Genet Asef, vocalist for the Krar Collective, performed a head-twisting, hair-whipping dance. A few minutes later, she jumped down off the stage and into the midst of the dancing crowd. Temesgen ...
Despite the increasing interest in Ethiopian music,-growing from retro appreciation to present day innovations-opportunities to catch live performances of these sounds are still reasonably scarce. The ...
. A teenager sees somebody making music and wants to do it too, but his parents just don’t understand. Maybe it was a guitar. Maybe it was two turntables and a microphone. For the Krar Collective’s ...
Hyped as “the White Stripes of Ethiopia” for their tough minimalist sound, Krar Collective is the trio that spins drums, vocals, and krar (the six-stringed Ethiopian lyre) into a gorgeous tornado of ...
Hyped as “the White Stripes of Ethiopia” for their tough minimalist sound, Krar Collective is the trio that spins drums, vocals, and krar (the six-stringed Ethiopian lyre) into a gorgeous tornado of ...