http://linktvstore.org/New Music From Gigi Shibabaw on Calabash Music2008-12-04T02:13:06ZThe Calabash Music Teamsupport@calabashmusic.comGold & Waxhttp://gigi.linktvstore.org/#album_544842006-12-12T07:40:55ZMusic from Gold & WaxAfter five years, Ethiopian singer Gigi returns with her much anticipated album, Gold & Wax, an organic blend of African songs mixed with elements of Jamaica, India and America.

Featuring a stellar roster, bassist Bill Laswell has assembled an eclectic array of musical talent for Gold & Wax. India's great sarangi player/vocalist Ustad Sultan Khan, tabla player/drummer Karsh Kale, funk keyboard maestro Bernie Worrell, African multi-instrumentalists Abesgasu Shiota, Moges Habte, Aiyb Dieng and Assaye Zegeye; digital futurists MIDIval PunditZ and Skizz Fernando, and avant-guitarist Buckethead all contribute to this incredible album.

From the opening strains of "Semena-Wrock," a jazz-inspired, kit drum-led, up-tempo number, Gigi returns to old form. Surrounded by punchy saxophones and Laswell's signature low-end, Gigi's golden voice remains the driving force of the next 66 minutes. Backed by a tasteful landscape of drum 'n bass and resonant guitar echoes, the second track, "Anten" proves much more aligned with her work with Tabla Beat Science. The light textures of "Jerusalem," organ-led dynamics of "Salam," and the only English language song here, "Utopia," call for a spaciousness allowing the listener to invest time and emotion.

With the release of the long awaited Gold & Wax, Gigi is ensuring her place as an ambassador of ancient sound with modern sensibilities.]]>Illuminated Audiohttp://gigi.linktvstore.org/#album_69442005-04-12T10:55:32ZMusic from Illuminated AudioA contemporary Ethiopian artist has never sounded so progressive while keeping her music firmly rooted in its original culture. "Gigi's modal melodies and urgently questioning voice rise out of grooves that swirl jazz and funk into the complexities of Ethiopian pop," said Jon Pareles in the New York Times, "broadening the music without Americanizing it."

]]>Gigihttp://gigi.linktvstore.org/#album_69162005-04-12T10:55:32ZMusic from GigiGigi's album is an organic flowering of ancient Nile rhythms, contemporary jazz virtuosity, pan-African rhythm, and dub-reggae studio wizardry.]]>