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The first ever comprehensive anthology of Ethio Jazz from unrivaled master Mulatu Astatke -- put together by our heroes at Strut Records -- the same label that released Mulatu's stellar collaboration with the Heliocentrics just a year earlier! Strut picks material from his prime 60s & 70s... read more

60s jazz meets Japanese bamboo flute -- all in a session with a great mix of groovy and exotic touches! The record's a unique meeting of jazz and folkloric elements -- done in a style that's a bit like some of the late 60s sessions of this nature on MPS, but a fair bit groovier overall -- as the... read more

A very cool little project -- an instrumental set that's heavy on string-based instruments -- kind of an electrified string quartet, and one with a pretty funky feel at times too! Group members mix together violin, viola, and percussion with a bit of guitars and bass -- using the instruments... read more

An Afro Funk treasure from the 70s -- a rare album recorded by Pax Nicholas, a singer and percussionist who was part of Fela's legendary Africa 70 band! The album's got a sound that definitely echoes that heritage, but with a groove that's pretty weird too -- more stripped down than most of Fela's... read more

Amazing work from Nomo -- their greatest album so far, and an incredible step forward in styles! Nomo started out as an already-great Afro Funk combo -- but over the past few records, they've picked up a really hip range of musical influences -- spiritual jazz, electronica, Congotronics, and other... read more

Great stuff from global funk phenoms Nomo -- deftly blending Afro steeped funk with an astral reach -- with more of a spiritual jazz influence and off kilter avant touches! Invisible Cities arrives just about a year since their breakthrough Ghost Rock opened so many doors, and although... read more

Mindblowing work from one of the greatest new groups we've heard in years -- Michigan's mighty Nomo, easily one of the greatest Afro Funk combos going! Nomo's got a tightness that surpasses most other heirs to Fela's throne -- an intensely focused energy that's really tremendous -- and which soars... read more

Remixed tracks from Novalima's Coba Coba album -- put together with an even wider range of global influences than the original record! The group get plenty of overseas help here, especially some key input from London mixers -- and many of the grooves are pointed firmly at the dancefloor. Titles... read more

Great instrumental grooves from the Occidental Brothers Dance Band -- a combo who take strong inspiration from older African styles, yet fuse the music into their own unique blend! The group's from Chicago, but clearly have an international ear -- and they work some really special magic with their... read more

A Chicago combo, but one with a very international groove -- a sound that hearkens back to West African grooves of the 70s, played here with a great mix of guitars, percussion, and saxes! Most tunes are recorded with a very spare style that almost sounds classic -- and the vocals from singer Kofi... read more

Dang! These guys just keep on getting better and better -- easily our favorite act on the ESL label these days, serving up a record that really furthers the promise of their previous efforts! As with their last release, there's a heavy dose of Afro Funk in the mix here -- a shifting of the... read more

A double-length set of work from Kola Ogunkoya -- a horn player with Fela back in the day, making some really great music on his own! The CD's divided up into two sections -- and disc one features "FM Foreign Mentality" -- a set of longer tracks that spin out beautifully, with a richly... read more

Massive work from this funky Nigerian cat -- a set that offers up a key mix of James Brown funk and home-grown elements -- all in a blend that's totally unique! The 1970 album mixes together equal parts African highlife and American soul -- making for a style that's heavy one minute, lighter the... read more

A beautiful mix of global grooves and Neo Soul -- put together by bassist Michael Olatuja, but featuring some especially nice vocals from guests who include Lynden David Hall, Ty, Terri Walker, Eska Mtungwazi, and Onaje Jefferson! There's kind of a cosmic jazzy feel to the whole record -- a... read more

An amazing package -- two full albums of work from Olatunji, plus bonus tracks, notes, and vintage photos! The original Drums Of Passion is a classic session of pounding percussion -- quite possibly the most successful entry into this earthy genre that hit the recording scene at the end of the 50s!... read more

A landmark of Afro-centric jazz in the 70s -- and the first album by this famous underground collective! Oneness of Juju were a Washington DC-based group that grew out of the ashes of the Juju avant jazz ensemble -- formed in the culturally rich African-American community of DC in the 70s, with... read more

A landmark of Afro-centric jazz in the 70s -- and the first album by this famous underground collective! Oneness of Juju were a Washington DC-based group that grew out of the ashes of the Juju avant jazz ensemble -- formed in the culturally rich African-American community of DC in the 70s, with... read more

