Tilahun Gessesse - Sima! [2016] [ethiopia]

Tilahun Gessesse ‎– Kulun Manqualesh (1970)

Imandeya - I Chant [2016] [ethiopia]

Imandeya - 01 - My Saviour (3:33)

Imandeya - 02 - I Am (5:10)

Imandeya - 03 - Judgement Time (5:27)

Imandeya - 04 - My Religion (5:47)

Imandeya - 05 - Jerusalem's Calling (5:22)

Imandeya - 06 - I Remember (3:34)

Imandeya - 07 - My Lord (5:32)

Imandeya - 08 - No Pride (5:13)

Imandeya - 09 - I Am (5:04)

Imandeya - 10 - Tana Jazz (3:50)

Debo Band - Montana folk festival no.02 - 2013-07-12 [2013] excerpts [usa+eth]

       Debo Band are a large ensemble led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen and fronted by charismatic vocalist Bruck Tesfaye. Since their inception in 2006, the band has won raves for their groundbreaking take on Ethiopian pop music (think Ethiopiques), which incorporates traditional scales and vocal styles, alongside American soul and funk rhythms, and instrumentation reminiscent of Eastern European brass bands.

Debo Band features:

Bruck Tesfaye vocals

Danny Mekonnen saxophones

Gabriel Birnbaum tenor saxophone

Danilo Henriquez trumpet and percussion

Stephanie Baird trombone

Jonah Rapino electric violin

Kaethe Hostetter five-stringed violin

Marié Abe accordion

Brendon Wood guitar

Arik Grier sousaphone

PJ Goodwin bass

Adam Clark drums

Debo Band - Lantchi Biye 

(2013 Montana Folk Festival)

Debo Band - 01 - Musicawi Silt (6:34)

Debo Band - 02 - Yene Neger (7:03)

Debo Band - 03 - Not Just A Song (7:04)

Debo Band - 04 - Jeguol Naw Betwa (5:12)

Debo Band - 05 - Ney Ney Weleba (7:57)

Ketema Mekonnen - Ketema 70's [ethiopia]

Ketema Mekonnen - Tizita

Ketema Mekonnen - 01 - Ambasel [with Massinko] (3:38)

Ketema Mekonnen - 02 - Ambasel [with Kirar] (4:40)

Ketema Mekonnen - 03 - Arada (3:28)

Ketema Mekonnen - 04 - Bati (2:53)

Ketema Mekonnen - 05 - Bemela Besebeb (3:09)

Ketema Mekonnen - 06 - Derbaba (3:21)

Ketema Mekonnen - 07 - Endegena (3:05)

Ketema Mekonnen - 08 - Ene Eshaleshalehu (2:40)

Ketema Mekonnen - 09 - Ere Endemin Alesh (1:05)

Ketema Mekonnen - 10 - Gedaye Gedaye (3:25)

Ketema Mekonnen - 11 - Layne Rakshebigne (3:23)

Ketema Mekonnen - 12 - Shemonmoanaye Wa (3:41)

Ketema Mekonnen - 13 - Tey Geday (3:17)

Ketema Mekonnen - 14 - Tizita [with Acordion] (3:54)

Ketema Mekonnen - 15 - Tizita [with Kirar] (3:18)

Ketema Mekonnen - 16 - Tizita [with Massinko] (6:43)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - Asnakech and Ketema [ethiopia]

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - Yewolo tizita

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 01 - Gende desi (4:56)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 02 - Yewelo tizeta (5:34)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 03 - Alber ende amora (5:32)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 04 - Teymenew (5:47)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 05 - Mela mela (8:07)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 06 - Arada (6:55)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 07 - Wegenea (6:00)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 08 - Ehile bele (5:38)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 09 - Kibret alem (4:26)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 10 - Sabiyea (4:34)

Asnaketch Worku and Ketema Mekonen - 11 - Gusumayea (3:27)

SOLO7OO - Ethiopia E​.​P [2014] ( Vol​.​1)

SOLO7OO - 01 - Ethiopia (2:18)
SOLO7OO - 02 - Fetsum Dink (1:38)
SOLO7OO - 03 - Mahmud Ahmed (1:33)
SOLO7OO - 04 - Alemayehu Eshete (1:41)
SOLO7OO - 05 - Zémédié (outro) (1:15)

v.a. - Ethiopian Wedding, Vol. 1 [2016] [ethiopia]

Amsal Mitke - Wedding music

01 - Amsal Mitke - Mushiraye (6:50)

02 - Tadesse Mekete - Amrobatal (5:16)

03 - Aserat Bosena - Ere Na Gobezu (4:22)

04 - Dawit Tsige - Tamrialesh (8:04)

05 - Bewketu Sewmehon - Asayew Lalayew (5:31)

06 - Amsal Mitke - Abajaliye (7:32)

07 - Mebre Mengistu - Govezena (2:22)

