WORLD: ABYSSINIA INFINITE FEATURING EJIGAYEHU “GIGI” SHIBABAW

Following a 20-year ban ny a strict regime, traditional Ethiopian music makes a comeback on the collective, concept album Zion Roots.  Its trancelike songs about love, spirit, peace and nature, using classic East African instruments like the stringed kirar and bamboo flute, were released last December.  Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibabaw’s hypnotic voice is the CD’s running thread, notably on the prayer song “Aba Alem Lemenea.”