Ethio-jazz’s Anbessa Orchestra Aim For a Better Day on “Tch’elema” (premiere)
Urgent new track "Tch'elema" sees Brooklyn's Anbessa Orchestra expressing a chaotic moment through Ethio-jazz sounds.
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The Best World Music of 2018
Here they are, soft-spoken and hard-edged alike: a rich slice of some of this year's best musical offerings from across a wide and increasingly well-connected world.
Anbessa Orchestra Offers Up Some Swinging Ethio-jazz on “Gurage” (premiere)
Lead guitarist Nadav Peled's opening licks evoke the grit of early rock and roll, warmed by horns that sound straight out of the golden age of Ethio-jazz.