01. Nazarenes - Song of Judgement day (5:11) 02. Nazarenes - Song of love (4:10) 03. Nazarenes - Song of creation (feat. t-root) (4:27) 04. Nazarenes - Song of righteous life (5:08) 05. Nazarenes - Song of liberation (3:49) 06. Nazarenes - Song of Mary Jane (4:56) 07. Nazarenes - Song of war mongers (3:34) 08. Nazarenes - Song of consoling (4:37) 09. Nazarenes - Song of mother Earth (4:37) 10. Nazarenes - Song of unity (5:21) 11. Nazarenes - Song of sharing (4:48) 12. Nazarenes - Song of mission (3:38) 13. Nazarenes - Song of memories (4:52)
Music was a part of my life very early on. I began to sing
in a choir when I was five years old. My family moved from Sweden to Kitwe,
Zambia for a couple of years before continuing to Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. There
I started playing the piano, an instrument I've always returned to through the
years. Haile Selassie was deposed by a military junta so my parents quickly
decided to take us children back to Sweden where I began taking classical
guitar classes. I continued playing the guitar for more than a decade before
realizing that my voice was my main instrument! I was 20 years old and studying
at the Academy of music in Malmoe, Sweden when it became clear to me.
Since my graduation as Master in fine Arts I've been working
on a freelance basis as an artist, conductor and as a teacher. The projects
through the years have been many and varied; some of which you can find amongst
the records at sale.
01 - Almaz Yebio - Merry go round – M.Godée/A. Yebio 02 - Almaz Yebio - Further to fly – P.Simon 03 - Almaz Yebio - Hearts and bones – P.Simon 04 - Almaz Yebio - En dag var hon borta – K.Jonsson/J.Willén 05 - Almaz Yebio - Dancing – M.Ingvarsson/A.Yebio 06 - Almaz Yebio - Down to earth – P.Gabriel,T.Newman/P.Gabriel 07 - Almaz Yebio - Have a good time – P.Simon 08 - Almaz Yebio - The little things – F. Lundin/T-L.Væring 09 - Almaz Yebio - Solsbury hill – P.Gabriel 10 - Almaz Yebio - Washing of the water – P.Gabriel
The latest recording "Down to earth" is the
project closest to my heart at the moment! A sort of Almaz Yebio trio project
that expanded towards more musicaians; an urge to give every song it's own
sound within the record. I'm the producer of this record together with Mats
Ingvarsson and it's also the first release on my own label!
Member of Stroman/Jönsson vocal project, a Sweden/England
collaboration discovering a suite written for five singers and five
instrumentalists: Lena Willemark, Linda Pettersson-Bratt, myself, Scott
Stroman, Cleveland Watkiss, all singers, and Maggi Olin-piano, Lisbeth
Diers-percusion, Mattias Hjorth-bass, Cennet Jönsson-saxophones, Henrik Frisk-
saxophones. A highly interesting and lovely piece of music with a lot of space
for improvisations.
Guest soloist on the latest record by Kjeld Lauritsen trio
"In the zone". Kjeld is an institution all by himself in the Danish
jazz community with his swinging Hammond organ playing!
Since the release we have done quite some gigs together and
it's really a thrill for someone like me who needs an injection of soul/jazz
once in a while, that Hammond provides a sound to jump off of, every single
time! In the trio you also find: Per Gade-guitar and Sören Frost-drums.
Anna Weister-Andersson is one of Sweden's most acclaimed
gospel singers and choir leaders. She is passionate about black american gospel
music, and is putting her work as a composer, teacher and choir conductor into
spreading and sharing this music throughout the country. 2011 Anna gathered a
choir of ten singers and fie musicians to do the first recording entirely with
her compositions, "One in Christ". I was invited to take part in this
fantastic project, and we still do concerts when there is a possibility to
gather the whole gang. Quite an undescribable feeling to be singing together
with people like Samuel Ljungblahd, Malin Övrell, Ingela Olsson, Frank Ådahl, Malcolm
Chambers, Martina W Möllås, Per Ankarberg, Kristina Talajic and Anna of course!
