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 »
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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 
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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. GondwanaSound: other content and links
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