Etenesh & Le Tigre (Des Platanes)

Etenesh & Le Tigre (Des Platanes): Ethiosonic

by Mark F. Turner
June 8, 2008

This wonderful collaboration of the French jazz group Le Tigre and Ethiopian singer Etenesh Wassie results in music that is visceral, infectious, and culminates with some of the most progressive world music in recent memory. “The group is named after the sycamore lace bug (Corythucha ciliata), the nasty little tree-killing insect that was imported to Europe by accident from North America in the early 1970s. In the spirit of its namesake, the Toulouse quartet is all about crossing ...