Woubeshet Feseha - [1976] - [ethiopia]

many thanks for this post goes to my ethiopian friend

     Yednak Fikru       

who digitalize this album and saves it from slow decaying on the tape

           Woubeshet Feseha (or Wubshet Fiseha) found his great passion for singing in his youth age in school and at his living areas. His friends listening to his great talent used to encourage him to carry on with his potential. Kibur Zebegna band and Yepolis orchestra was Woubeshete’s childhood music icon, he has always looked up with hope to join the band someday, his dreams eventually came true to join the band which hosts many famous singers in town.

            Woubeshet Feseha is great singer which sang his works in stage from the 1960’s to 1970’s Ethiopian Calendar. Woubeshet has worked from his first band Kibur Zebegna to different bands all around Addis playing in different night clubs and hotels. To name the few, in Hilton hotel with Walias band, in Shebele Hotel with Ethio Star band, Shebelle band, and other famous bands.

Wubeshet Fisseha - Lakiligne Shikina

       Besides his singing career, he also was a great guitar player. This talent have made him contribute to accompany the famous artist Aster Aweke in her concerts and recordings which were produced by prominent local producers. Woubshet Feseha has produced different melody and lyric compositions, and has released more than six music albums.

       Woubshet Feseha was the lead singer in the famous band Walias  band and Ethio-Star band in the 1960’s and 1970’s E.C. 

       Out of the many famous albums releases, Wubushets albums such as “Maleda Maleda”, and his last release “Aseb Shegaw Wende Late” were a hit album.

       He went on a tour with Walias Band to U.S.A., in this tour Woubshet gained a wide fame from Ethiopian diasporas who went to U.S. in the Derg regime, performing traditional music to the Ethiopian audience in U.S. After leaving Ethiopia to tour in the U.S. with Walias band, he has made his living in the United States, coming to his mother land Ethiopia for an occasional visit for recordings, worked in the U.S. as a singer for some time.

      Woubshet Feseha have made more than 100 amharic songs which are listened from generation to generations, Woubshet passed away but his works still follow his great legacy being listened to the audience till present.

01 - Woubeshet Feseha - 01 (5:55)
02 - Woubeshet Feseha - 02 (4:51)
03 - Woubeshet Feseha - 03 (6:20)
04 - Woubeshet Feseha - 04 (5:09)
05 - Woubeshet Feseha - 05 (7:21)


06 - Woubeshet Feseha - 06 (6:08)
07 - Woubeshet Feseha - 07 (5:43)
08 - Woubeshet Feseha - 08 (6:53)
09 - Woubeshet Feseha - 09 (6:40)
10 - Woubeshet Feseha - 10 (6:14)

Mixtape - Ethio Deep [ethiopia]

This mixtape features tracks from 

Tamrat Ferengi, 
Mahmoud Ahmed, 
Tlahoun Gessesse, 
Girma Beyene, 
Teshomé Meteku 


and more.




   Ethio Deep - 01 - Tamrat Ferengi, Mahmoud Ahmed, Tlahoun Gessesse,Girma Beyene,Teshomé Meteku and more    (59:35)    




01 - Gubelye (My Gubel) - Mulatu Astatqe
02 - Sethéd Sekètèlat - Tlahoun Gessesse
03 - Yemendjar Shega - Muluqen Mellesse
04 - Set Alamenem - Girma Beyene
05 - Asmarina - Feqadu Amdé-Meskel
06 - Yekermo sew - Seyfu Yohanne
07 - Fikrishin Kelkiyiw - Tamrat Ferengi
08 - Fikratchin - Menelik Wossenatchew
09 - Fetsum Deng Ledj Nesh - Mahmoud Ahmed
10 - Ewnet Yet Lagegnesh - Batha Gèbrè-Heywèt
11 - Bèy lesènabètesh - Gétatchèw Kassa
12 - Wededku Afqerkush - Alemayehu Eshete
13 - Mot Adeladayu - Tèshomé Meteku
14 - Heywete - Tesfa Maryam Kidane

@192 kbps

Teshome Aseged - Derbabaye [ethiopia]

Teshome Asegid - Zerafewa (ዘራፌዋ)

Teshome Aseged - 01 - Derbabaye (6:44)

Teshome Aseged - 02 - Alenega Latu (5:51)

Teshome Aseged - 03 - Enes Techew Neber (6:27)

