Watch The Ex with Getachew Mekuria in Toulouse, France, 2011

Ethiopian saxophone legend Getachew Mekuria joined The Ex for their appearance at the Rio Loco Fest on June 17, 2011. 

That time Getachew Mekuria got down with The Ex in Toronto

Ethiopian saxophone great joined The Ex for a Wavelength show in Toronto on September 13, 2009 – check out a few clips below. 

RIP Gétachèw Mèkurya, 1935-2016

Ethiopian saxophone colossus Gétachèw Mèkurya passed away on April 4 in Addis Ababa. He was 81.

Midweek Mixdown: Son Zoo's Ethio Selection

Here's an entrancing 38-minute Ethiopian mix courtesy of Radio Afrique's Sonny Abegaze aka DJ Son Zoo.

The Perlich Post's Top Albums of 2012

1. Kelan Philip Cohran and The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - S/T 

2. Neneh Cherry and The Thing - The Cherry Thing
3. Nat Birchall - World Without Form
4. Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta
5. Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
6. Dr. John - Locked Down
7. Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex and Friends - Y’Anbessaw Tezeta
8. Shovels and Rope - O' Be Joyful
9. Sun Araw, The Congos, M. Geddes Gengras - Icon Give Thank + Icon Eye
10. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - There Is A Bomb In Gilead
11, Human Eye - Live At Third Man
12, Bill Fay - Life Is People
13. Limiñanas - Crystal Anis
14. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
15. JJ Doom - Key To The Kuffs
16. Los Míticos Del Ritmo - Los Míticos Del Ritmo
17. Johnny Dowd - No Regrets
18. Catherine Irwin - Little Heater
19. Matthew Halsall - Fletcher Moss Park
20. Akalé Wubé - Mata
21. Redd Kross - Researching The Blues
22. Lonnie Holley - Just Before Music
23. Eleni Mandell - I Can See The Future
24. James Luther Dickinson - I’m Just Dead I’m Not Gone
25. K-Holes - Dismania
26. The Trashed Romeos - Where Dreamers Never Go
27. Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone
28. Big Dipper - Crashes On The Platinum Planet
29. Heidi Happy – On The Hills
30. Billy Joe Shaver – Live At Billy Bob’s Texas
31. The Bohannons - Unaka Rising
32. Andre Williams & The Sadies - Night & Day
32. Timmy's Organism - Raw Sewage Roq
33. Jessica Pratt - Jessica Pratt
34. Om - Advaitic Songs
35. Patterson Hood - Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
36. The Walkabouts - Berlin
37. Guided By Voices – Let’s Go Eat The Factory
38. Moonrises - S/T
39. Woods - Bend Beyond
40. Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station
41. Shrag - Canines
42. METZ - S/T
43. Debo Band - S/T
44. Ralph "Soul" Jackson - The Alabama Love Man
45. Beach House - Bloom
46. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
47. Abdominal & The Obliques - Sitting Music
48. Moon Duo - Circles
49. Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses - Everyone's Alone
50. Fanga and Maâlem Abdallah Guinéa – Fangnawa Experience