Product Review

Like Ethiopiques 1 and 3, this CD presents a selection of powerful pieces from the
historical Amha Records catalog. We meet again with such artists as Ayal©w M¨sfin,
G©tatch¨w Kassa, and S¨yfou Yohannes; and are introduced to other artists as yet
unreleased or hardly known in the West, among them Menelik W¨snatch¨w, Seyoum
G¨br¨y¨s, Tamrat Molla, and Wubsh¨t Fisseha. Bonus tracks include two pieces by a
young Mulatu Astatq©, recorded in the early sixties when he was under the influence
of the Latin and Caribbean scene of a burgeoning swinging London, as well as two
pieces by The Ashantis, a highly influential Kenyan band from the early 70s.