating music of Ethiopia is like nothing else. The 60s & 70s in Addis Ababa saw a cultural flourishing of magnificent music based on traditional Ethiopian music, … [Read more...]