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Now that's what I call a tribal gathering

The first music that greets every visitor to northern Ethiopia is called Tigrinya. It's a mix of James Brown-style horn riffs, loud vocal trilling, and the same beat - da-DUM (pause), da-DUM (pause) - on every single song. Tigrinya is an acquired taste, and arguably best experienced on blown speakers, at tinnitus-inducing volume, in a bus that smells vaguely of vomit.It is just such a bus that makes the 16-hour journey from Addis to Arba Minch, home to the Thousand Stars festival. Billed as Ethi...

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00:06 on February 6 2009

Now that's what I call a tribal gathering

Guardian Music — The first music that greets every visitor to northern Ethiopia is called Tigrinya. It's a mix of James Brown-style horn riffs, loud vocal trilling, and the same beat - da... more info

Damon Albarn