Yosef Gebre - Jossy [2006] [ethiopia]

Yosef Gebre aka Jossy - Metahua

       Yosef Gebre is an Ethiopian singer. He is popularly known as Jossy. He is born June 16, 1981 in Dilla, Ethiopia.

     Gebre was born in 1981 in Dilla, Ethiopia to Woizero Zermechi Argaw and Ato Gebre Sherga. He attended elementary school at the local Mekane Yesus School. After 6th grade, Jossy moved to Adama and attended the Nazreth #3 Elementary and Junior School. He then completed High School at Adama High School.

          Jossy has been interested in music since childhood. He participated in different art projects while in elementary school. In Adama high school he worked as a school journalist and DJ presenting shows on the school PA system (known as Adama MiniMedia) during breaks. After completion of High School Jossy went into business following in the foot steps of his parents. During that time he spent his free time contributing pieces to different news papers and taking music lessons.

          While taking music lessons, Jossy started networking with musicians. He also began exploring his potential as a vocalist during this period. Jossy released his first single titled "Kine" to the public via radio stations. The work was unexpectedly well received by the public.

       Encouraged by this success, Jossy started pursuing a music career full-time since 2004. His single titled "Enja Yene" was his first release, complete with music video. In 2005, Jossy was nominated for the Kora All Africa Music Awards under the Most Promising Artist category. While all these were singles, he released his first album titled "Jossy", containing 13 tracks, in 2006. The album featured the song titled "Metahuwa".

       In 2008, the music video titled "Bati be Jossy Mood" hit TV channel and online video sharing sites and immediately became a hit. This success was due to the combination of careful planning of its elements and proper and professional application of video effects and techniques.

      Jossy creates most of his songs himself. He currently tours different cities all over the world.

01. Yosef Gebre - Mtahua (5:10)
02. Yosef Gebre - Alamashim (4:47)
03. Yosef Gebre - Konjo Nesh (4:48)
04. Yosef Gebre - Endenegeru New (5:50)
05. Yosef Gebre - Yetenbi Gurage (5:08)
06. Yosef Gebre - Ahadu (4:29)
07. Yosef Gebre - Lemayet Yabikash (4:10)
08. Yosef Gebre - Endeit Nesh (4:36)
09. Yosef Gebre - Enja Yenei (5:41)
10. Yosef Gebre - Tew Simagn Hagerei (5:34)
11. Yosef Gebre - Keneiw Gar (4:57)
12. Yosef Gebre - Endet Bandie (4:51)
13. Yosef Gebre - Susie (4:28)

Manalemosh Dibo - Assa Belew [2004] [ethiopia]

Manalemosh Dibo - Awdamet

       Manalemosh Dibo was a young singer who’s popularity grew with each song she released. She wass particularly well-known for her traditional songs such as Asabelew, Awdamet, and Minjar.

         Manalemosh passed away from natural causes, in 2009.

01. Manalemosh Dibo - Gondre (6:37)
02. Manalemosh Dibo - Demem Sew (7:10)
03. Manalemosh Dibo - Awdamet (6:08)
04. Manalemosh Dibo - Wolo (6:24)
05. Manalemosh Dibo - Atinkubegn (5:12)
06. Manalemosh Dibo - Minjare (6:08)
07. Manalemosh Dibo - Tew Belut (6:24)
08. Manalemosh Dibo - Merre (7:43)
09. Manalemosh Dibo - Ej Wedelay (5:07)
10. Manalemosh Dibo - Eshruru (5:33)

Wushinfir Argaw - [1998] - Shegiye [ethiopia]

      Wushinfir Argaw has a wonderful, flexible and soulful voice. I enjoy listening to this CD - especially to songs 2,4,7. 

       Wushinfir is one of the best singers in contemporary Ethiopian music. His voice reminds me of the great Muluken Melesse, but is more traditional.

    This CD is recommended to anyone who wants to hear a great vocalist singing his country's traditional songs

01. Wushinfir Argaw - Shegiye (6:47)
02. Wushinfir Argaw - Mela New (5:43)
03. Wushinfir Argaw - Dimam Gella (6:05)
04. Wushinfir Argaw - Kebrarit Gondere (6:58)
05. Wushinfir Argaw - Kezeba (4:37)
06. Wushinfir Argaw - Erre Ney (4:01)
07. Wushinfir Argaw - Ye-Batti Lij (7:01)
08. Wushinfir Argaw - Yiwtalign (5:10)
09. Wushinfir Argaw - Mushiraye (6:59)
10. Wushinfir Argaw - Shitta Lommiye (7:03)

Tsehaytu Beraki - Selam [2004] [eritrea]

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         Tsehaytu Beraki (Sun Of Eritrea) is an absolutely legendary singer from Eritrea. Born in 1939 in Quatit, a small village, she soon picked up the krar (5-string harp) and after moving to the capital Asmara she became a famous singer in bars, to attract men to the local traditional beer houses.

        Her courage and inspiration still mean a lot to all Eritreans. When the situation became too bad, she too had to flee into Sudan and in 1988 she ended up in Rotterdam, Holland.

      

       "I found Tsehaytu by coincidence in Rotterdam, Holland, discouraged and not playing much anymore. I build her a new krar and after some practice sessions, we decided to record the CD together. There isn't really much Eritrean music recorded, from those days.

    The songs are as authentic as possible, Tsehaytu playing all the instruments; the krar, kobero and bass-krar. To western ears it is largely unknown music.

       These strange, beautiful rhythms and these moving, almost blues-like ballads. The 17 songs are from different periods of Tshehaytu¹s life. From the very first successes till brand new material, commenting on the latest. With many people involved, we worked for four years on the project, out of respect and love for Tsehaytu's music and person. She deserves to be well documented and remain remembered as a great musician.

