The Pente Church is recruiting young Ethiopians unlike the Orthodox Church. Mezmur & Hip Hop! what's next? Its been a while since I went to a Pente wedding. I find it very very boring. No music, I mean no good music, only Machebcheb with some singing. A lot of Pente people are getting married. I [...]
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Yesterday I received a copy of Hamelmal Abate's new album. Its called Gize Mizan and was recorded with a full band. I only started paying attention to details of how an album is produced thanks to EthioJazz. I wouldn’t say that the album is progressive, but has virtues. It was recorded with Abegaz Kibrework on [...]
Published by May 22nd, 2006 in Music.From L to R Ahsa Ahla, Dale Saunders(I think), Fasil Wuhib, Teferi Assefa and Jorga Mesfin I'm a frequent visitor at Abesha.com . It was there I read of a group based in Atlanta, Georgia. Their name, "Wudasse." A quick search on the internet returned this result- www.wudasse.com. Wudasse is an Ethio Jazz band. As an enthusiast [...]
PART II (continued from Part I)   Soul Ekos Band Soul Ekos with producer Amha Eshete (late 1960′s) Left to Right-Alula Yohannes, Tesfaye “Hodo” Mekonnen, Tamrat Ferenji, Amha Eshete, Teshome Mitiku, Feqade Amdemesqel & Tewodros Mitiku. Before they named themselve “Soul Ekos”, the Soul Eko’s were first known as the Zula Band, named after the Zula [...]
Published by April 24th, 2006 in Music, Noteworthy, Podcast and Thoughts.We are all familiar with Abeba Lakew. A beautiful up and coming Ethiopian singer who grew up mostly in the United States (Houston, TX). She started her musical career in the United States. Good singer with great potential; so I thought, till I heard the latest Album. Specifically the song titled "Egnalay." I was going [...]
