Blog: Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It

"The premise: the loss of love. This universal theme is handled here in uniquely Ethiopian manner. The inspiration comes from an old Ethiopian song, where a woman leaves her husband just before the Ethiopian New Year (which is in September). Jorga Mesfin 's sax plays a mournful refrain lamenting the loss of his love. Andrea Fabbri 's playing, on the other hand, represents a former scorned lover, still seething, which boils over into a rant. By the end, both remember what it was like to love this woman, and they sing the mournful refrain together, almost as one." [...]

• Tommy T - September Blues » 09 September Blues.mp3