Theunearthing and compiling of hidden wonders of world jazz and funk takes a hugestep forward with the release of TheStory of Ethio Jazz, a long-over...
Joe Tangari - 07/12/2009
Ethio jazz. That's what Mulatu Astatke called his style of music when he invented it back in the 1960s, and it means exactly what it implies: Ethiopia...
Art Levy - 23/11/2009
"Basically, I think there's no difference between music and science, “ Mulatu Astatke told Tel Aviv’s Haaretz in 2006. “The musician...
Bill Meyer - 23/11/2009
This album?s subtitle, ?The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975,? might give one pause. After all, it?s only the work of one man, vibes and keyboard player ...
Deanne Sole - 17/11/2009
English-speaking listeners staring at the name Mulatu Astatke and thinking, “Who’s this” will, if they have seen Bill Murray hangdogging his wa...
Mark Hudson - 13/11/2009
It was the epic Ethiopiques series that introduced us to the hidden world of Ethiopian music. These 23 meticulously researched and beautifully packa...
John Donnelly - 08/11/2009
Ethio jazz is the latest obscure genre to be dusted off and presented to a probably none-too-excited public by Strut Records. Credited as its founder...
Clive Davis - 08/11/2009
One album destined to find its way onto the end-of-year Top 10s is the Ethiopian bandleader’s mesmerising encounter with the Heliocentrics (revi...
Jon Lusk - 03/11/2009
Fans of vintage Ethiopian music will know Mulatu Astatke – also spelled Astatqé – as the most mercurial and accessible figure unear...
debug - 26/01/2010
In einer Zeit voller unnötiger Revivals, die nicht der Inspiration sondern dem Marketing entspringen, ist Mulatu Astatke ein wahrer Segen. Nachdem sei...