A fantastic record from one of the greatest underground jazz groups of the 70s! Oneness of Juju are perhaps best known for the heavy funk of their first album, African Rhythms, but we're actually partial to this second album -- a warmly spiritual batch of soul jazz tracks, filled with life,... read more

A tremendous compilation of rare work by one of the hippest African groups of the 70s -- the mighty Orchestra Baobab, a combo who wove together many different strands of jazz, funk, and soul! The tunes here are all live ones -- recorded in the mid 70s in the group's home turf at Club Baobab, and... read more

The second volume of rare Afrofunk from Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou from Analog Africa -- a killer set of material recorded at EMI Studios in Lagos, Nigeria for the Albarika Store label -- impeccable sounding and feverishly played by the group! This one's fairly jaw dropping, catching us off... read more

Heavy-jamming Afro Funk from Osibisa -- the group's first 2 albums, back to back in one 2 CD package! Osibisa were one of the most popular Afro Funk groups of their generation -- with a globe-spanning influence that made them as well-received over here in the US as they were in their post-colonial... read more

They certainly got the title right on this one -- because the groove is heavy heavy heavy, and the set is one of the funkiest African collections we've ever stocked! Geraldo Pino's often credited as the man who inspired part of the Fela sound of the 70s -- and Pino was one of the first Africans to... read more

A mighty second serving of classic work from Rail Band -- one of the biggest forces in Mali Music during the 1970s, and for good reason too! This 2CD package focuses most strongly on the "second period" of the group -- their mid 70s run -- but it also includes some key tracks from other... read more

A third selection of work from the golden years of Mali's legendary Rail Band -- and a set that digs even deeper than the first two volumes! Despite being third in the set, this volume features just as wide a range of work as the other two -- mostly material from the 70s, plus a few early 80s... read more

A brilliant pairing of two key figures from the ESP avant scene of the 60s -- united here in a great entry to the Tzadik label's series of "Radical Jewish Culture"! The album features Robinson's spare reeds -- mostly clarinet, plus a bit of flute and ocarina -- matched with Greene's... read more

Lovely work from Tabu Ley, aka Rochereau -- a singer who definitely earns the "voice of lightness" title on this set! Tabu's style isn't light in a soft of mellow way -- but it's got a wonderfully floating sort of quality -- a way of staying on top of the percussion and guitars that back... read more

Amazingly tripped-out work from Indian composer Dilip Roy -- a sometime collaborator with Ananda Shankar, working here in a groove that's amazingly ambitious and complex! The music includes flute, vibes, organ, synthesizer, and more traditional Indian instrumentation -- blended with a bit of... read more

Killer Congolese rhythms from Ry-Co Jazz -- a group with as much of a Latin influence as an African one! The set features classic 60s and 70s work from the ensemble -- grooves that grow beautifully from their Rhythme-Congolais name, with lightly dancing guitar over catchy percussion -- often... read more

Insanely fantastic! Ananda Shankar was one of the hippest sitar players of the 60s -- an artist who was not only steeped in the strongest traditions of Indian music heard in other more mainstream players, but one who also had a keen ear for modder and funkier grooves of the time! This rare... read more

One of the greatest albums ever by one of the most compelling figures in Indian music! Ananda Shankar's been chronicled elsewhere and often on these pages -- so by this point, you probably already know that he's a renegade pioneer who combined funky grooves with sitars and tablas, forging a whole... read more

A double-length set of work from funky sitar player Ananda Shankar -- and a collection that features 2 of his lesser-known albums from the 70s! Musical Discovery of India is a 70s musical tour of Shankar's homeland -- performed with his sitar in the lead, and some very sweet soundtrack-style... read more

Great work from the early days of Indian cinema -- a set that features music from a host of key films of the 50s! Ravi Shankar's music dominates the first half of the collection -- as it features themes composed for films that include Parash Pathar, Apur Sansar, Aparajito, Pather Panchali, and A... read more

A landmark session of world jazz! This is one of the first entries in MPS' "Jazz Meets The World" series -- and it features the quintet of Japanese drummer Hideo Shiraki (featuring a young Terumasa Hino on trumpet), working with additional traditional instrumentation by three female Koto... read more