08 - Seyoum Moges - Ajeb Newu (8:09)

09 - Teferi Mata - Yidnekachew (7:59)

10 - Demere Legesse - Balezena (6:43)

11 - Aregahegn Worash - Mushiraye (5:26)

12 - Asheber Belay - Aho Bel (5:30)

v.a. - Nahom Favorite, Vol. 26 (Derbabaw) [Traditional] [ethiopia]

Elias Tebabel - Mamaye

01 - Shambel Belayneh - Yegetirewa Konjo (6:15)

02 - Teshay Amare - Borena (6:17)

03 - Etegne Atenaw - Derbabaw (8:15)

04 - Bekelech Tesgay - Abichu (4:45)

05 - Elias Tebabal - Mamayie (6:49)

06 - Maritu Legesse & Shambel Belayneh - Ambasel (8:13)

07 - Wushinfir Arigaw - Yabagersh Lij (6:53)

08 - Taddesse Gebrie - Tigirna (7:53)

09 - Eyayu Belie - Bati Bati (4:56)

10 - Worotaw Wubet - Yegojamwa Konjo (4:54)

11 - Maritu Legesse - Akalie Wubie (4:05)

12 - Elias Tebabal - Abejew (5:02)

v.a. - 4 Star Singers [Bezunesh, Tilahun, Hirut & Mahmoud] [ethiopia]

Bezunesh Bekele - Belaye (Unaccompanied)

01 - Bezunesh Bekele - Tazebkut lebehen (5:44)

02 - Mahmoud Ahmed - Fikir addis adelem (7:34)

03 - Bezunesh Bekele - Yesew amel (6:12)

04 - Bezunesh Bekele and Tilahun Gessesse - Be Hager Gubegnt (4:46)

05 - Bezunesh Bekele - Fikiry dehna hun (4:53)

06 - Tilahun Gessesse - Ande le-Ande (8:45)

07 - Tilahun Gessesse - Ajeb (4:48)

08 - Hirut Bekele and Mahmoud Ahmed - Tew zegeyeh (5:54)

09 - Bezunesh Bekele - Lebechaye (4:57)

10 - Mahmoud Ahmed - Alfeshign setehyji (5:06)

Amsale Mitkie - Atnekakugne [2006] [ethiopia]

Amsale Mitkie - Golluval

Amsale Mitkie - 01 - Halo Megalo (6:32)
Amsale Mitkie - 02 - Atnekakugne (6:58)
Amsale Mitkie - 03 - Geday Neh (5:43)
Amsale Mitkie - 04 - Mindnew Tirgumu (5:44)
Amsale Mitkie - 05 - Yethede (6:41)
Amsale Mitkie - 06 - Yeshebelu (5:31)
Amsale Mitkie - 07 - Alech Alu (5:36)
Amsale Mitkie - 08 - Behg Amlak (4:44)
Amsale Mitkie - 09 - Zegeyebgne (5:44)
Amsale Mitkie - 10 - Zemen Endeseat (5:33)
Amsale Mitkie - 11 - Temechih Wey (5:04)
Amsale Mitkie - 12 - Bchayin (4:16)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - Wo Tnekatna [2016] [ethiopia]

Endalkachew Yenehun - Abay Mado

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 01 - Balageru Belugn (4:35)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 02 - Wa Tenekatena (5:35)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 03 - Gojjam (4:22)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 04 - Abay Mado (5:15)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 05 - Yeabesha Lij Negn (5:44)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 06 - Tegwaze Tegwaze (5:43)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 07 - Yalefew Amet (8:09)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 08 - Ethiopian Annd Yaderege (6:19)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 09 - Menjar (6:04)

Endalkachew Yeneahun - 10 - Woyne (5:24)

Hailu Mergia - Instrumental Music [1983] [ethiopia]

    R   E   U   P   L   O   A   D    

           Instrumental album of Hailu Mergia. These tracks came to me without tags, only with 1983 as year of release (ethiopian or western calendar, I dont know).

Hailu Mergia - 01 - Hailu Mergia (8:29)

Hailu Mergia - 02 - Hailu Mergia (7:18)

Hailu Mergia - 03 - Hailu Mergia (6:40)

Hailu Mergia - 04 - Hailu Mergia (8:23)

Hailu Mergia - 05 - Hailu Mergia (8:36)

Hailu Mergia - 06 - Hailu Mergia (8:30)

Hailu Mergia - 07 - Hailu Mergia (6:54)

Hailu Mergia - 08 - Hailu Mergia (7:04)

Yemane G.Michael - Yemane Barya [1997] [eritrea]

   R   E   U   P   L   O   A   D   

            Yemane Ghebremichael (commonly known as Yemane Baria), was a well-known Eritrean songwriter, composer and singer. Not confined to musical pursuits, Yemane was also heavily involved in Eritrean politics. He died of natural causes in 1997.

