Electric Vocuhila: the French quartet with taste, and talent, for African rhythms
Electric Vocuhila: the French quartet with taste, and talent, for African rhythms
Electric Vocuhila combine the spirit of free-jazz legend Ornette Coleman with driving urban guitar rhythms like tsapiky ... Read more
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Cult 1984 album 'Sons of Ethiopia' enchants new audiences in 2020
Cult 1984 album 'Sons of Ethiopia' enchants new audiences in 2020
Admas, a quartet of young Ethiopian musicians living in exile in Washington DC, had a ball recording an album of synth-h... Read more
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Ennio Morricone: a tribute to the late maestro
Ennio Morricone: a tribute to the late maestro
Italian composer Ennio Morricone was famed for his film scores but his work straddled jazz, pop, psychedelia as well as ... Read more
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Hachalu Hundessa: the Oromo singer who helped transform politics in Ethiopia
Hachalu Hundessa: the Oromo singer who helped transform politics in Ethiopia
"Everyday I walk in this city, I know I walk alongside death," singer Hachalu Hundessa said just days before he was shot... Read more
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Mugogo!: electronic music from the coast of Kenya
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