A Town Called Addis

A TOWN CALLED ADDIS, brought to Edinburgh in association with Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records, features the best musical talent from Ethiopia. Count Dubulah and his nine piece band will transport you to the music halls and night clubs of Addis Ababa, in a show that features a stunning range of musical styles from traditional Azmari songs to Ethio-jazz, 70s reggae to 90s afropop.

Vocalist Sintayehu ‘Mimi’ Zenebe, known as the Ethiopian Edith Piaf, invites you to dance into the African night with a new generation of great Ethiopian musicians supported by ex members of Jamiroquai and Asian Dub Foundation.

The album A TOWN CALLED ADDIS reached No. 1 in world music charts earlier this year. The band has already wowed the crowds with sell-out gigs at the Barbican and the Glastonbury Festival, and Count Dubulah was nominated for the Songlines/WOMAD ‘best newcomer’ award.

Links

Listen to Dub Colossus on MySpace
Real World Records: A TOWN CALLED ADDIS

Cast

1/ Tsedenia Gebre-Markos : Vocals
2/ Sintayehu Zenebe (Mimi) : Vocals
3/ Feleke Hailu : Tenor Sax
4/ Samuel Yirga : Keyboards
5/ Teremage Woretaw : Massinko
6/ Dr Das: Bass (ex Asian Dub Foundation)
7/ Nick Van Gelder: Drums(ex Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies)
8/ Ben Somers: Tenor and Baritone Sax (Dr John)
9/ Dubulah: Guitar (ex Transglobal Underground-Temple of Sound)