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- Summary: The debut full-length album from the Boston-based Ethiopian jazz pop band led by Danny Mekonnen and Bruck Tesfaye was produced by Gogol Bordello's bassist Thomas Gobena.
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- Record Label: Next Ambiance
- Genre(s): International
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Aug 21, 2012This is brave, beautiful music that can appeal to just about everybody with either a working brain or an ass to shake. If you have both, this should be your next new obsession.
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Jul 23, 2012Everything here, though, feels strangely organic and effortlessly joyful.
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Jul 23, 2012The band acquits itself amazingly well, mixing in a few originals with a well-chosen selection of Golden Age songs, folk tunes, and Azmari troubadour songs.
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MagnetAug 23, 2012The band is beyond tight, and not only does singer Bruck Tesfaye possess the requisite mellifluous diction, he has an impassioned delivery that reaches effortlessly across language barriers to collar anyone ready for a good time and haul them willingly onto the dance floor. [No.90, p.58]
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Jul 23, 2012It captures the band's rambunctious, not-especially-reverent approach to Ethio-jazz.
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Jul 23, 2012An enticing invitation to the group's live performance, sure, but often no more.