Teshome Aseged - 04 - Kotu Kerago (Oromo) (3:35)

Teshome Aseged - 05 - Lenegeresh Ewenetun (3:46)

Teshome Aseged - 06 - Salasebew Telychegn (7:11)

Teshome Aseged - 07 - Seber Sekanew (6:13)

Teshome Aseged - 08 - Wdo Menegebegebu (6:57)

Teshome Aseged - 09 - Yennay Geter Monmonay (6:52)

Teshome Aseged - 10 - Yezognal Nafekotu (4:10)

many thanks  to my ethiopian friend Adam

who provided this rare album

Tewodros Tadesse, Netsanet Melese, Aregahegn Worash, Kuku Sebsebe - 4 stars [1979] [ethiopia]

01 - Tewodros Tadesse & Kuku - Ho naney (6:10)

02 - Tewodros Tadesse - Man endanche (4:50)

03 - Kuku Sebsibe - Shegaw balegame (5:46)

04 - Aregahegn Werash - Eraq eraq atbey (5:30)

05 - Kuku Sebsibe - Yaregal (4:23)

06 - Aregahegn and Netsanet - Ereman Nebere (6:05)

07 - Aregahegn Werash - Setebekesh wuy (6:39)

08 - Kuku Sebsibe - Ante yene mewded (5:05)

09 - Tewodros Tadesse - Altesenadahum (7:03)

10 - Tewodros Tadesse - Menew bene lay (5:21)

Hirut Bekele - 7th album [ethiopia]

Hirut Bekele ሂሩት በቀለ - Eshti Leya እስቲ ለዬ

Hirut Bekele - 01 - Men Beye Lasredash [ምን ብዬ ላስረዳህ] (4:58)
Hirut Bekele - 02 - Yebereha Temer [የበርሃ ተመር] (6:11)
Hirut Bekele - 03 - Yemare Anguachey [የማሬ አንጎቸይ] (4:23)
Hirut Bekele - 04 - Eshti Leya [እስቲ ለዬ] (5:15)
Hirut Bekele - 05 - Muded Yegara New [መውደድ የጋራ ነው] (4:53)
Hirut Bekele - 06 - Lebema Men Elalhuh [ልብማ ምን እላለሁ] (4:37)
Hirut Bekele - 07 - Yemetemataleh Meche New [የምትመጣልኝ መቼ ነው] (6:01)
Hirut Bekele - 08 - Yehega Zenkataw [የሸጋ ዘንካታው] (6:52)
Hirut Bekele - 09 - Yebechaye [የብቻዬ] (5:29)
Hirut Bekele - 10 - Lebonaye Yeferedegin [ለቦናዬ የፈረደኝ] (5:19)
Hirut Bekele - 11 - Lebe Yuhin Bethea [ልቤ ይሁን ቤቴ] (5:17)

Selomon Shibeshi - unknown album [1974] [ethiopia]

Selomon Shibeshi- Endet Zenegashiw

Selomon Shibeshi - 01 - Lomi Wesheba (3:49)
Selomon Shibeshi - 02 - Yesew Lej New (7:25)
Selomon Shibeshi - 03 - Endet New Negerwa (6:49)
Selomon Shibeshi - 04 - Alem Woretena (6:40)
Selomon Shibeshi - 05 - Alah Ayen (Sudan) (4:59)
Selomon Shibeshi - 06 - Yet Nesh (6:39)
Selomon Shibeshi - 07 - Yezederow Neger (6:20)
Selomon Shibeshi - 08 - Munanaye (6:46)
Selomon Shibeshi - 09 - Anetay Awanki (4:50)
Selomon Shibeshi - 10 - Elele Bale Hoye (3:41)

Alemayehu Eshete and Shebele's Band - [1987] [ethiopia]

Alemayehu Eshete and Shebele's Band - Hedech Ashkbech (4:40)

Alemayehu Eshete and Shebele's Band - Wededkush Afkerkush (7:16)

Alemayehu Eshete and Shebele's Band - Wube Alem (6:16)

Muluken Melesse - Sewenetua [with Dahlak Band] [vol 4] [ethiopia]

Number Four(4) album with Dahlak Band 

Arranged by Dawit Yifru 

Muluken Melesse - Vocal

Dawit Yifru - Piano, 

Moges Habte - Saxophone,

Tilaye Gebre - Saxohone, 

Shimeles Beyene - Trumpet, Keyboad 

Dawit Yifru, Abera Fiyesa - Bassguitar,

David Kassa - Lead Guitar,

Tesfaye Tesmma - Drum.

