Ethiopian Music

The Way To Nice - Mulatu Astatke (Mulatu Steps Ahead)

Jazz is freedom in music. That’s the sentiment of Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke. The East African country once had a Golden Age of Jazz in the 1960s. But it vanished under a Marxist dictatorship that lasted almost three decades I recently visited the country and discovered the musical genre is experiencing a slow revitalization. This story originally aired on WBGO 88.3 FM.

Ethiopian Music

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