This will be Dub Colossus only UK show this year, supported by the excellent Krar Collective. Dub Colossus was inspired by meeting, writing and working with singers and musicians in Addis Ababa in August 2006. A collaboration between Dubulah (Nick Page) and an amazing array of musicians covering Azmari and traditional styles as well as the popular singing styles of the 60s and 70s.... It seeks to combine the golden years of ethiopique beats and ethiojazz with the dub reggae styles of early 70s reggae groups like the Abyssinians, Mighty Diamonds and so on, along with a hint of Sun Ra...” Read more »

Transglobal Underground founder member Count Dubullah (aka Nick Page) blends Ethiopian traditional music, 60s and 70s Ethiojazz and the dub reggae sound of the Abyssinians, the Mighty Diamonds and Sun Ra, with a 12-piece band featuring, direct from Ethiopia, 'Mimi' Zenebe (‘the Ethiopian Edith Piaf’), Tsedenia Gebremarkos (Best East African Female Singer, Kora Awards), Teremage Woretow (on Mesenqo, one-string fiddle), Ethiojazz pianist Samuel Yirga, and Feleke Hailu (judge of Ethiopian Idol). Read more »