Produced by 

Super Sonic Music Shope

Muluken Melesse -  Lebo Ney  [ሌቦ ነይ] 

Muluken Melesse - 01 - LEBO NEY (6:05)

Muluken Melesse - 02 - EFE BELEWU TEFA (5:24)

Muluken Melesse - 03 - ANCHEN MESSAY KONJO (6:50)

Muluken Melesse - 04 - LEBO ? (5:12)

Muluken Melesse - 05 - ENSE TESASECH WODEJESH NEBER (5:14)

Muluken Melesse - 06 - EMBWUA ZEBIDER (4:17)

Muluken Melesse - 07 - ZEWORE YALEWU (5:12)

Muluken Melesse - 08 - YENE ALEM (5:13)

Muluken Melesse - 09 - AYINESH YAMERAL BEY (5:52)

Muluken Melesse - 10 - SEWUNETWUA (7:48)

Hirut Bekele - Hirut Bekele with Dahlak Band - 3rd album [ethiopia]

Hirut Bekele with Dahlak Band - Gubel Wub Ayenama

Hirut Bekele - a1) Gubel Wub Ayenama [ጉብል ውብ ዓይናማ (6:19)
Hirut Bekele - a2) Alekoretelegem [አልቆረጠልኝም] (5:23)
Hirut Bekele - a3) Aleresahim [አልረሳህም] (4:56)
Hirut Bekele - a4) Fikirh Yitaftilign [ፍቅርህ ይጣፍጥልኝ] (5:51)
Hirut Bekele - a5) Tegedem [ተደገመ] (5:28)


Hirut Bekele - b1) Mitaw Bangeteh [ምታው ባንገትህ] (3:51)
Hirut Bekele - b2) Besekeken [በሰቀቀን] (7:41)
Hirut Bekele - b3) Wub Nat Hagerachen [ውብ ናት ሀገራችን] (4:31)
Hirut Bekele - b4) Salazen Alekerm (4:34)
Hirut Bekele - b5) Awey Lejenete [አወይ ልጅነቴ] (5:03)

Sunshine Music Band - Unknown Album [ethiopia]

       It's almost impossible to find any piece of information about this legendary ethiopian band in 1980's. 

Sunshine Music Band - 01 - Yene Hasab (5:12)

Sunshine Music Band - 02 - Yefikir Ketema (4:49)

Sunshine Music Band - 03 - Satwodegn Wodijat (5:24)

Sunshine Music Band - 04 - Guragigna (4:55)

Sunshine Music Band - 05 - Zemede (5:04)

Sunshine Music Band - 06 - Shegiye Shegiye (3:36)

Sunshine Music Band - 07 - Yeshi Haregitu (7:23)

Sunshine Music Band - 08 - Oromigna (4:17)

Sunshine Music Band - 09 - Bertukane (6:44)

Sunshine Music Band - 10 - Astawusalehu (3:53)

Sunshine Music Band - 11 - Engedih Jemeregn (6:57)

Sunshine Music Band :


Tadesse Biyadgu - piano, keyboards
Tamere Haregu - drums, keyboards
Aregahegn Werash - vocal,
Girma Tefera 
Ashebir Belay
Birehanu Reta

Mahmoud Ahmed - Selam [ethiopia]

       Mahmoud Ahmed is one of the biggest singers in Ethiopia, known all over the world. One of his greatest gifts as a live performer include his ability to get the shoulder-shaking Eskista dance spread like wildfire! With him on stage, he is one of Ethiopia’s most legendary live bands - Roha Band!

Mahmoud Ahmed - Selam

      Mahmoud Ahmed was born in Addis Ababa’s Mercato district and began his career as shoe shine boy before he became one of his country’s top stars. Already at an early age he was fascinated by the music that was played at home on Ethiopian radio. During the 60s, he got a job at the club, Arizona, the club where Haile Selassie’s legendary Imperial Bodyguard Band played. He soon became part of the band’s regular set, where he stayed until 1974. 

