Archive for the 'Music' Category



Oldies but Goodies II: The Valentine Day Special 1,410 Comments

I don't have an outright favorite singer.  In my opinion to choose one is close to being impossible.  It's easier for me to put them in categories.  Voice, Socially Conscience, Love, etc… As we celebrate Valentines Day, I'm here to pay the ultimate tribute to the KING of love songs, Muluken Melesse . Listening to [...]

Oldies But Goodies I 636 Comments

This is where I post some of the songs I was kindly asked to bring from Addis during a short visit.  M. Ahmed,T. Gesesse,Tefera Kassa,Esatu Tessema & Tezera Haile Michael The first song featured is "Yehem Ale Leka" by Girma Tefera.  The original was sang by his father, Tefera Kassa, when he was with the [...]

Crowning III 18 Comments

Continuing series I & series II; the third and final song picked … The interest being on the song rather than the artist; these are songs which I personally deem greatest songs in modern Ethiopian music history. I was trapped between two songs which I felt had so much importance culturally in the last 20 [...]

Crowning II 59 Comments

Continuing the series, the second song picked … The interest being on the song rather than the artist; these are songs which I personally deem greatest songs in modern Ethiopian music history. Tizita, I probably do not need to say much her; this song has been around so long that no one knows the true [...]

Crowning I 77 Comments

Over the next three days week  I will be posting a three part series of crowning works of art by three major musical artists. The interest being on the song rather than the artists; these are songs which I personally deem greatest songs in modern Ethiopian music history. I am neither an expert nor a [...]