UK Live Dates

UK live Dates

Ethiopiques Live at the Barbican Hall

Featuring:
Mahmoud Ahmed, Mulatu Astatqe, Getachew Mekurya, Alemayehu Eshete + The Either Orchestra

27 June 2008 / 20:00

Tickets: £15 / 20 / 25 subject to availability

The first UK live show by this astonishing selection of Ethiopian soul and funk artists, whose compilation CD The Very Best of Ethiopiques (Manteca) was one of the World Music sensations of 2007.

Mahmoud Ahmed (Africa Award winner, 2007 BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards) is one of the best-known of these artists outside Ethiopia. Arranger and composer Mulatu Astatqé has led the way in African-jazz crossovers, saxophonist Gétatchèw Mèkurya, pioneered free jazz and Alèmayèhu Eshèté is one of the most prolific singers in Ethiopian recorded music.

This will be the first time these four artists have performed together outside of Ethiopia. Come and find out why they've generated a global cult following.

For this unmissable concert, they’re backed by the Grammy nominated US-based Either Orchestra

serving up sizzling big band funk, soul and jazz work outs.

‘The African sound that has built up the biggest following among musicians outside the continent in recent years is Ethiopian dance music - especially that from the "golden age" of the 1960s and early 70s’ – The Guardian.

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Raf : Excellent grooves. At last, someone is bringing this music out into the open. monkeyboxer : This is some serious stuff! dope beats and breaks for any beat head!!! Vincent carpentier : This is great music and this is the perfect compilation to spread the word mark davis : recommended in straight no chaser, definately see why. a must have for the collection. Mulu Ken : I'm crazy about Ethiopian music and really pleased more people are finding out about it. Keval : very mesmerising. will be looking out for the album Zekre Neger : This indeed a sound from the heavens through music. Olo : these grooves are really hypnotic. a very special mix of styles with that recognizable, underlying mellow sound. i liked the series before, but this one really keeps You listening to the last second... aquarium drunkard : is there a US release?

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The Very Best of Ethiopiques e-card Just wanted to let you know about a very special new CD, ‘The very best of Ethiopiques’, features a uniquely Ethiopian take on jazz, funk and soul from the 60s and 70s. You’ll love it, as do Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Damon Albarn and Brian Eno. If you'd like to hear what all the fuss is about, check out www.ethiopiques.info `some of the most blistering big band funk, soul and jazz work outs, when Addis was as hot as Muscle Shoals' (Mojo 4 stars) ` almost every track is thrillingly addictive ' (Uncut 5 stars) `a well-focused, illuminating insight into the richness of Ethiopian music through 28 tracks of mesmerizing playing and singing' (The Wire) `Smouldering jazz from the moodiest midnight dive, wild jabbering vocals that make Little Richard quite polite, mighty soul brass, ancient dusty lyres, lonely pianos, the most convoluted time signatures ever' (fROOTS)
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