Ethiopian Band Krar Collective make their U.S. West Coast debut, will perform in LA on Jan 18,19

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London-based Ethiopian roots band Krar Collective have been making waves internationally with their high-energy performances of Ethiopian traditional music. In January they head to the West Coast of USA for the first time to perform two shows at the Getty Centre, Los Angeles on 18th and 19th January 2014. Their US tour also includes other prestigious venues – Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington D.C. (16 January), which has recently become a sister city with Addis Ababa, and the Town Hall Seatlle (24 January|) where there is a large Ethiopian community; they also appear in Vancouver on 25 January.

Krar Collective have made a name for themselves by going back to basics. Their line-up is minimal, comprising just krar, kebero drums and vocals. But audiences are always surprised by the big sound they manage to deliver with such simple instruments and as a result they have earned the nickname ‘The White Stripes of Ethiopia’ after the rock band that famously comprises just guitar and drums. Led by Temesgen Zeleke on electric krar, Krar Collective have taken traditional Ethiopian music to many countries around the world introducing a different kind of African music to people for the first time. In 2012 they performed with rock music legends Blur’s Damon Albarn, Paul MacCartney, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and with African stars Baaba Maal, Bassekou Kouyate and Fatoumata Diawara on the Africa Express project where 80 musicians travelled on a train around the UK giving concerts in different cities. The band appeared in and in depth interview on E.T.V. in 2013.
Their shows at L.A.’s famous Getty Centre are eagerly awaited by the Ethiopian community in L.A. as well as lovers of world music, and the band hope to share the best of Ethiopian music and culture with diverse audience.

Find Krar Collective on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KrarCollective
Details of L.A. concert http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/sounds_la.html