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With his first album in 10 years, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, recorded in both London and Addis Ababa, 81 year-old Mulatu Astatke, native of Jimma, Ethiopia and father of Ethio jazz, reimagines a portion of ...

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Guitarist and singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler, the South African recording artist who has been inspiring audiences since his international breakthrough in the mid-1980s, will be performing with the ...