     The double CD, with more than two and a half hours of music, also includes a book with an incredible interview about her life, culture and history. It also contains many old photos and the lyrics.

      I wanted to make this wonderful music available to the western music lovers, but of course I realize it is the heritage of Eritrean culture and I know how important Tsehaytu was for the Eritrean people, both young and old."

Terrie Ex

01.  Tsèhaytu Bèraki  - Atzmtom Keskisom (9:58)

02. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Iley Li Habelmalet (9:29)

03. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Abashawel (7:06)

04. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Hallu (8:34)

05. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Harestai (10:02)

06. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Sport Malet (6:00)

07. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Asmara (12:25)

08. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Freweini (7:14)

09. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Askarbay Gomma (5:18)

10. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Bisenselet Fegri (13:17)

11. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Mejemeria Fegri (4:53)

12. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Simsim (11:02)

13. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Ilkanere Beantebo (11:44)

14. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Lale Bola (5:26)

15. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Kabacha Meflayey (7:53)

16. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Ade (10:42)

17. Tsèhaytu Bèraki - Selam (13:31)

Petites Planètes - Now Ethiopia • GAMO GAMO • Tribal songs from the south [2012] [ethiopia] [FLAC}

originaly posted HERE :

GAMO GAMO • tribal voices from the south

1. Aba Chefo   07:14

2. Gamo   07:41

3. Oho Amba   05:45

4. Funeral Polyphony   02:44

5. Dita   08:30

recorded by Vincent Moon & Jacob Kirkegaard 

in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

may 2012 

mixed by Jacob Kirkegaard 

Debo Band - Debo Band [2012] [usa-ethiopia]

Debo Band - Debo Band [Full Album Stream]

         Debo Band is a 11-piece Ethio-groove collective that has quickly earned an ever-growing and enthusiastic following in the loft spaces, neighborhood bars, and church basements of Boston, MA (USA) performing for American, and Ethiopian and Eritrean communities. Since 2006, Debo Band has been immersed in the unlikely confluence of traditional East African polyrhythms and pentatonic scales, classic American soul and funk music, and the instrumentation of Eastern European brass bands, which produced a unique form of dance music that Ethiopian audiences instantly recognize as the soundtrack of their youth, carried from party to kitchen on the ubiquitous cassette tapes of the time.  And increasingly, erudite American and European audiences are also getting hip to the Ethiopian groove, largely through CD reissues of Ethiopian classics on the Ethiopiques series.

       With a unique instrumentation – including horns, strings, and accordion – that is a nod to the big bands of Haile Selassie’s time, Debo Band is carrying the torch of classic Ethiopian music by giving new life to these old sounds. Their lead vocalist, Bruck Tesfaye, has the kind of pipes that reverberate with the sound of beloved Ethiopian vocalists like Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete.  But Debo Band is not content simply “covering” the older styles – they also perform original compositions and new arrangements of songs from modern and contemporary artists such as Teddy Afro and Roha Band.  Their expansive repertoire and spirited performances have earned them respect and recognition, leading to concert opportunities such as opening for legendary Ethiopian greats Tilahun Gessesse and Getatchew Mekuria. 

       Danny Mekonnen, an Ethiopian-American jazz saxophonist and a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at Harvard University, created Debo as a way of exploring the unique sounds that filled the dance clubs of “Swinging Addis” and as an outlet for experimenting with new arrangements, configurations, and compositional techniques. In addition to their dedication to Ethiopian music, the other members of Debo Band are involved in a huge array of musical projects, ranging from free jazz and experimental rock music to chamber and orchestral music. Band members have composed full orchestral works, scored silent films and documentaries, recorded albums with homemade electronic instruments, and for fun, study folk music traditions from around the world, including Balkan folk music, Balinese Gamelan, and Brazilian percussion 

ensembles.

       

For the last several months, Debo Band has committed itself to spreading its music to audiences far and wide. In early 2009 Debo toured the U.S. East Coast taking their Ethiopian grooves to diverse venues in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. In each of these cities, Debo Band inspired all kinds of people to get up and dance, whether they had never seen iskista, the Ethiopian shoulder dance, or had been dancing it since childhood. 

       In May 2009, Debo traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to perform at the 8th Ethiopian Music Festival, an engagement supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. These performances affected Debo Band’s creative and professional development in significant ways, particularly in the collaboration they began with several traditional musicians – vocalist Selamnesh Zemene, dancer Zinash Tsegaye, drummer Asrat Ayalew, and washint (flute) player Yohannes Afewerk. All accomplished musicians in their own right, these musicians have collectively over fifty years of experience at prestigious venues ranging from the National Theater of Ethiopia to Fendika, a leading azmari bet, or traditional music house, in Addis Ababa. Working with these four musicians, Debo Band grows into a forceful, energetic, and authoritative thirteen-piece Ethiopian ensemble capable of delightful, one-of-a-kind performances. 

01. Debo Band - Akale Wube (5:01)
02. Debo Band - Ney Ney Weleba (5:30)
03. Debo Band - Not Just a Song (6:06)
04. Debo Band - Yefeker Wegagene (5:30)
05. Debo Band - Asha Gedawo (5:13)
06. Debo Band - Tenesh Kelbe Lay (5:15)
07. Debo Band - And Lay (4:53)
08. Debo Band - Medinanna Zelesegna (4:11)
09. Debo Band - Habesha (6:51)
10. Debo Band - Ambassel (7:06)
11. Debo Band - DC Flower (3:22)