Bole 2 Harlem: Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)

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BOLE 2 HARLEM Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1 Sounds of the Mushroom

If Buda Musique's venerable Ethiopiques series gave Westerners a privileged glimpse into the brief flowering of Ethiopian pop music during the late '60s and early '70s, it also left most listeners with a lot of questions--first among them usually being "where can we get new Ethiopian music?" The Ethiopian-American collective Bole 2 Harlem helps answer this question with a cross-cultural blend of Amharic pop with ...

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