Folksy work from the legendary George Sibanda -- a big postwar figure on the African music scene -- originally hailing from Zimbabwe, but with an influence felt all over the sub-Saharan part of the continent! George is a heck of a songwriter, and a pretty good guitar player too -- and most of the... read more

A wonderful mix of modes here -- steel drums and jazz, wrapped together in a sound that's quite different than most other work of its nature! Usually, we're not the biggest fans of steel drum records -- because while they might have a few good moments, they've also got plenty of schlock. Not so... read more

Amadou Sodia sings and plays the bolon -- the odd-looking stringed instrument pictured on the front of the album, which makes for some really warm and wonderful notes on the set! The bolon has a sound that's a bit like the kora at points -- open, acoustic, and almost fragile -- but handled with... read more

Somi sings here in English and a few different African languages -- but the set's got all the warmth of a contemporary Neo Soul set -- thanks to really lovely production, and warm, laidback instrumentation that works totally great with her vocals! Somi's approach is often quite subtle -- vocals... read more

Beautiful grooves from The Soothsayers -- music that starts in Afro Funk territory, but also hits some wonderfully jazzy notes too -- taking the tunes way past the obvious, into richly righteous territory of their own! The horn work is really great -- tenor and flute from Idris Rahman, and trumpet... read more

Brixton's Soothsayers self described style of "tangled roots" has always been an appealing blend of Afro-inspired funk, soul, jazz and rhythms -- and they've added another strand this time out, with some reverent reggae and dub sounds! One More Reason could have gone wrong in a number... read more

A wonderful title for this very hip record -- a set that definitely tangles up musical roots by taking inspiration from funk, jazz, and Afro-styled rhythms -- all served up beautifully by this fresh British collective! The album's got a wicked genre-bending sound that we really love -- the kind of... read more

A cool Japanese-only collection of work by the mighty Soothsayers -- one that features some tracks from their Tangled Roots album, alongside other new material, and some hip remixes as well! As on other releases, the vibe here is really unique -- a bit of Afro Funk, a bit of dub, and a lot of... read more

More Afro Funk than the soul jazz you might guess from the group's name -- but that's OK with us, because the record's plenty darn great! Souljazz Orchestra are one of the best of the current wave of Afro combos to hail from Canada -- and they manage to get an incredible full sound from a... read more

A varied blend of rhythmic African grooves and jazz from Source, featuring vocalist Abdoulaye Diabate -- a mix of styles that gives the album a pretty unique vibe -- shifting from rootsier percussion and rhythms, to a tighter, fusiony jazz vibe! The vocals are top notch, from the more melodic, and... read more

An amazing musical discovery -- a group of mostly paraplegic musicians who live in and around the zoo in Kinshasa -- mixing vocals, guitar, and acoustic rhythms with a very unique one-stringed electric lute! The sound is undeniably soulful -- a rich blend of the older vocalists with the energy of... read more

One of the coolest steel bands we've ever heard -- a London-based combo who mix together a wide array of Caribbean rhythms! The group were first brought together as something of an educational effort -- a way to school kids on the post-colonial scene about the rich heritage of rhythms from the... read more

Skin-bending beats from Andre Marie Tala -- a musician whose work has rocked the scene in Cameroon for over 30 years! Tala first got his start with Manu Dibango, who produced some of the first recordings in this collection -- and while you can definitely hear a linage that starts with Dibango's... read more

Brilliant work from two of the most dynamic artists of the past few decades -- coming together here in a really boundary-pushing set of music! Tony Allen got his start with Fela, but has moved on to do some mindblowing work on his own in recent years -- music that really moves far beyond the... read more

Trippy rock from the three Hurel brothers of Turkey -- a fuzzed-up, freaked-out trio that comes off with some great psychedelic touches! The sound here is a great blending of modes -- similar to some of the other Turkish rock from the time that merged electric guitar with folkloric inspirations --... read more

The first album by trippy Turkish trio 3 Hur El -- a great blend of Eastern sounds and western styles -- all coming together with a slightly progressive feel! The instrumentation often includes some heavy basslines underneath lighter lines on acoustic strings -- a blend of folksy and modern that's... read more

Key musical figures in the Touareg independence movement -- and a very hip group of nomads working with a lot of guitars! There's a laidback pulse to the music that might run counter to their political presence, but the music has a very hypnotic feel that pulls you in slowly, then doesn't let go --... read more

