Almaz Kebede and Wubeshet Fisseha Black and White Cover

 

Choir Accompanied by The Ground Force Band Spearheaded by Woizero Senedu Gebru

 

16th Festival of Culture Addis Ababa Culture, Arts and Tourism Festival June 2025.Back after 2 years!!

The Festival as her Excellency Hirut                     

Kassaw(PHD) opened

 said it is a universal process our lives in many ways.

 Language that we use is a means by which we build a

 Country, Strengthen it in times of crisis.so this year and

 entertain the people in

Is to ensure that art plays a special roe in affirming the

 priority of ideas, and to unite our people for Prosperity ‘’ she Said

Minister of honor of the day, Federal Minister of Culture Mrs.

 Shewit Shanka,who officially launched the Festival said in a

 message that art plays a significant role in  a national identity.

 she further on added that the Festival is an opportunity

  Where veteran artists can share their 

Experiences Beginners and Amateurs, and where we can

Strengthen our Unity.

  The Honorable Head of the office added that art plays a

 major role in introducing the developments taking place in

 our country to the public.considering this,the government is

 establishing many art exhibtion centers in all its development projects.

The Festival was believed to have attracted hundreds of    Addis Ababa residents.

The festival had stand for artists who used to live in the

 Subcities of Gulelle who was the residential area of the king

 of washint Afework Yohannes,whose long musical career was

 displayed in  photographs including his physical  Ethiopian

 flutes.The tourism bureau displayed Courtesy of his family.

One of the Few Certificctes from the respected late  Artsit

The Respected late Artist with his fellow Colleagues 

There was also the family of Munaye Menberu's daughter and

 her fellow artsists from Hager Fiker Theathre who

 established a memorial artistic association called Hibir Kal.

  One of the displays from the exhibition late Munaye

 Menberu

There was also the stand of the former Midir Tor(Ground

 Forces)currently named Mekelakeya Kine tibebat Sirawoch

 Directorate and last but by no means the least the Fendika

 Cultural center's stand.

To be continued

 

  Tigist Mekonnen

                                           ENES TAMAHU

                

 

 

                         TESHOME WOLDE 

                       NEBAR ZEFONCH-OLD SONGS RE-MIX

Tesfaye Gebre----1975 E.C(1983 G.C)

 

                                Selam

Performing Live Probably in Italy

Minalush Reta---2001 E.C

 

Yohannis Estifanos and Besrat Haile

Tamerat Abebe-----1983

  

Wubeshet Fesseha-------1996 G.C

Ke Admas Wediya Bashager

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Wubeshet Fesseha

Wubeshet Fesseha

Akal Gela

 

Almaz Kebede and Wubeshet Fesseha

Blue and White Cover

Tsehay Amare---Selam Wegenoche---1998 E.C

REPOST

 

RE

 

 

Elizabeth Teshome and Solomon Deneke

             

  

Sifelig Ayalew and Tadesse Lakew---------1984 E.C

 

 

Helen Paulos and Phillip Martin

 An Ethio-Sudanese Inspired Songs which are so Popular in Both Countries.

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Tsehay Amare

 

Shiw Elim Behagerachin

A Very Homeseek Album Titled Song

Side A

    

Aster Awoke and Wubeshet Fisseha---1968 E.C

Welcome Again after a Four Year Break!

 Aster Awoke and Wubeshet Fesseha--1968 E.C

A rare Second work Produced by Ali Tango

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v.a. - Ernesto Chahoud presents TAITU - Soul-fuelled Stompers from 1960s-1970s Ethiopia [2018] [ethiopia]

       Ernesto Chahoud’s Taitu is a collection of soul-fuelled stompers straight from the dancefloors of 1970s Addis Ababa. A breathless journey through the unique Ethio sound that bands were forging at the time, the 24-track compilation is the result of the Lebanese DJ and crate digger’s decade long love affair with the ‘golden age’ of Ethiopian music.

Tilahun Gessesse - Aykedashim Libe

        Among the musical gems featured are 7″s by some of the heavyweights of the scene including Mulatu Astatke and Alemayehu Eshete, the vocalist dubbed the ‘Ethiopian Elvis’, alongside tracks by more obscure artists such as Merawi Yohannis and Birkineh Wurga.

           For Taitu, Chahoud has selected 24 of his essential Ethio-Soul 7″s, that never leave his DJ box, and together they capture this opportune moment in Ethiopian music history that saw bands experiment with an armful of influences: gliding through R&B, rock & roll, jazz, funk, soul and boogaloo. What came out was a distinctly Ethiopian interpretation: pentatonic scales, horn-driven melodies and soul-shattering vocals sung in Amharic.

