Recording: The Ethiopia Perspective Collective

Artist: The Ethiopia Perspective Collective^*

Song: Musicawi Silt (Wallias Band cover, arr. Girma Woldemichael)

Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio ("Ethiopia: A Musical Perspective"), February 11, 2011.

The Ethiopia Perspective Collective - Musicawi Silt

Full review to follow. Well, it's early in the year, but so far this one sets the bar that everything else is gonna get measured against. There was a series of fabulous vocalists, but let's just pay tribute to the all-star backing band for now with this classic. This show is going to be broadcast by the CBC (on Radio One's "Big City Small World" on February 25 and Radio Two's "Canada Live" on February 28th) so consider this just a brief taste of the complete perspective for now.

^* I threw this down as a moniker because the while the show had a name, there wasn't really one for the group. But with a modified version being remounted for Luminato (3 P.M. on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at David Pecaut Square), the group now has the name "Abyssinian Roots".