     During the 70th,  Mahmoud recorded a series of songs with the record companies Amha and Kaifa and quickly became a big name within Ethiopian music. In the 1980s he ran his own music store in Addis Ababa while he continued his singing career. 1986 he gained a larger Western audience when the Belgian label Crammed Discs released the collection Ere Mela Mela, and even greater international attention in the late 1990s after Buda Musique launched the Éthiopiques series. This led to new recordings and tours in Europe and the USA with Boston’s Either / Orchestra, and French Badume Band. His undulating, slightly veiled voice, which seems to be able to express every nuance, has retained the charm and properties that are characteristic of Azmaris, traditional bards performing in local pubs in Ethiopia. 

      Mahmoud Ahmed is still one of the most well known and beloved Ethiopian artists in the world.

Mahmoud Ahmed - 01 - Tetesh (5:36)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 02 - Abaye mado (5:20)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 03 - Kelenesh (Gurage) (5:14)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 04 - Erey endale lebay (7:34)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 05 - Selam (4:59)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 06 - Awy legeto (7:07)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 07 - Enbayen lemetereg (5:48)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 08 - Tey neylegn menew (5:20)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 09 - Tizita yakatelew (6:31)
Mahmoud Ahmed - 10 - Dekamenesh temate (5:37)

Hirut Bekele - Hirut Bekele with Dahlak Band [1973] [ethiopia]

Hirut Bekele - Zemewal goradew

Hirut Bekele - 01 - Shgeye [ሸግዬ] (3:29)
Hirut Bekele - 02 - Zemewal goradew [ዘሟል ጐራዴው] (4:55)
Hirut Bekele - 03 - Yetedar melekyaye [የትዳር መለከያ] (5:51)
Hirut Bekele - 04 - Beabeboch mehal [በአበቦች መኻል] (4:54)
Hirut Bekele - 05 - Web new [ውብ ነው] (4:31)
Hirut Bekele - 06 - Mengizem Yantew negn [ምንጊዜም ያንተው ነኝ] (7:01)
Hirut Bekele - 07 - Yelewem Acha [የለውም እቻ] (5:21)
Hirut Bekele - 08 - EndeGebete Weha [አንደገበቴ ውሃ] (4:30)
Hirut Bekele - 09 - Tsebay Kewebet Gar [ጸባይ ከውበት ጋር] (5:52)
Dahlak Band - 10 - Instrumental (3:36)

Hirut Bekele - Hirut Bekele with Roha Band [ethiopia]

Hirut Bekele- Gudaye

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 01 - Gudaye [ጐዳዬ] (7:10)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 02 - Lebe feseselet [ልቤ ፈሠሠለት] (4:55)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 03 - Hode Shefetebegn [ሆዴ ሸፋተብኝ] (6:16)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 04 - Yawqehut Ahun New [ያውቅሁት አሁን ነው] (5:19)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 05 - Ayaschelen [አያስችለን] (5:34)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 06 - Yeqirta [ይቅርታ] (3:27)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 07 - Yezehe Ezoralehu [ይዤው እዞራለሁ] (6:18)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 08 - Menew Akale [ምነው አካሌ] (7:35)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 09 - Engedaye Neh [እንግዳዬ ነህ] (5:25)

Hirut Bekele [ሂሩት በቀለ] - 10 - Addis Abeba New Betu [ኣዲስ ኣበባ ነው ቤቱ] (7:10)

Orchestra Ethiopia - The Blue Nile Group [1969] [ethiopia]

       Orchestra Ethiopia was an Ethiopian performing group formed in 1963 by the Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist Halim El-Dabh (born 1921). The group, which was founded in Addis Ababa, comprised up to 30 traditional instrumentalists, vocalists, and dancers from many different Ethiopian regions and ethnic groups (including Amhara, Tigray-Tigrinia, Oromo, Welayta, and Gimira). It was the first ensemble of its type, as these diverse instruments and ethnic groups previously had never played together. For a time, due to El-Dabh's efforts, the Orchestra was in residence at the Creative Arts Centre of Haile Selassie I University (now Addis Ababa University).

Orchestra Ethiopia ‎– The Blue Nile Group [full album]

           Its main instruments included krar (medium lyre), masenqo (one-string fiddle), begena (large lyre), washint (end-blown flute with finger holes), embilta (end-blown flute without finger holes), malakat (straight trumpet), kabaro (drum), and other percussion instruments. On occasion, it also used the tom, an mbira-like instrument.