A really charming little record -- one that's hard to describe accurately, but which has really won us over! Tipari hail from the isle of Reunion, but they've also got a sound that's a bit contemporary French -- a mix of acoustic guitar, melodica, and percussion -- all wrapped up lightly together,... read more

One of the coolest Afro Funk groups of the 70s -- and an outfit who definitely earn the "poly rhythmic" in their name! TP Orchestre have a jagged, jaunty sound that's totally great -- really playfully rhythmic, in a way that breaks from the mold of most of their 70s contemporaries on the... read more

A really cool little group, and one with a sound that's unlike any we've ever heard before -- a mix of balafon lines and dubby rhythms, served up in a warmly soulful style! The group mix African roots with a bit of funky jazz, but come together with a freshness that's really striking -- a... read more

A heady brew of guitar-driven numbers from Sir Victor Uwaito -- a key force in the Nigerian music scene for many years, and an instrumentalist with a really mindblowing sound! Some of these tracks have Victor playing a weird double-necked guitar, others a straighter version of the electric... read more

A beautiful set of world jazz atmospherics from Collin Walcott -- a set that features his work on sitar and tabla upfront, plus some other great ECM touches from John Abercrombie on guitar, Dave Holland on bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums! The album works a lot better than other sessions of this... read more

Really unique sounds from Zaiko Langa Langa -- a 70s combo from Zaire, with a sound that's a fair bit leaner than some of their contemporaries! The main sounds here come from vocals, guitars, and percussion -- no added horns at all, and even the rhythms are pretty spare too -- leaving most of the... read more

Fuzzy, funky, and freaky -- some really incredible work from Hungarian rocker Sarolta Zalatnay -- an artist with a groove that's a lot easier to get than her name! The work here was recorded in collaboration with 70s groups Locomitiv GT, Metro, Omega, and Skorpio -- all of whom are pretty darn... read more

Seductive grooves from Zap Mama -- a set that's perhaps a bit more laidback than her previous set, but still pretty darn great overall! As before, Marie Daulne's got plenty of help from a wide array of guests -- including Meshell Ndegocello, Michael Franti, Arno, Tony Allen, Dave Samuels, and Leon... read more

Contemporary work from Hermas Zoupula -- a set recorded recently in Burkina Faso, with a gentle groove that's totally great! Hermas sings and plays guitar -- working over light keyboards, bass, and percussion -- all handled in a mode that's slightly contemporary, but never too overly-polished or... read more

One of the most compelling volumes so far in the 10 Corso Como series -- a batch of tracks that's often heavy on music from a variety of global sources -- most of which still have a relatively contemporary feel! The set's not exactly a world music compilation, as it's got more of the style and... read more

20 Years History, but a set that features four decades of music -- tracks from the 70s up through the present, all put together in a very nicely priced 5CD package! The work here is all material handled by the Syllart label of Paris -- recent recordings from the African scene, and older tracks... read more

A long-overdue collection of work -- one that really gets at the unusual appearance of Latin rhythms on the African scene of the postwar years! Latin sounds from Africa are nothing new, but they're one of those things that's always taken for granted, too -- kind of assumed in most discussions of... read more

Jazz-tinged work from the South African scene -- music that definitely recalls the roots of jazz modes first expressed in that scene in the 60s, but which is often presented with some slightly contemporary touches too! Instrumentation is a mix of electric and acoustic elements -- with horns that... read more

A great collection of classic Congolese rhumba work from the 50s and 60s -- music that has some elements of the Cuban style of the genre, but which really takes off on its own in whole new ways! The guitar is an essential part of the rhythms here -- dancing along with percussion at a level that... read more

One of the coolest African collections we've seen in years -- a beautiful assortment of untapped grooves from the 70s, put together with a massive booklet that sets a whole new standard in packaging! The grooves here are different from other Afro Funk collections of the time -- definitely more in... read more

Really wonderful stuff -- a collection of totally unique grooves that won't cross over with any of your other African funk compilations! The focus here is on jazz, not funk or soul -- and the set features a wealth of great tracks pulled from obscure South African records of the late 70s and early... read more

A great collection of tracks -- even if it does suffer from the same sort of embarassing postcolonial colonialism that tinges most of the other Luaka Bop compilations. But once you get past that, the music's pretty darn great -- and the set does a very valuable job of unearthing lost funky and... read more

