Music Review: 'Ethiopiques' from Various Artists

NPR

Published June 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Music critic Banning Eyre looks at the latest additions to the Ethiopiques series of CDs. Volumes 17 and 18 focus on the rich musical tradition of Ethiopia from the 1960s through the present.

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