ETHIO-JAZZ
Let a 99-year-old nun be your entry to the wonders of this genre
once read the artist Dan Clowes describe Chopin’s as “like listening to ice water”. That description has often resonated with regards to the sound of a solo piano, but never more so than when I’m listening to the Ethiopian pianist and composer Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (pictured), who turns 99 this year, and whose music has a pure, restorative quality unlike anything else I’ve ever come across. Somewhere between