       Yemane's songwriting strove to reflect what he perceived to be Eritrean experience during the Eritrean War of Independence. His songs were dotted with stories of love, journey, hope, immigration, and liberation. In 1975 he was jailed for the perceived political interpretation of one of his songs.

      A few years after the declaration of the independence of Eritrea, Yemane moved to Asmara and continued to release albums that reflected the new era of hope and national prosperity, with a mix of African and Latin melodies. He also sang about the people involved in the movement towards Eritrean independence, and the sacrifices of that movement.

       Yemane was also known as the 'Eritrean caretaker' due to his reputation as being of a generous, down-to-earth nature, and for sharing his place with newly arrived Eritreans. He is known to having helped many Eritreans adjust to diaspora life in Sudan and move to better places in the Middle East, America, Europe, etc. He was known for his deep sense of artistry and mastery of Tigrinya, the most widely used Eritrean language.

read more about Yemane Barya :

Ozferti - Addis Aboumbap [2016] [bel+eth]

        Hi there, you are about to travel ... and I mean far away, in an alternative world where OZFERTI , the nubian wizard, is bringing to you his ethiohop tracks. Coming from Addis aboumbap, 11 chapters where ethiojazz meets Jazzy boumbap, psychedelic trap, progressive Dub and spicy electro. Beware ladies and gentlemen, you will not be coming back from this journey.

       11 Colorfull Reworks of Ethiojazz classics mixed with electronica / hiphop and bass music , from Mulatu Astatke to Mahmoud Ahmed. 

Netsanet People !

OZFERTI - Exit Addis (4:02)

OZFERTI - 01 - Welcome to Addis (2:40)

OZFERTI - 02 - Tezeta (3:45)

OZFERTI - 03 - Black Lion (4:10)

OZFERTI - 04 - Fetsum (3:27)

OZFERTI - 05 - Rock Haram (3:28)

OZFERTI - 06 - Netsanèt (2:36)

OZFERTI - 07 - Mahmoud (4:36)

OZFERTI - 08 - Princess (4:24)

OZFERTI - 09 - Sondéféri (3:19)

OZFERTI - 10 - Déwel (3:32)

OZFERTI - 11 - Exit Addis (4:02)

v.a. - 4 Star Singers [Rahel, Teshome, Asefu & Kenedy] [ethiopia]

Rahel Yohannes - Ethiopia Hagere

01 - Rahel Yohannes & Teshome Aseged - Ambaw Lay (6:11)

02 - Kenedy Mengesha - Beworey Endatefechi (4:23)

03 - Rahel Yohannes & Teshome Aseged - Gelaye Nana (4:04)

04 - Asefu Debalke - Nalign gelawa (6:17)

05 - Kenedy Mengesha - Sew Alwetalignim (7:25)

06 - Rahel Yohannes - Tew Ataschenekegn (0:33)

07 - Asefu Debalke - Yalantema Yelegn (5:51)

08 - Asefu Debalke & Kenedy Mengesha - Ye-Hager beat Nafkot (6:54)

09 - Teshome Aseged - Yene Akal (6:51)

10 - Teshome Aseged - Zerafewa (7:14)

Nasambu + Kibrom - Peace, Love and Mercy [2016] [ep] [ethiopia]

       The 2016 debut EP from Jazz/Classical duo, Nasambu + Kibrom, Peace, Love and Mercy, is a carefully sculpted 3-song vision of jazzy elegance, three years in the making. Starting with the release of Selam (Peace), as a single and music video in 2014, the EP was entirely recorded and filmed in Los Angeles, CA. Both artists are solo musicians in their own right, and also members of the internationally acclaimed AfroSoul band, Nasambu and The Mystic Nomads, but that very first time they wrote a song together, it came into being instantaneously and with such ease. A complete song formed in a few short minutes, and thus they became the duo, Nasambu + Kibrom.

    A virtuoso composer and pianist, Kibrom Birhane creates the fluid musical soundscape for Nasambu’s lyricism and soaring melodies to emerge as a blend of soulful Classical and Jazz tones, combining Ethiopian and Western scales with poetry sung in English, Swahili and Amharic. Mercy, the second track, has a catchy syncopated groove that lyrically speaks to the large waves of mass migration sweeping across the globe in our time, depicting the universal hope of finding that mythical city in the sun where all the people sing as one, and ‘the glory of the light shines down on everyone’.

Nasambu & Kibrom - Mercy 

(Official Jazz Single 2016)

      The final single released August 2016 in conjunction with the EP, Take Your Time, is a sweeping, sensual love song, where the singer beckons her beloved to take his time as they carefully develop a love that is strong enough to build lasting legacies and weather any storm.

Nasambu + Kibrom - 01 - Take Your Time (4:46)

Nasambu + Kibrom - 02 - Peace, Love and Mercy (2:59)

Nasambu + Kibrom - 03 - Selam (5:18)