Steeped in Rastafarian grooves, produced by a St. Croix native, and two brothers as singers, Noah and Medhane Tewolde, come from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The European-based brothers incorporate pan-African elements, island grooves, Jamaican jive, and pop-funk creations.
The reggae-inspired album contains jazzy influences, funky beats, and vivid vocals with meaningful lyrics and spiritual connotations. The lyrical worldplay and dancehall sound showcases Nazarenes diverse song repertoire with a laid-back, funky feel that is anything but boring.
Fourteen Jah-inspired musical tracks showcase the great amount of creativity and soulful inspiration that give Meditation a shining element that succeeds without a doubt.
01. Nazarenes - Meditation (4:42) 02. Nazarenes - Food (4:18) 03. Nazarenes - It's Too Late feat. Lutan Fyah (4:05) 04. Nazarenes - Mother (3:47) 05. Nazarenes - On My Way (4:11) 06. Nazarenes - The Lord Said feat. Midnite (4:56) 07. Nazarenes - Mamy Blues (4:31) 08. Nazarenes - Alive (4:03) 09. Nazarenes - Everlasting (4:26) 10. Nazarenes - Politrickcians (4:18) 11. Nazarenes - Get Together (3:35) 12. Nazarenes - Destiny (4:50) 13. Nazarenes - Lonesome Lady (3:41) 14. Nazarenes - Love Jah (4:13)
Alem Kebede is an Ethiopian artist who was part of the flowering of popular music in that country in the years just before the Derg dictatorship which began in 1980. (This music is collected in the multi-volume Ethiopiques series put out by Buda Musique.) She has released at least two albums and continues to perform.
A protégé of poet Tilahoun Gessesse, Neway Debebe first attracted attention as the lead vocalist of The Roha Band, a tradition-rooted Ethiopian pop band that has supplied accompaniment on more than two hundred and fifty recordings by such top-ranked Ethiopian vocalists as Aster Aweke, Tilahoun Gessesse and Mahmoud Ahmed.
Debebe has also performed with Three Flowers, a group he shares with Tsegaye Eshetu and Areghagn Wersash.
Abdu Kiar (born June 23, 1976 in Addis Merkato, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is an artist in Ethiopian music. He gained his popularity in 2003 on his first album called Merkato Sefere. Abdu Kiar is well known for his modern style Ethiopian music and for his best Amharic lyrics. Since 2003 Abdu write and recorded three albums.
The youngest of all 7 children in the family abdu kiar right after he graduated from high school join the Express Music Band in 1997. performing Dancehall, Hip hop and Reggea in the night clubs called Coffee house and Lion club. In 1998 Abdu went to Saudi Arabia and worked as a salesman in a fashion store in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
In 2003. Abdu Kiar release his first album Merkato Sefere and join the Ethiopian music industry with great fame.
Abdu continue writing new songs and released another two albums Fikir Beamarigna (2006) and Minew Shewa (2009). Abdu also contributed a song to support HIV awareness in Ethiopia.
Making his world tour in different cities, Abdu Kiar performs his songs to Ethiopians all over the world.
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