Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 2 (Vinyl LP) Rock N Roll & 50s

Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 2 (Vinyl LP) Rock N Roll & 50sAlmayhu Esht is no less than one of the great voices of the heyday of modern Ethiopian music, the swinging sixties which, in this country, went on until the fall of the Emperor Haile Sellassie 1 in 1974. On a par with Tlahoun Gssss, Bzunsh Bql or Mahmoud Ahmed, Almayhu is a star at the top level of the constellation that once lit up the wild nights in the capital.

playing with Erskine Hawkins and Wild Bill Davis

Three years in the making

Fully restored and remastered with great attention to sound quality

there's no shortage of exploratory

and Wainwright's audience did not expand beyond that of a small

Igbe again shows Fela breaking cultural taboos by singing literally and figuratively about 'shit'

is no Jack Bruce either

the new album showcases an organic feel from the rolling hand drums and meandering guitars of album opener 'Toumast Tincha' chants to the galloping beats of the forward-marching 'Chaghaybou

All of this is locked together by Watson’s visceral swing

and is co-owner of Jazz Is Dead

TIME Magazine

Five long tracks filled with hypnotic hi life grooves and many funk inflections that go way beyond lots of standard riffing of modern Afro Funk