THE PIANO SELECTION
EMAHOY TSEGUE-MARYAM GUEBRO - ETHIOPIQUES 21: ETHIOPIA SONG
The Ethiopiques series, possibly via Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers, has helped to create in-roads into East African music for many Western ears. The pick of the bunch is Volume 21, this wonderful compilation of sombre and tender pentatonic piano solos, from an Ethiopian aristocrat who was never able to build on her incredible talent, and instead became a nun. (artwork: Jack Garnier)