{"id":1428,"date":"2020-05-30T01:05:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T01:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/site2\/?page_id=1428"},"modified":"2020-12-07T03:16:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T03:16:43","slug":"abyssinian-roots-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/artists\/abyssinian-roots-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia: A Musical Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1428\" class=\"elementor elementor-1428\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72ce981 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72ce981\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-228e3b0\" data-id=\"228e3b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01dc382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01dc382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Abissinianbanner1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Abissinianbanner1.png 620w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Abissinianbanner1-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcc2f9c\" data-id=\"bcc2f9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a0323 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57a0323\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/abyssinianroots1-1024x614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-455\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/abyssinianroots1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/abyssinianroots1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e7d3ee2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e7d3ee2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-403d8fdd\" data-id=\"403d8fdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78cea280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78cea280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ethiopia: A Musical Perspective is a look at the music forms of &#8216;Abyssinia&#8217;, present day Ethiopia &#8211; from the monochord music of the \u2018Azmaris\u2019 (story-telling and social commentary through song), the pentatonic and varied regional sounds to the hybrid and modern sounds of ethio-jazz.<\/p><p>Ethiopia has the enviable position in the African continent as the only country that was never colonized by European powers. It also had the longest and continuous monarchy until the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in the \u201870s by the military.\u00a0 Ethiopia had a glorious past as a country with a great civilization, and one of a few countries with a written language (the Ge\u2019ez script) and a developed system of governance.\u00a0 The resilience and bravery of the Ethiopian people in resisting Italian campaigns to colonize it is often seen by many Africans as a catalyst that sowed the seeds of independence for their countries.\u00a0 The idea of a United Africa started in Ethiopia; hence, Africa\u2019s first parliament was established in Addis Ababa, the capital city.<\/p><p>Toronto has one of the largest Ethiopian populations in Canada, and Batuki Music Society has interacted on many occasions with its leaders and artists.\u00a0 There is already a large pool of talent within this community, and Batuki Music\u2019s Artistic Director proposed the idea to put together a musical collective to present a concert to represent various traditions and cultures of Ethiopia. The lineup includes saxophonist Girma Woldemichael, krar player and vocalist Fantahun Shewankochew Mekonnen, vocalist Henok Abebe, vocalist Martha Ashagari, drummer Daniel Barnes, keyboardist Gezahegn Mamo, keyboardist Dawit Tesfamariam, bassist Yared, saxophonist John Maclean, masenko player Abebe Fikade and vocalist Eyerusalem Dubale.<\/p><p>There are an array of traditional and modern instruments representing a wealth of talent and energy that would be displayed on a single stage for the first time in Canada. 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