I am very interested in this. The only thing I have heard aobut
Ethiopian music was that when Tom Waits started to change musical direction
in 1982-3, he was listening to alot of Ethiopian music and Captain
Beefheart. ALso, I downloaded a song called,
Burundi Black
Which is the same background drumming that Joni used on The Jungle Line.
Some producer, placed a synth bassline and keyboard line on top of it, but
it is fun to listen to.
Blair
Tell me where I could find the ethiopian cds, i would love to purchase them.
:)
np:Burundi Black
>From: Tyler Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Tyler Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: for your listening pleasure NJC
>Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:18:42 -0800 (PST)
>
>NJC here, but I just got to share this wonderful new
>music I've just discovered...
>Did anyone on this list catch the radio program
>'Afropop Worldwide' on NPR on Feb 16th? I heard only
>a portion-I was driving to dinner (a great noodle
>place in Chicago's Chinatown) and had it on in the
>car. they were playing Eithiopian music, and the
>selections I heard were fabulous! Imagine if you can
>equal parts psychedelic, '70's James Brown/Funkadelic
>funk and middle eastern music blended together. The
>performer's name was Mahmoud Ahmed, and after some
>searching, managed to aquire a couple of discs on
>Saturday. I'm loving this stuff! There's a series of
>discs released by the French label Buda Musique titled
>"Eithiopiques". I picked up vol. 3, which is a
>compilation of various artists, and vol. 6, which is a
>Mahmoud Ahmed lp originally released in 1973. Both are
>great, and both are a delicious blend of soul and
>middle eastern sounds. Extensive liner notes tell the
>history of Eithiopian pop,and fascinating it is. too
>much to go into here.
>Has anyone else heard this stuff? Do you know where i
>can get more of it?
>
>Nothng about Joni in this post, but I get the feeling
>there's a lot of people on this list with broad tastes
>in music, and thought you might find this interesting.
>Tyler
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