theflyingcarpet

Welcome on the flying carpet - today, the sexy pilot and Anne are flying without the captain and they're taking you on a soul/funky trip, with an afrobeat break, an Ethiopian vibe and a cheesy finale. But first, we take off with a bit of poetry by The last Poets - Nubian II - followed by The Blackbyrds and the tune Unfinished business taken from the album of the same name. After that, we go funky with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie's Funky Donkey and then we listen to The voices of East Harlem and their song Right to be free. Then the trip changes direction and we hang out in Europe for a few songs. We stop in Belgium first with The Belgian Afrobeat Association and their crazy tune O Bruni blues taken from the album The King is among us. Then we fly to the Netherlands to listen to another tune by Mdungu - AfroWhat? and we finish our European tour with The Imperial Tiger Orchestra from Switzerland and the Ethiojazzy track Harer Dire Dewa. As the mood changes we decide to go to Ethiopia to listen to different styles, starting with Assèlètch Ashiné and Gètenesh Kebrèt singing Amlak Abèt Abèt - from the Ethiopian Urban Music volume 1 compilation and Set Alamenem singing Girma Beyene - from The best of Ethiopiques compilation. For the landing, we listen to the feel-good song Groovy kind of day by the Fatback Band - enjoy the trip, thanks for listening!