Jill Turner enjoys a musical road map of Ethiopia, discovering a musical Eden full of treasures as Gogol Bordello bass man, Tommy T, inspired by the legend of Prester John, leaves the harsh punky Balkan sounds behind as he explores his own Ethiopian roots in The Prester John Sessions
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New Release for Mulatu Astatke and 
on Strut Records. Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a global audience and a new, younger generation of fans. 
Jaqui Wickes reviews the latest in Strut Records’ ‘Inspiration Information’ collaborations which brings together Ethiopian Jazz Master, Mulatu Astatke and UK based music collective Heliocentrics to create a veritable smorgasbord of musical styles and sounds. 