           Many of Orchestra Ethiopia's performances were theatrical in nature, such as the drama The Potter, which was arranged by El-Dabh.

             Following El-Dabh's departure from Ethiopia in 1964, subsequent directors included John G. Coe, an American Peace Corps volunteer (1964-1966); and Tesfaye Lemma (1966-1975), both of whom composed and arranged for the group. During Lemma's tenure as director, in 1968, another American Peace Corps volunteer, the Harvard-educated Charles Sutton, Jr., was assigned by the Peace Corps to assist the Orchestra as Administrator, a position in which he continued until 1970. Sutton had arrived in Ethiopia in 1966 and, immediately attracted to Ethiopia's traditional music, actually mastered the masenqo, studying with Orchestra member Getamesay Abebe. He began performing with the Orchestra in March 1967 (playing masenqo and singing in Amharic), at Lemma's invitation. The group performed frequently in hotels and at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, and appeared on national radio (including Radio Voice of the Gospel) and television. The group also had an audience with Emperor Haile Selassie I.

              In the spring of 1969, due to the efforts of Sutton and the Peace Corps, Orchestra Ethiopia toured the Midwest and East Coast of the United States, under the name "The Blue Nile Group". The group performed in twenty cities, including Manhattans Town Hall and The Ed Sullivan Show (in early March).

                The group released two LP recordings, both entitled Orchestra Ethiopia. The first, subtitled "The Blue Nile Group", was released on Tempo Records c. 1969; and the second was released on Blue Nile Records, in 1973 or 1974. The Orchestra was also featured in a National Geographic documentary film entitled Ethiopia: The Hidden Empire (1970). By 1975, due to the upheavals caused by the Derg revolution, the group finally disbanded, although many of its musicians continued to perform with other groups, and as soloists. The group's washint player, Melaku Gelaw, lives and continues to perform and record in Washington, D.C.; Tesfaye Lemma, now retired, lives in Washington, D.C. Masenqo player Getamesay Abebe and drummer, vocalist, and star dancer Zerihun Bekkele, both retired, continue to live in Ethiopia. Washint player Yohannes Afework, who had replaced Gelaw, lives in Addis Ababa and is retired from the Mazegajabet (Municipality) Orchestra. Coe, the former Executive Director of the Wyoming Arts Council, is now retired and living in Wyoming; and Sutton performs today as a jazz pianist in Connecticut (and continues to play masenqo for special occasions). Several other of the Orchestra's members have died in Ethiopia.

                  A selection of the Orchestra's archival recordings transferred from reel to reel audiotape to audio CDs by the Ethiopian-American engineer Andrew Laurence was released in Europe in late 2007, and was released in the United States in February 2008, as the 23rd volume in Buda Musique's Ethiopiques CD series, with the liner notes having been prepared by Sutton and Lemma.

            In 2007, a recording entitled Zoro Gettem (Reunion) was released on the Nahom Records label; the CD, recorded in Washington, D.C. in September 2006, features four of the Orchestra's former members (Charles Sutton, Getamesay Abbebe, Melaku Gelaw, and Tesfaye Lemma) performing repertoire they had performed together in the late 1960s.

A1 Gonderinna Gojjam (Vocals: Zerihun Bekkele) (3:43)

A2 Yesergey Ilet (Vocals: Tsehay Indale) (4:06)

A3 Himem, Himemey (Vocals: Kebbede Weldemariam) (3:44)

A4 Hodey Lahodey (Vocals: Almaz Getachew) (2:18)

A5 Ambassel (Washint: Yohannes Afework, Krar: Kebbede                                                                                                         Weldemariam) (2:36)

B1 Mesenko (Vocals: Charles Sutton) (3:16)

B2 Muzikachin (Vocals: Tsehay Indale, Yeshi Mebratey) (3:36)

B3 Mikir Fellega (Vocals: Charles Sutton, Kebbede Weldemariam, Areru                                                                                                Shegen) (3:20)

B4 Imbilta (Imbiltas: Areru Shegen, Ishete Gebremeskel, Nadew Kassa)                                                                                                             (2:03)

B5 Wichinna Beyt (Vocals: Kebbede Weldemariam, Tsehay Indale,                                                               Zerihun Bekkele, Yeshi Mebratey) (4:25)

The Orchestra Ethiopia is directed by Tesfaye Lemma.