 Richard Elliott - 07.07.2010  Mulatu Astatke has become increasingly well-known outside his native Ethiopia during the last decade. His “Ethio-jazz” provided the focus for Volume 4...
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| Frances Morgan - 17.05.2010 There's something magical, glamourous, about tuned percussion - perhaps it's the slight overtone on each note; perhaps it's the fluidity, the constant...
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| Tyler Fisher - 11.05.2010 Ethiopian jazz artist Mulatu Astatke’s Mulatu Steps Ahead is his first solo work in twenty years, which is big news for any jazz fans out there, altho...
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| Samuel Breen - 22.04.2010 Mulatu Astatke is on the radar. Thanks to Stones Throw Records, Astatke is cool. If he was on World Circuit he wouldn’t be as cool. If Soundway or Sou...
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| Janne Oinonen - 16.04.2010 Collaborations between veteran artists and younger disciples can be an awkward fit. The main attraction’s legendary reputation can so very easily stif...
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Sam Smith - 15.04.2010  Mulatu Astatke is the father of Ethio-jazz. Born in 1943, he has had a varied career as a musician and arranger, working with Duke Ellington in the 19...
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| Mark Hudson - 07.04.2010 Level" content="4" />...
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| Colin Irwin - 29.03.2010 On the back of his highly acclaimed 2009 collaboration with London-based astral funk group The Heliocentrics– album of the year in Gilles Peterson’s W...
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| Joe Tangari - 29.03.2010 In the late 1960s and early 70s, Mulatu Astatke was one of the driving forces behind the transformation of the Ethiopian music scene from one of state...
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| Andy Gill - 26.03.2010 Following his 2008 collaboration with The Heliocentrics, Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke's star has risen appreciably, with last October's New Yo...
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