MULATU ASTATKE & HOODNA ORCHESTRA - Tension LAKE AND PALMER Gretsch guitars

Gretsch guitars

Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation

the album was number one on the charts for 10 weeks and includes the band’s cover of ‘Time Is On My Side’ and ‘Everybody Needs Somebody To Love’

Buck Meek (guitar)

from looking at this unassuming record cover featuring a middle-aged man sporting an impressive pair of glasses you wouldn’t expect it to become the fabric to one of the songs from the iconic Madvillain album

MULATU ASTATKE & HOODNA ORCHESTRA - Tension LAKE AND PALMER Gretsch guitarsCD Ethio jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke joins the Hoodna Orchestra, Tel Avivs number one Afro funk collective, melding his enchanting vibraphone playing with their brass heavy force across seven original compositions that play tribute to the classic Mulatu sound while forging fresh paths. Produced by and featuring Dap King Neal Sugarman, the results are gritty, yet majestic, soulful and uplifting. Mulatu Astatke requires little introduction at this