           The songs are difficult to box in to one genre but they share a simplicity and rawness, added to by their lo-fi quality – with many recordings made in rudimentary studios with only a couple of mics for the entire band.

         From the R&B stomper ‘Honey Baby’ by Alemayehu Eshete to Astatke’s swaggering ethnic-jazz instrumental ‘Emnete’ and the bluesy melancholic vocals of Hirut Bekele on ‘Ewnetegna Feker’, ‘Taitu’ is a window in on the exciting records being made in Ethiopia in the 1970s.

Menelik Wossenatchew - 01 - Fikratchin (3:05)

Mulatu Astatke - 02 - Emnete (3:28)

Tèshomè Meteku - 03 - Hasabe (4:00)

Birkineh Wurga - 04 - Alkedashim (3:16)

Selomon Shibeshi - 05 - Endiet Zenegashiw (4:06)

Alemayehu Eshete - 06 - Chiro Adarie Negne (4:27)

Hirut Bekele - 07 - Ewnetegna Feker (3:15)

Bezunesh Bekele - 08 - Felagote (2:56)

Alemayehu Eshete - 09 - Mekeyershene Salawke (1:48)

Tilahun Gessesse - 10 - Aykedashim Libe (4:57)

Merawi Yohannis - 11 - Teleyeshign (2:27)

Alemayehu Eshete, Hirut Bekele, Hirut Bekele & Alemayehu Eshete - 12 - Temelese (3:19)

Alemayehu Eshete - 13 - Honey Baby (2:37)

Seifu Yohannes - 14 - Ebo Lala (3:34)

Bezunesh Bekele - 15 - Aha Gedawo (3:52)

Alemayehu Borobor - 16 - Yeshebelewa (3:35)

Seifu Yohannes - 17 - Mela Mela (4:09)

Tilahun Gessesse - 18 - Sigibgib Joroye (3:28)

Alemayehu Eshete - 19 - Gizew Honeshyna (2:39)

Bahta G. Hiwot - 20 - Tessassategn Eko (4:02)

Gétatchèw Kassa - 21 - Fikrishin Eshaleyu (3:22)

Hirut Bekele - 22 - Almokerkum Nebere (3:21)

Muluken Melesse - 23 - Alagegnhwatem (4:07)

Ménélik Wossenachew - 24 - Tezeta (4:28)

Tamrat Molla - 25 - Ene Yewodedquat (4:14)

The Music of Ethiopia - [1967] - Azmari Music of the Amharas (Anthology AST 6000, recorded by Ashenafi Kebede (LP)) [ethiopia]

Another extraordinary blog dedicated to world music sound I just found is :

MusicRepublic - World Traditional Music from LPs and Cassettes

Album and text are originally posted >>> HERE

This anthology showcases the music of the Azmari bards, or minstrels, from the Amhara Region in Northeastern Ethiopia. Most Amharas, aka as Abyssinians, are Christians, members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church founded in the 4th century. 

Melaku Gelaw - Misgana (Praise)

The gorgeous program featured here includes Melaku Gelaw playing solo washint wooden flute (A1, A4) and solo krar lyre (A2); and singing and playing krar (B1); Wolde Marriam singing and playing krar (A3); the powerful and inspired interplay between Asegedech Mekonnen’s spellbinding singing and Getamesay Abebe’s masinko, or masenqo, single-stringed bowed lute (A5, A6, B2, B3); and Getamesay Abebe singing and playing masinko (B4).

Melaku Gelaw (medium sized washint) - A1 - Misgana (Praise) (1:25)

Melaku Gelaw (krar) - A2 - YefiKir KeTaima (2:58)

Wolde Marriam (vocal and krar) - A3 - Satina Baburay (Heat-Driven Train of Mine) (3:07)

Melaku Gelaw (long washint) - A4 - Fanno (1:48)

M. Asegedech (vocal) / A. Getamesay (masinko) - A5 - Shilela (4:59)

M. Asegedech (vocal) / A. Getamesay (masinko) - A6 - Ambasel (4:57)

Melaku Gelaw (vocal and krar) - B1 - Shemonmuanaye (My Charming One) (2:51)

Asegedech Mekonnen (vocal) / A. Getamesay (masinko) - B2 - Tizita (5:04)

Asegedech Mekonnen (vocal) / A. Getamesay (masinko) - B3 - Bafi (5:14)

A. Getamesay (vocal and masinko) - B4 - Medina Zelesegna (5:44)

                             FULL BOOKLET INCLUDED