Get ready to discover a whole new realm of African Funk -- because this collection digs deeper than any we've ever had before! The mighty Soundway Records have come up with a blistering batch of grooves that push way past the bigger hits on the global scene -- to the real roots of the Afro Funk... read more

A well-titled set, given the grooves it's got -- a motherlode of rare Afrobeat numbers from the 60s and 70s -- served up in a variety of styles that really keeps things hopping! Most tracks here are pulled from other Vampi Soul reissues -- and together, they really distill a wide range of African... read more

The fifth volume of Buda's great Angola series examines the most contemporary musical streams of this strife-torn West African nation. Ebullient grooves serve to transcend the violence and instability while beautiful, mournful laments rhapsodize what's been lost. The music on this volume... read more

It's hard to sum up the sound of a continent in such a tiny package -- but the 3CD set is surprisingly rich nonetheless, thanks to a very good track selection, and a tight focus on the hippest material available! The collection mixes both older African grooves with current cuts that represent the... read more

The fantastic follow-up to one of our best-selling titles! Like it's precursor, this second volume to Bombay The Hard Way takes 70s Bollywood brownsploitation film funk tracks and dialogue, and remixes them to pump up the beats, pull out the grooves, and create a more coherent sound overall. ... read more

A journey into the Atlantic coastal music of Colombia -- a mix set of percussion, impassioned vocals, accordion flavored and all together moving rhythmic sounds of the region! If you've heard any of Quantic's Combo Barbaro (if you have not, do it), you know his love for the music of Colombia and... read more

A cool collection of funky grooves from the Caribbean -- tracks that take a strong influence from American soul and funk, then blend it heavily with hip rhythms from the islands! A few of the names here are familiar, but most are relatively obscure -- and put together, the tunes on the set... read more

A trippy set of 60s & 70s grooves from Cambodia -- wild stuff that mixes mod organs, fuzzy guitar, funky drums and a range of psychedelic touches -- a little strange, but always groovy singles! It includes both male and female fronted groups, and it's mad pulpy fun all the way -- with gritty... read more

A selection of rare and rootsy recordings made by Alan Lomax during a legendary journey through the islands of the Caribbean in the early 60s! The package offers up a sampler of the diverse material recorded by Lomax on his trip -- with a whopping 31 tracks broken into islands that include... read more

Haunting work, done with a really unique cultural thesis -- Eastern sounds that had somehow re-emerged in the Caribbean scene of the early 60s -- all recorded in the field by landmark musicologist Alan Lomax! There's elements here of Indian music, Hindu songs, Muslim drumming, and more -- and the... read more

Fuzzy, r&b fueled, raw and rocking garage numbers from late 60s Africa -- with Nuggets style jams, surf rock styled numbers, psyche gems, and pulpy soul from Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Madagascar and more! The sets a real eye opener, to say the least -- and on top of being an excellent... read more

Pre-independence music from British colonies that include Kenya and Rhodesia, plus sounds from Portuguese East Africa and the Belgian Congo as well! Given the range of regions, there's a range of styles going on here too -- but much of the instrumentation begins with a strongly percussive bass,... read more

The title means "confusion" -- but the set's a very unified one -- a wonderful project that puts older Angolan music in the hands of contemporary Brazilian producers! As you might imagine, the sound here is quite unique -- an Atlantic-crossing blend of genres that also has the added... read more

Killer work from the Syllart catalog of the 70s -- tunes that are neither rumba, nor rock -- but a strange hybrid of a number of different elements! Almost all the tracks here have a pronounced electric part -- not really fuzzy, or rockish -- but often played in a highly rhythmic way that also... read more

A really wonderful compilation -- one that shows the deeper sides of Rich Medina and Bobbito! As the title indicates, the set's filled with modern Afro and Latin-styled grooves -- contemporary cuts that draw heavily on the rhythms of the past -- and which always keep things tilted towards the... read more

A night in Havana, served up in a host of classic Cuban grooves! Despite the date range in the title, most of the music here is from the mid 50s -- that great pre-Revolution time when Cuban music was really undergoing a lot of changes -- getting some key modern elements in the mix, not to mention... read more

