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Saturday, June 3, 2017

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)




Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Tilahun Gessesse - Tilahun Gessesse Vol 1 & 2 [2001] [ethiopia]





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Volume 1

01. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Alchalkum (5:15)
02. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Engudaye Neshi (5:08)
03. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Fikir Lebechaye (4:14)
04. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Meleyayet Mot New (4:17)
05. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Migibima Motlwal (3:32)
06. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Monalisaye Neshi (5:55)
07. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Sema (4:18)
08. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Yehiywote Hiywot (4:32)
09. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Yene Mastwawesha (5:26)








Volume 2


01. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Akal Aynishin (7:33)
02. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Bemisht Chereka (4:48)
03. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Ere Men Yeshalegnal (5:33)
04. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Ewdish Neber (5:40)
05. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Hulunem Neger Ayichewalehu (4:35)
06. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Japanwan WoDJe (7:19)
07. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Min Largechew (4:59)
08. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Min Yilalu Sewoch (3:50)
09. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Ououta Ayaskefam (5:09)
10. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Satewadegne Wodijayat (4:12)
11. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Tiz Alegn Yetentu (4:24)
12. Tlahoun Gèssèssè - Yehiyote Ater Nesh (4:09)


Monday, May 29, 2017

Tamene Mekonnen - Tamene Mekonnen and His Krar [ethiopia]











Interview with Kirar Player Tamene Mekonnen - Part 1





Tamene Mekonnen - 01 - Che belew (7:32)
Tamene Mekonnen - 02 - Hulum sew (5:04)
Tamene Mekonnen - 03 - Ambassel (6:49)
Tamene Mekonnen - 04 - Tekelkel (4:37)
Tamene Mekonnen - 05 - Tezeta (3:51)
Tamene Mekonnen - 06 - Gum - gum (2:31)
Tamene Mekonnen - 07 - Fanno - Erminew menew (5:37)
Tamene Mekonnen - 08 - Gra gebagn (4:07)
Tamene Mekonnen - 09 - Temesgen (4:21)
Tamene Mekonnen - 10 - Ibakesh atrakign (3:32)
Tamene Mekonnen - 11 - Ante ager zor bel (6:15)
Tamene Mekonnen - 12 - Satenaw (5:02)






Saturday, May 27, 2017

Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Lemen Yewashal [2010] [ethiopia]




Original post by : Bodega Pop




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Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Shemanena Fetaye





1. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Lemen Yewashal (4:34)
2. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Shemanena Fetaye (6:56)
3. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Shuruba & Loti (8:12)
4. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Festal (5:26)
5. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Dengayena Biret (6:38)
6. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Yetnbualel Visa (7:18)
7. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Tewmenew (5:06)
8. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Work Work (6:52)
9. Fenta Bele & Alemayehu Tesfaye - Tewdemam (5:30)





Thursday, May 25, 2017

Reshad Kedir - Reshad 2 [2014] [ethiopia]












Reshad Kedir - Nunaw





Reshad Kedir - 01 - Reshad (01) (5:11)
Reshad Kedir - 02 - Reshad (02) (5:37)
Reshad Kedir - 03 - Reshad (03) (1:44)
Reshad Kedir - 04 - Reshad (04) (5:47)
Reshad Kedir - 05 - Reshad (05) (4:46)
Reshad Kedir - 06 - Reshad (06) (4:39)
Reshad Kedir - 07 - Reshad (07) (5:30)
Reshad Kedir - 08 - Reshad (08) (5:05)
Reshad Kedir - 09 - Reshad (09) (4:22)
Reshad Kedir - 10 - Reshad (10) (6:01)
Reshad Kedir - 11 - Reshad (11) (6:06)
Reshad Kedir - 12 - Reshad (12) (4:46)
Reshad Kedir - 13 - Reshad (13) (4:32)





Sunday, May 21, 2017

Mahmoud Ahmed - Tizita vol 1 [1996] [ethiopia]






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01. Mahmoud Ahmed - ANCHI BALE GAME (6:43)
02. Mahmoud Ahmed - YENURO METENSHIN (6:14)
03. Mahmoud Ahmed - TEYIKESH TEREJI (6:35)
04. Mahmoud Ahmed - ASHKARO (4:40)
05. Mahmoud Ahmed - TIZITA (11:10)
06. Mahmoud Ahmed - TEW LIMED GELAYE (7:55)
07. Mahmoud Ahmed - TERESASH WOY (5:08)
08. Mahmoud Ahmed - ENGEDAYE NESH (2:55)
09. Mahmoud Ahmed - YESHI HAREGITU (3:31)
10. Mahmoud Ahmed - ENDEGENA (4:49)