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Event info

Price: Free entry
Ages: Over 18
Accessibility: Not wheelchair accessible

Playing Times: TBC

Black Jesus Experience (feat. Sean Ryan)

BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE (BJX) is a 9 piece band playing an irresistibly danceable alloy of traditional Ethiopian song and 21st Century groove. Like the diverse backgrounds of its members members, BJX's music reflects the multicultural vibrancy of the band's hometown, Melbourne, Australia.

Singer Enushu began entertaining her local community as a child in Addis Ababa. Forced to leave Ethiopia, Enushu migrated to Australia bringing hauntingly beautiful compositions inspired by her remarkable life story and the unique vocal traditions of Ethiopia. Enushu is joined on vocals by poetic giant and lyrical miracle Mr Monk, Zimbabwe born and Outback bred. Black Jesus eXperience's latest release is their 7th studio album, Good Evening Black Buddha, adding to a catalogue which includes two collaborations with their long time mentor, the inventor of Ethio-Jazz Mulatu Astatke (To Know Without Knowing and Cradle Of Humanity). BJX's albums have been recorded and mixed across 3 continents, and have received awards including Music Victoria Best Global Album, The Guardian Jazz Album of the Month, Bandcamp Album of the Day, and NPR 6 Best new Albums. The rhymes and chimes of Black Jesus Experience deliver the power and beauty of Africa through the vocal prism of Hip-Hop and freedom of Funk. BJX will be joined by special guest Sean Ryan

Supporting BJX are two prolific bands in the world of fusing sounds from around the globe with their own blend of Melbourne flavour, Standing Circle and 3,2,1

Presented by

Horn of Africa
Leaps and Bounds