From Addis Ababa to Boston
Mulatu Astatke‘s mesmerizing soundtrack for the film “Broken Flowers” brought him a new generation of fans. But the Ethiopian musical icon has spent the last 50 years bridging western jazz with Ethiopia’s indigenous sounds. Gideon D’Arcangelo first met up with him in Addis Ababa.
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