anbessa orchestra

/ 14 October 2019

Urgent new track "Tch'elema" sees Brooklyn's Anbessa Orchestra expressing a chaotic moment through Ethio-jazz sounds.

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/ 28 November 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.

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Anbessa Orchestra Offers Up Some Swinging Ethio-jazz on “Gurage” (premiere)

Adriane Pontecorvo

/ 2 March 2018

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.