Dereje Mekonnen - Dereje Mekonen With Shebele Band [ethiopia]

                  Dereje Mekonnen began his career in the early 1980s as a keyboardist in the Ibex band, who accompanied the R&B singer Mahmoud Ahmed on three albums. He then founded the formation Dallol, a reggae band with whom he played in Chicago and accompanied Ziggy Marley on his albums Conscious Party (1988) and One Bright Day (1989), which were awarded the Grammy. 

              After numerous tours with Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, he founded the band Gizzae in 1991, with whom he performed primarily in Chicago and the Midwest of the USA. He also worked with Ethiopian musicians such as Tilahun Gessesse and Ephrem Tamiru. He also produced the first album of Ejigayehu Shibabaw, One Ethiopia (1998). 

                     Dereje Mekonnen died at the age of 49.

Dereje DJ Makonnen - Alemen Zorialehu [ደረጄ መኮንን አለምን ዞሪያለሁ]

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 01 - Etitu Beredegn (6:13)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 02 - Yagere Lidje (6:34)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 03 - Selewebetu Sadenk (5:02)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 04 - Atawerulegn Lela (4:33)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 05 - Laley Laley (Tegregna (6:14)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 06 - Temar Lidje (5:49)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 07 -Emu Eadigere (Guragegna) (4:23)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 08 - Besebara Fole (6:23)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 09 - Shilela (3:52)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 10 - Hagerua Wasa Megera (4:43)

Dereje Mekonen with Shebele Band - 11 - Yaleselesea (Oromegna) (4:27)