A great look at the classic years of Cuban son -- put together with a whopping 49 tracks in all, and a massive full color booklet with notes in French, English, and Spanish! The set's overflowing with key recordings in the famous son style -- a romantic blend of rural elements and urban... read more

Cuban Pearls galore -- a great collection of danzones and charangas from mid-century Cuba -- brought together in a set that not only serves as a wonderful introduction to the music, but which should also offer plenty to long-time fans of Latin music too! As with other volumes in this series, there'... read more

One of the coolest sets so far in the Cuban Pearls series -- not the straight set of Latin Jazz you might guess from the title, but a creatively compiled collection that shows a really great evolution in Cuban music during the mid-century years! There's lots of great vintage material here -- a... read more

An amazing world of music -- rare funk, soul, reggae, and other grooves from Belize -- all beautifully compiled in the rich Numero Music style! We're really stunned by the set -- as we had no idea at all that Belize had anything going on at this level -- and the collection is an amazing surprise... read more

Heavy funk from the Bahamas -- a whole bunch of groups that will show you that Nassau had a lot more to offer than The Beginning Of The End! The groove here is totally wonderful -- somewhat like American funk of the late 60s and early 70s, but served up with some very unusual rhythmic patterns too... read more

A cool mix of African grooves and New York downtown experiments from the early 80s! For us folks in the US, the Celluloid label was home to some of the best Afro Funk and crossover African styles during the early 80s -- carrying the torch where other labels from the 70s had faltered, and arriving... read more

Stunning stuff from the early 70s -- one of the richest moments in the history of Ethiopian popular music! Haile Sellassie's reign was nearing its end, and the country was in the grip of a new renaissance of modernist ideas. To the rest of us, this means that the music scene was absorbing and... read more

One of the best volumes in this series -- especially because it includes a number of tracks by the legendary Mulatu of Ethiopia! The overall feel is much more jazzy than the others, and there's even a few tracks that have a nice funky sound. 14 cuts in all -- including "Yekermo Sew",... read more

One of the oddest and most wonderful volumes in this great series of rare Ethiopian music! Tigrigna Music is sung in the Tigrigna language -- which is here interwoved with excellent off-kilter guitar parts, some of them twangy and weird, others tight and folkloric. Underneath the whole thing,... read more

Another great volume of Ethiopiques! Volume 7 of Ethiopiques series is another expanded re-issue of an LP by Mahmoud Ahmed originally released in 1975. Though there seems to be an abundance of songs by Ahmed from 1975 on volumes 1 and 3, we can't find any overlap with the songs on this album. ... read more

The 9th volume in this incredible series -- and they're still going strong! The groove here is a mixture of funky tunes and more jazz-driven numbers -- wonderful work from Ethiopia in the early 70s, with a range of influences that's incredibly hard to describe. There's bits of James Brown funk,... read more

Excellent stuff -- even if this volume isn't as funky as other numbers in the Ethiopiques series! Instead, the tracks are soulful and bluesy numbers -- half vocal, half instrumental tunes, with a really dark approach, and backings that are spare and extremely haunting. The vocalists are amazing --... read more

One of our favorite compilations in this amazing series -- a killer batch of 70s funk from Ethiopia! The instrumental grooves are very much in the style of the best American work at the time -- like tracks by James Brown or Kool & The Gang -- but the vocals have this amazing other-worldly feel... read more

One of the most striking volumes of this great series -- a special edition of Ethiopiques that focuses on the mad saxophone work of Getachew Makurya! The recordings on this set are all from 1972 -- and they feature the deep-toned Mekurya blowing in a strange and otherworldly tone, usually over... read more

Another striking volume in the always-great Ethiopiques series -- this one a recent concert, done in honor of, and in the style of, the music on the previous volumes! The set was recorded in Addis Ababa in 2001, and is filled with some really great rhythms, snakey grooves, and some ultra-cool sax... read more

A wonderful testament to the strength of Ethiopian music in the face of hardship -- most recently, that of war, economic collapse, AIDS, and other factors that have all impinged upon the forces that help foster the nation's music scene. Swinging Addis may be no more, but the work on this CD shows... read more

A beautiful set of solo piano work by Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou -- probably the most delicately melodic material to date in the wonderful Ethiopiques series! Pianist-composer Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou has an extraordinary personal history. She is a daughter of the heralded Ethiopian intellectual the... read more