Mohammed Wardi, a singing (and tambour playing) legend from Nubian Sudan, had been singing and playing for some 40 years at the time of this album, but one can hardly tell of such an age by his sound. He recites poetry to song, along with a line of instruments from both the east and west.
His arrangements involve the use of multiple rhythms on the various drums, along with the occasional electric blues playing by his guitarists.
The highlight of the album, apart from the tightly packed instrumental lines, is Wardi's own quavering vocals, which fill each and every song with a quality and power rarely heard in the West. The love songs can evoke a response despite the language barrier, and that's really quite something to look for in a recording.
Mohammed Wardi, who recorded more than 300 songs in the 60s and 70s--to the best of my knowledge, none of them are available. excellent album. It makes sense that the album Live in Addis Ababa, 1994, was recorded in Ethiopia, as there are plenty of similarities the music shares with the sounds of this nearby country, but Wardi's gorgeous, high-pitched voice sounds more Arabic. He fronts a great, string-laden 18-piece band.
In 1991 he left his war-torn country and took exile in Cairo. I believe these days he lives in Los Angeles, where he has performed a couple of times--but for the most part he's inactive. He did some sessions in LA in 1999, rerecording many of his old songs, but they've never been released. I assume that the mess in Sudan these days precludes any imminent effort to reissue his classic recordings, but hopefully one day we'll get to hear the stuff.
This album is a great introduction into the world os Sudanese rhythms that will surely make your spirit smile. The strength of the indigenous music holds this album together, and while the synthesized background textures and drum machine are sure to please the afropop fan in you, I am also eagerly awaiting a raw, ethnic release from Blue Nile.
Sudanese-American producer Mohamed Elomrabi calls this "Sudanese pop music" but I am struck by the album's jazz feel. Either way, Rhythms of Sudan's contagious sounds will point our musical curiosity toward this fascinating culture
Born and raised in Addis Ababa, the 49-year-old Tewodros was able to transcend age gaps and reach people from different age groups and is loved by varied audience.
Having started music in a church choir, his big break came when he was invited to a wedding to sing Muluken Melesse’s ‘Wasa Megena. This left a mark on his singing career.
When he started performing, he was doing cover songs of renowned artists. The feedback was encouraging for him, so his first album, ‘Lubanjaye’, easily broke the market. It did not take him that long to become a household name though. His consecutive albums ‘Eyekorekoregn’, ‘Sadulaye’ also became a huge success.
Many of his songs are like national anthems which are sang by people from different age groups, especially the song ‘Emeye Ethiopia’ was somehow unforgettable. He toured many countries, taking the stage with his unique, vivacious voice.
His fifth album, ‘Semeto Zzemale’, was also done before he left for the US, but the album was released after he arrived in Virginia. During his stay abroad, he performed in many places and also revealed in many interviews how life was not easy for him there.
Many music critics say his 1997 album, ‘Zimita’, was different from his previous ones as it was more influenced by jazz and also gave new sound to his fan.
Even though he started working on his album starting from 1998, the hurdles in his life got the better of him and could not focus on his album work. Returning to Ethiopia was a different phenomenon, he says. His fans, which have not seen him for the last 17 years, overwhelmed him by showing up at the airport and expressed their love by hugging and greeting him.
During his stay in Ethiopia, he performed in different venues before going back to the states. In 2009, he established an independent studio. Now residing in the States, Tewodros performs in different venues in the states. Tewodros Tadesse, as the vice president of Yo Yo records, is aiming to represent Ethiopian music on the international stage.
The album targets Ethiopians and the world music audience, who also have the test for alternative music apart from the mainstream popular beats. After the album release, the artist has a plan to tour different parts of the world.